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Multi-Barrier "Nano" Water Treatment System
Constructing a Portable Drinking Water Treatment Plant: A detailed guide for setting up a 300 L/day small drinking water treatment plant from inexpensive materials that can be carried on foot into remote locations and installed with filter media acquired/generated on-site. Open access handbook available from Aqueous Solutions, www.aqsolutions.org
Water Filter Biochar Generation System
Fabricating a 200 L Biomass Gasifier for Making Enhanced Water Filter Biochar: The basics of biomass gasification: a low-cost, user-friendly and environmentally sustainable method for making good water filter char from agricultural and forestry residues. Open access handbook available from Aqueous Solutions, www.aqsolutions.org.
Passive water pump
Wirtz pump, passive water pump. Paddle wheel pump on open water irrigation ditch fills elevated 500 gallon water tank which then gravity irrigates greenhouse.
Orchard bird scare machines
These are several types of bird scare machines that I have devised over the years to successfully control bird damage to my small stone fruit orchard. They are low-tech but highly effective and would be equally useful for gardens or small grain plots.
Mobile Distillery
A mobile distillery, spirit-making equipment direct to farm and forest.
Farmer-Owned Distribution Network
Proposals and betas for a POS and marketing tool for new farmers, to connect them to potential customers an give analytic tools to help them understand their market and improve on it. Hopefully to be implemented with a robust distribution and database system to cut down on many of the organizational tasks that can often bog down and even prohibit the startup phase for new farmers. FUNCTIONALITY OUTLINE: ordering functionality invoicing/billing packing lists inventory management
Vacuum Material Handler
This material handler design, created at this year's Farm Hack in Davis, CA, consists of a vacuum system to lift grain from a truck into to hopper below the vacuum unit. The vacuum unit is located above the machine of intended use (a grain cleaner for example). Once the vacuum hopper fills up, the vacuum is turned off and then a gate at the bottom of the vacuum hopper is opened and the grain falls down into the hopper of the grain cleaner. Areas left for research include: vacuum type, vacuum hopper geometry, vacuum hose type, automatic shut-off to prevent vacuum motor overheating, and dust safety considering static electricity. Vacuum systems like these are currently used in wood production and water related industries.
The “bed weeder” at Roxbury Farm NY
This tool can be used in organic weed management, some use it also for harvesting. It makes the work more labour friendly.
Open Enterprise Budget: Organic Eggs
A collaborative Open Enterprise Budget detailing the financials of organic egg production. Includes projections for capital costs, annual revenue, and annual expenses that you can customize for your own farm.
Enterprise Budgets: Lists & Downloads
A list of all the places on the web where you can find and download enterprise budgets. Plus, a one-click link to download all 1000+ of them. If you want customizable ones that are designed specifically for organic farmers, check out our Open Enterprise Budget Tools.