farm hack at moses organic conference 2016
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Farm Hacking
Grant Schultz www.VersaLand.com
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?
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
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 $1,000/year AND you can sell the extra tractors?
Jiffy Hitch Cost Analysis Standard Quick Hitch
imp change per week 5 5time (minutes) 15 2total hours 1.25 0.17$/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 $1,000/year AND you can sell the extra tractors?
Hacking Urban Ag• Hoorays
• Distance-to-Market
• Technology Access
• Utility/Infrastructure Access
• Urban Lot Database
• Media
• Challenges
• Scale
• Security
• Housing
• Equipment accessibility
data crunching
Beacon/County Assessor WebsiteAbsentee Landlords
WHOIS Lookup
(meeting strangers on the internet)
THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BUSFARMING’S MOST VERSATILE TOOL HTTP://MIDWESTTRANSIT.COM
HOME STORECOOP
HARVESTPICKUP
COOP
TRAVEL
• Livestock Transport
• Mobile Farmers Market
• Weatherproof Mobile Shop
• Melon/Pumpkin Harvest
• Poultry Coop
• Heavy Hauler
Do-Anything Bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JDuZyyjqjMI
Hacking PAYS! Hand Machine
lbs to crack 2,000 2,000lbs/hr 25 500total hours 80 4$/hour $15 $25annual labor expense $1,200 $100
Annual labor savings 1100Machine construction cost 3000ROI 36.7%
What if done in a co-op model?
Straw BlowerManual Mechanized
Man hours 300 50$/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
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