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Poultry Plucker
A table top poultry plucker for removing feathers on chickens, turkeys and other fowl. This was built mostly with salvaged materials, and can be put together quite simply - only one part required welding, and there are probably ways that you could modify the design to eliminate any metalworking.
bicycle powered thresher,fan mill, and dehuller
Links below to the complete plans for bike powered tools for small scale grain processing; a thresher, a fan mill/winnower, and a dehuller/flour mill. The plans guide a farmer or a fabricator through step-by-step instructions using wood, metal, and scavenged bicycle parts. The cost of materials is $200 per machine and the machines process about 1# per minute for each process. In a well equipped garage/shop the machines can be built in 20-40 hours each.
Root Washer
An open-source root washer that can be built sturdily with NO WELDING. Thanks to SARE for helping make this project happen!
Auto-fill High Output Temperature Controlled Humidifier
This project turns a 5 gallon bucket into a high capacity (4 gal/day), automatic fill humidifier. The bucket serves as a reservoir for the water and also as a mounting platform for the parts required to operate the humidifier. Water heated to a know temperature will transfer a predictable amount of water vapor to an air stream of a known temperature and humidity (wet bulb temperature). We use this property to develop a highly controlled humidifier using a temperature control to sense water temperature and control the heater, tank deicer for heat, and a CPU fan for air flow. We also add a toilet fill valve to the assembly to allow for automatic fill of the humidifier. NOTE: Pictures shown from the first build do not include complete safety features including: electronics enclosure, GFCI protected circuit / outlet, and terminal covers. Please take care when wiring and using this design to ensure personnel and property protection.
Hands-free hand washing sink
A hands-free hand washing station with on/off water via knee bar lever.
Freezer Pod for Stationary or Mobile Use
This freezer was built to provide us with on-farm storage for our frozen meat. The box is built with jacks on all four corners that enable our farm truck to hook up to it for the occasional large delivery or pick-up from meat processors. It is cooled by commercial grade refrigeration components. It can store roughly 3000 lb of frozen meat and hold it easily at -10F. Projected energy costs are $1200 / yr. The documentation of this project will include detailed instructions of how to service the refrigeration components and what tools are needed. These are useful skills for the modern farmer and I'm looking forward to sharing what I know and getting input from others!
Tote Washer
This is a washer designed to rinse off harvest totes between uses in the field. It was designed and built for the Small Farms program at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, Oregon with a Clackamas Extension Innovation Grant.
Packing Table
This is a rolling table with under and over shelves designed for packing vegetables or other crops. It has an adjustable work height to accommodate users of different heights and different tasks. It was designed and built for the Small Farms program at the North Willamette Research and Extension Center in Aurora, Oregon with a Clackamas Extension Innovation Grant.
Cheap Electric Thresher???
Don't get me wrong, I love all the bicycle powered tools being built but I was hoping to find something cheaper and easier. This led me to purchase a Sun Joe leaf Mulcher (https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Joe-SDJ616-Shredder-13-Amp/dp/B00EUU044S). I plan on threshing oats, bell beans and tillage radish seed pods once they are bone dry. I think it has potential to do the trick.
Food dryer
Left side tapering plenum contains downward blowing stove hood fan and heating element from toaster oven. Warmed air blows across 6 16 by 16 trays that are separated by upward sloping steel flashing baffles. Air is forced up through each tray and exits on right into upward expanding air exit. No moist air touches any other food. 1/4 inch through rods support flashing on the front and back. Trays sit on top of flashing on right and bolts on the left side above baffle. Case was made from bits and pieces and could be made from washer /dryer/stove cases. I have made several much larger ones from insulated garage door panels. Have also used simple solar collector for heat.
Garlic Paste Making Machine for Garlic Butter
To eliminate the heavy work of grinding garlic for paste in bulk, a mechanical garlic paste making machine is necessary. And we are able to manufacture and supply premium quality garlic paste making machine for producing garlic paste/mud, with modern technology and the quality components used. http://vegetable-machine.com/vegetable-machine/garlic-paste-making-machine.html
Automatic Garlic Chopping Machine
This automatic garlic chopping machine is a necessary equipment to cut garlic and many other vegetables and fruits into granule products; the original flavor of vegetables and fruits can be kept.
Automatic Garlic Slicing Machine
The automatic garlic slicer supplied by our company is an advanced garlic processing equipment which is specially designed to cut garlic cloves into slices, saving a lot of work in deep processing of garlic.
Garlic Peeling Machine
Garlic peeling machine is designed to remove the skin of garlic cloves automatically, and it is widely used in garlic products production industries. This automatic garlic peeler is an ideal machine for garlic peeling, which is high-tech and high-efficiency. More details: http://vegetable-machine.com/vegetable-machine/garlic-peeling-machine.html Email: info@amisymachine.com
Garlic Clove Separating Machine
During garlic processing, breaking the garlic bulbs into separated cloves is a tough work. Garlic clove separating machine can easy this work, and we are supplying quality garlic clove separator to finish garlic bulb breaking and clove separation. At the same time, our garlic clove separator is a good helper to garlic farmers who need a large amount of plantable cloves. Working Process of Garlic Clove Separating Machine This garlic separating machine can complete a processing result of manual separation to get separated garlic cloves. It is employing soft rollers which is made of pure rubber, high-performance gear motor, and chain-wheel drive system to realize a speed-difference rubbing to separate garlic cloves. Model: AMS-SFB400 Capacity: 400kg/h Power: 0.74kw/380v Weight: 100kg Dimension: 690x710x1050mm More details: http://vegetable-machine.com/vegetable-machine/garlic-separating-machine.html Email: info@amisymachine.com
Mobile Chicken Processing Station
Insitu was approached by a local poultry farmer with and increased demand in poultry production. His needs include a mobile processing station that could be moved to various chicken pen locations - 2-4 per week - and process at least 100 chickens a week. The platform needed to accommodate 2-4 people, be mobile, provide overhead cover, and contain all necessary equipment. Scalder, plucker, evisceration table, chilling tubs, and drying rack. The need for potable heated and cooled water also existed and solutions are being developed in tandem.
SALAD SPINNER
Remove the agitator on your "salad spinner" to allow for easier loading and more space. We can now more efficiently load, spin dry, and unload our baby kale, arugula, salad greens, etc.
Cold Storage Trailer
Portable cold room - using 10ft trailer, coolbot and air conditioner.
Small Scale Threshing Machine
Small scale threshing machine manufactured in Turkey. Cleans small and large grains. Adjustable vibrating screens. Stationary operation. Runs off pto.
Farmer Foodshare: Food Waste, Wholesale & Hunger- Food System Hack
Farmer Foodshare is a food system "hack" to solve the simultaneous problems of farm waste/excess production, farm product marketing and community malnourishment. Farmer Foodshare (the organization) is a nonprofit in NC that created a set of open source approaches and inexpensive tools (marketing, wholesale distribution models) that link excess (or expanded) farm production with people who are in dire need of fresh healthy, food and community nourishment. The FF approach relies on 1) local food producers, 2) farmers markets or online hubs, 3) distribution systems (labor, transport, online, tracking), 4) marketing/communications and 5) institutions willing to use and/or buy the food to integrate into their hunger/nutrition and health programming for underserved communities. (Editor's note: I have various .doc toolkits for the "source code/instructions" for the Donation Stations, Food Ambassadors and POP Market models, if anyone wants them. Also have data on $ to farmers and the costs of running these programs, particularly as the programs grow customers and farmers. I would like to use this Farm Hack posting to spur others to contribute their food security systems innovations.