2. FarmHack:
Minneapolis
Grant Schultz
VersaLand.com
organicgrant@gmail.com
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3. What is Hacking?
Using the least amount of force to
achieve the greatest net benefit.
Oftentimes the least expensive
option
Typically considered
‘unconventional’ by society as a
whole.
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4. What IS Farmhacking?
Equipment Hacks
Cutting Edge/Old School - Either Way It’s Not Mainstream
Never Pay Retail
Innovation - Building What Doesn’t Exist
Production Hacks
Systems - Leverage Appropriate & Accessible Technology
Data Hacks
Get Land - The Unconventional Way
Distribution - Pricing - Wholesaling
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5. Mission: TODAY
• Identify challenges...and brainstorm ways to
overcome them
• Build a community of Farmhackers for long-
term collaboration
• We’ll build out todays concepts over next
few months
• FarmHack.net - Event forum, tools
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7. Hacking Urban Ag
• Hoorays • Challenges
• Distance-to-Market • Scale
• Technology Access • Security
• Utility/Infrastructure • Housing
Access
• Equipment
• Urban Lot Database accessibility
• Media
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8. Hacking Sustainable Ag
• Adapting Old/New Equipment
• Pioneering Production Systems
• Reducing ownership/acquisition costs
• Re-learning what we forgot
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10. HOME COOP STORE
PICKUP HARVEST TRAVEL
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BUS
FARMING’S MOST VERSATILE TOOL HTTP://MIDWESTTRANSIT.COM
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11. Do-Anything Bus
• Livestock Transport
• Mobile Farmers Market
• Weatherproof Mobile
Shop
• Melon/Pumpkin Harvest
• Poultry Coop
• Heavy Hauler http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JDuZyyjqjMI
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12. Anatomy of a Farmhack
Parts + Fabrication = Automation
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