FarmHack: Tools and Innovations for the Small-Scale Farmer

Join Dorn Cox, founding member of FarmHack as he explains the FarmHack network and ways to apply and benefit from FarmHack’s open-source and cost-saving resources for your farm and community. From DIY root washers to pedal-powered tractors, the FarmHack platform serves to provide farmers and other tradespeople with inspiration and tangible examples of ways to develop farm innovations and thus create more resilient and sustainable agriculture and food systems. The afternoon session will involve a participatory design and feedback process where participants will work together to identity three primary “problem statements” commonly faced on regional farm operations for specific agricultural tasks (i.e. seeding; bed preparation; post-harvest handling) and will reflect on strategies, materials, and existing examples to employ solutions.