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Join us for a weekend exploring and developing technologies and tools for progressive farming and forestry. We are coming together to form community over the weekend and rely on contributions from participants. If you have a project that you would like to work on, skill share you can bring or produce / products to contribute / sell please get in touch farmhackuk@mailo.com
About farm hacks worldwide: https://farmhack.org/tools
The program for the weekend is coming together nicely, with the weekend set to include a number of ‘live’ build projects, skills shares, tool and woodworking demonstrations, and there will be open space for problem discussion & planning for future hacks. Think wheelbarrow flame weeder, solar kiln and seedbed roler. There will be plenty of space to discuss and develop ideas for future hacks.
Proposed skill share / workshops
Edge tool sharpening and maintenance. Leeds Coppice Workers
Making Ash handles for tools. Leeds Coppice Workers
Scything grass and honing/peening blades. Luke Justice (MVUF)
Building and running a Biochar stove for a market garden and household. Ed Revil
Open Source mapping on the computer.
Fruit Tree Grafting – Ben Lawson (MVUF)
Proposed live design projects
Flame weeder (continued from previous farm hack)
Seedbed Roller – Bike wheel version of Jony’s Selected Seeds
Repairing and super insulating a produce fridge
Solar Kiln for drying fire wood.
Ram pump build
If you have a design project idea please email veg@mvuf.org.uk
You can input into the process, or keep track of the latest here
http://forum.goatech.org/t/leeds-farm-hack-march-2020-co-ordination/702?u=mvuf_veg
We want the event to be open to everyone, but there are costs to cover. If you can afford to pay more than the base ticket price we request that you do, so that we can offer more reduced rate places.
You can click on the ticket price and increase to what you wish to pay. Any money left, after expenses have been covered, will be put aside as a seed fund for future Farm Hack events.
If you can’t afford a ticket, but would like to join us for the weekend, please contact us at veg@mvuf.org.uk to enquire about subsidised places.
Ticket price includes sleeping space in a heated room of the farm and beautifully prepared food, from Friday evening, until Sunday lunch. You are welcome to bring your own food, but cooking facilities on site are limited.
Getting to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.
The address of the farm is
Meanwood Valley Farm Sugar Well Rd, Leeds LS7 2QG
Leeds train / coach station
Bus 51 or 52 from New Market Street (stop V1)
Getting off at: Meanwood Rd Buslingthorpe Lane. (13min)
Cross the road using the traffic lights. Walk away from meanwood road over a small water way and turn left Walk for 13min along footpath along the valley bottom and you will arrive at the farm.