Idea

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keith-hayes/matireal-a-creational-trail

I came across this concept for upcycling used rubber car tires. I wanted to share with the group as we talked about the abundance of car tires and lack of upcycle salvage options. Perhaps Gowanus Canal Conservancy could integrate this concept into the geurrilla gardens at street ends, or a path along the canal that connects the street end gardens.

The Doe Fund is beginning to work with urban farmers in NYC to explore the feasibility of developing a compost collection and delivery service. The service would operate as a social enterprise work program for homeless and formerly incarcerated men and would link growers in the city/region with restaurants and institutions interested in diverting their organic waste stream toward productive and environmentally/socially beneficial uses. We are early in the process and very interested in developing the project as a collaborative effort.

NYC has a near infinite waste stream we growers can pilfer from for use on our farms and gardens. Much of the organic waste can be composted, but certain things we've found good used directly in certain applications.

-Cacao bean husk can be applied as a mulch. Applied 1-2 inches thick and watered, it forms a hard crust, gets good and moldy beneath, and encourages annelids. Nitrogen and other nutrients are released over time. Great for leaf vegetable crops especially.

New Tool Page for this group found here: http://www.farmhack.org/tools/open-irrigation-controller-system

Hi folks. A fabricator/farmer friend and I are discussing developing a prototype for an open-source tractor. We would like it to be narrowly focused on organic farming field work.

This topic has come up pertaining to Farm Hack several times, and is worth exploring further. It would be a great project for a localized farm hack crew to take on in their area. There are a few examples of farmer groups who have done this.

We have talked about a sketchup library, but I thought I would make sure that this GrabCad was included in the discussion - Here is a link to a recent Wired article.
http://www.wired.com/business/2012/10/grabcad/

I see Farm Hack operating as a similar community with a very particular utilitarian focus.

It would be very helpful to be able to add images within text blocks/paragraphs rather than having images only at the top of tool wikis

If you are local and have extra space for fellow farm hackers to crash, camp etc, post it here! Or if you are coming from out of town and looking for a place to stay - do the same!

I don't know if there is any better way to describe what Farm Hack is than telling stories of what we have done. Here's my first idea on telling the story of Fido.