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  • Farm Hack Events 2024

    Learn more about the events that Farm Hack will be hosting or participating in during 2024. Comment here or contact the Farm Hack Fellow at farmhack@greenhorns.org with questions, concerns, comments, or suggestions for events. Continue reading

  • Liberty Tool Co

    The Liberty Tool Company is located in Liberty, ME, across from the Liberty Graphics headquarters. Liberty Tool Co is a collector and reseller of antique and vintage tools. It is a treasure trove of items, well worth a stop to look around. Continue reading

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  • Blueberry and Cranberry equipment and resources

    Cranberries and blueberries are valuable export crops for the New England region where I’m from. Equipment designed for small-scale operations would make it easier to get started growing these crops. Continue reading

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  • Farm Hack Book Display

    Reversing Hall in Pembroke, ME is part of the Greenhorns Campus and houses the Agrarian Library. Hours are Sundays 1-4, and otherwise by chance or by appointment. Continue reading

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  • Alewife Festival update

    The 3rd annual Alewife Festival was held at the Smithereen Farm Store on Friday and Saturday, May 24-25. The festival celebrated the alewife fish run on the Pennamaquan River with live music, exhibits, and free food- including fresh-caught smoked alewife. Continue reading

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  • Greens Washer with La CAPÉ

    In April I joined La CAPÉ in Victoriaville to build a cut greens washer. It was designed by CAPÉ (cape.coop), a cooperative that works to promote the development of agriculture in Quebec and New Brunswick. One of their areas of involvement is in designing appropriate agricultural equipment and hosting workshops to build it. In addition… Continue reading

  • Arduino on the Farm

    What is Arduino? An Arduino is a type of very small computer, designed to run and control simple tasks using simple software and hardware. Arduino is designed to perform actions based on physical inputs, with a personalized computer code written by the user to define how the input conditions trigger the output action. Arduino can… Continue reading

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  • Convening of the North American Digital Agri-food Working Group

    This past spring, March 25-27, I attended a convening of the North American Digital Agri-food Working Group (NADAWG- https://nadawg.org/) at Paicines Ranch in California. In attendance were approximately 50 people from various sectors relating to agricultural technology. There were representatives from universities, extension programs, NGOs and nonprofits, state programs, Indigenous groups, unions, and industries. A… Continue reading

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  • Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum Startup Day

    I will be at the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Museum annual Spring Startup Day on April 27 2024, along with my friend Danielle. The museum hosts an collection of historical agricultural machines and tools, as well as other interesting exhibits such as mining and geology, a sawmill, a blacksmith shop, and early gas and oil… Continue reading

  • Introduction

    My name is Liz, and I am the Farm Hack Fellow. I was hired by Farm Hack and Greenhorns in 2024 to help revitalize the Farm Hack project. Farm Hack is a community of collaborators interested in developing and sharing open-source tools for resilient agriculture. We exist as a platform for community-based sharing and collaborative… Continue reading

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