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Mobile Mechanized Hops Harvester

This mobile hops harvester was developed to bridge a gap for nascent Northeast US hops growers between hand picking and larger investment in a stationary harvester. It was developed by a team of farmers and brewers along with an agronomist and an engineer.



"Folding Farm" Bike driven mobile produce trailer and display module

"Folding Farm" is a bike towable and deployable produce delivery trailer. It was developed by the Sustainable Student Farm (SSF) and the Small Studio at the University of Illinois Urbana-Illinois. It has a tounge weight capacity of 500 lbs, which means a total towable payload of 300 lbs. It is used by the SSF to haul produce to a farm stand on the quad, an approximately 6 mile round trip. It folds down in transport, and then is deployable to look like the picture provided.



Mechanical Garlic / Cultivar Planter

As a garlic farmer, we all know it is a very time consuming hands on type of planting and harvesting. It's difficult to find specific equipment since this farming industry is small. I knew there had to be a better way and I needed to bring this industry into the 21st century.



Prone Farm Mobility Vehicle

To improve farm mobility and harvest ease, especially for wheelchair farmers. A prone harvest/ planting/ weeding vehicle



small axial flow combine harvester

This tool is for documenting small scale axial flow threshing systems, harvest heads, and grain/bean separating approaches that could be used to retrofit existing combines and facilitate local manufacture of parts or even whole combines suitable for research and harvesting small plots of grains and oilseeds.



small scale egg washing

A summary of exisiting egg washing technologies and some discussion of merits/goals of small scale egg washing, hopefully some designs and prototypes to follow...



DIY Farm/Bike Trailer

A bulletproof, versatile, inexpensive bike trailer. For $20.



Prone Position Weeder/Harvester Workstation

Field tool used for ergonomic harvest and weeding. Could be used also for transplanting or any ground-level "stoopwork"



Books

This is a list of books that people have found useful in running a farm. Typically How-To or books explaining tools and techniques.



Modified Berry Picker/path weeder

A modified berry picking design where the user lays in a prone position hovering over a row crop and weeding or harvesting. The wheels sit in the pathways as the user moves through the row. The cultivator blade removes weeds from pathways.