March 5 is Farmhack at Microsoft NERD. Small-scale New England farmers and MIT engineers will tackle innovation opportunities and devel

2. Welcome! Farmers Hackers Engineers Enthusiasts Gardeners Cultivators Composters Bikers Entrepreneurs Growers of things Makers of things Inventors

4. Special Thanks!

5. Housekeeping #farmhack “ Cambridge” using fh305 http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/about/livestream

6. Introductions

8. Go! + =

10. Farmer pitches!

11. Smart switch for gravity-fed water system Krissie Nagy Brooklyn Bumpkin

12. Cultivating bike Don Lareau Zephyros Farm and Garden

13. Pedal powered compost Wenzday Jane, Erik Petterssen Metro Pedal Power Clayton Fountain Groundworks Somerville

14. Kid-friendly compost turning tool Francey Hart Slater CitySprouts

15. Small-scale tractor-mounted spray equipment Amanda Cather Waltham Fields Community Farm

16. Low pressure drip line for passive irrigation John Bakewell B&B Farms

17. Spray equipment for challenging organic mixes John Bakewell B&B Farms

18. Pest control John Bakewell B&B Farms

19. Expedient grain harvesting processing John Bakewell B&B Farms

20. Lay-down one-person picking cart Richard Robinson Sherborn

21. Compost dumping cart Richard Robinson Sherborn

22. Modified bailing dolly Richard Robinson Sherborn

23. Multi-bucket compost carrying system Richard Robinson Sherborn

24. Multi-bucket compost carrying system Richard Robinson Sherborn

25. Engineer pitches!

26. Zero energy grow house farm cooperative Matthew Kihm RISD

27. Intelligent irrigation system Steve Shoap MIT

29. TEE TEE CROSS ELBOW PUMP WATER COMPUTER SPRAY VALVE SPRAY VALVE VALVE SPRAY VALVE MOISTURE SENSOR COMPUTER CONTROLLED IRRIGATION SYSTEM (OLD TECHNOLOGY) SEPARATELY TRENCHED IN CONDUIT

30. TEE TEE CROSS ELBOW PUMP WATER COMPUTER & SINGLE WIRE PAIR SPRAY VALVE SPRAY VALVE VALVE SPRAY VALVE SEPARATELY TRENCHED IN CONDUIT MOISTURE SENSOR COMPUTER CONTROLLED IRRIGATION SYSTEM (CURRENT TECHNOLOGY)

31. TEE TEE CROSS ELBOW PUMP WATER LOW VOLTAGE WIRE PAIR COMPUTER & DATA NETWORK SPRAY VALVE SPRAY VALVE VALVE SPRAY VALVE MOISTURE SENSOR COMPUTER CONTROLLED IRRIGATION SYSTEM (PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY) ONLY PIPE IS TRENCHED!

32. Pipe Coupler with Embedded Wires PVC with Embedded Wires PVC with Embedded Wires

33. Plastic pipe with co-extruded wire pair Wire penetration device

34. Industry already embeds one wire

40. Hack!

46. Welcome & Intros

47. Housekeeping #farmhack “ Cambridge” using fh305 http://globalchallenge.mit.edu/about/livestream

49. Pitch!

50. And thank you (that’s a wrap!)