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Farm Hacking

Grant Schultz www.VersaLand.com

[email protected]

#Moses2016

with @VersaLand

#farmhack #versaland

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.

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

What IS Farmhacking?

farmhack.org

Lots of Inspiration

Farming for Fun, Health, and Profit

• Farming is a creative endeavor. Anything deemed ‘Work’ shall be eliminated.

• Make Time for More: Eating, Athletics, Art, and Engineering

• Hack: Equipment, Landscapes,Transport, Marketing

EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT

FUN

Ineffective, Inefficient FUN

Effective, efficient, not fun

EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT, FUN

Jiffy Hitch

$289

$750

Jiffy Hitch: Ridiculously Expensive?

Jiffy Hitch Cost Analysis Standard Quick Hitch

imp change per week 5 5time (minutes) 15 2total hours 1.25 0.17$/hour $25 $25weekly labor expense $31 $4Total Annual Hours 65 8.6Total Annual Cost $1,625 $215

Annual labor savings $1,410.00Hitch System Price $2,100.00ROI - GREAT! 67.1%

What if you sell the extra tractors?

FarmHack.org Saves The Day

Build Your Own

convert whole farm for $400

Step-By-Step Instructions

Build Your Own

$15-150

$15-75/ea

Bolt or Pin On and Off

Use On ALL TRACTORS

$15-75/ea

Farm Hack Hitch Cost Analysis Standard Quick Hitch

imp change per week 5 5time (minutes) 15 2total hours 1.25 0.17$/hour $25 $25weekly labor expense $31 $4Total Annual Hours 65 8.6Total Annual Cost $1,625 $215

Annual labor savings $1,410.00Fabbed Hitch $400.00ROI - SUPER GREAT! 352.5%

You keep another $1,000/year AND you can sell the extra tractors?

All Done.

adds 1.5 weeks to your year

Jiffy Hitch Cost Analysis Standard Quick Hitch

imp change per week 5 5time (minutes) 15 2total hours 1.25 0.17$/hour $25 $25weekly labor expense $31 $4Total Annual Hours 65 8.6Total Annual Cost $1,625 $215

Annual labor savings $1,410.00Hitch System Price $2,100.00ROI - GREAT! 67.1%

What if you sell the extra tractors?

Farm Hack Hitch Cost Analysis Standard Quick Hitch

imp change per week 5 5time (minutes) 15 2total hours 1.25 0.17$/hour $25 $25weekly labor expense $31 $4Total Annual Hours 65 8.6Total Annual Cost $1,625 $215

Annual labor savings $1,410.00Fabbed Hitch $400.00ROI - SUPER GREAT! 352.5%

You keep another $1,000/year AND you can sell the extra tractors?

Get Plans RIGHT NOW:

versaland.com/farmhack

Get Plans RIGHT NOW:

versaland.com/farmhack

Hacking Urban Ag• Hoorays

• Distance-to-Market

• Technology Access

• Utility/Infrastructure Access

• Urban Lot Database

• Media

• Challenges

• Scale

• Security

• Housing

• Equipment accessibility

DIY Greenhouse Monitors

Receive Text Alerts

Anatomy of a Farmhack

Code Data Accessibility+ =

data crunching

Beacon/County Assessor WebsiteAbsentee Landlords

WHOIS Lookup

(meeting strangers on the internet)

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BUSFARMING’S MOST VERSATILE TOOL HTTP://MIDWESTTRANSIT.COM

HOME STORECOOP

HARVESTPICKUP

COOP

TRAVEL

• Livestock Transport

• Mobile Farmers Market

• Weatherproof Mobile Shop

• Melon/Pumpkin Harvest

• Poultry Coop

• Heavy Hauler

Do-Anything Bus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JDuZyyjqjMI

Hacked Labor = Happy Labor

25lbs/hour $10/hr+ $$$$+???

Hacking PAYS! Hand Machine

lbs to crack 2,000 2,000lbs/hr 25 500total hours 80 4$/hour $15 $25annual labor expense $1,200 $100

Annual labor savings 1100Machine construction cost 3000ROI 36.7%

What if done in a co-op model?

Anatomy of a Farmhack

Parts Fabrication Automation+ =

Straw BlowerManual Mechanized

Man hours 300 50$/hr 15 25Annual 4500 1250

Savings/Year $3,250Cost New $7,500

ROI 43.33%

Jang PlanterManual Mechanized

Man hours 40 10$/hr 15 15Annual 600 150

Savings/Year $450Cost New $400

ROI 112.50%

USE METRICS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO!

Farm Hack: Midwest @ Versaland Iowa City, IA

Sunday, July 17th 2016

Farm Hack Tools Show & Shine

versaland.com/farmhack

Farm Hack: Midwest at Versaland Iowa City, IA

Sunday, July 17th 2016

Farm Hack Tools Show & Shine

versaland.com/farmhack

Grow AgroecologicallyFarmscale Permaculture Course

5 Days - Sept 28 - October 4th, 2016www.Versaland.com

NewFarmSupply.com

100 Chestnut Trees for

$297

NewFarmSupply.com

Facebook: facebook.com/Versaland Twitter: @VersaLand Instagram: grantschultz Web: versaland.com Email: [email protected]

#maxpermo

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