[permaculture] A small-scale grain harvesting project. New equipment to be made available.

Scott Vlaun scott at moosepondarts.com
Mon Feb 2 16:35:19 EST 2009


Chelsea Green will be putting out a second edition of Gene Logsdon's  
classic Small-Scale Grain Raising this June. Sounds like a major  
update, and just the information that a lot of us are looking for as  
far as integrating grain into our food production.

http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/smallscale_grain_raising:paperback

Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology Design Solutions for a Sustainable  
Future
450 Main Street, Studio 2, Norway, Maine 04268 • 207-739-2409

On Jan 30, 2009, at 1:07 AM, Bela Beke wrote:

> Here is a link to small machinery -Italian -i guess you may or may not
> have seen it.
> http://www.ferrari-tractors.com/smallscale.htm
> I'm interested in grain growing on even smaller scale- 1/4 acre, or  
> even
> row crops. .Fukuoka grew 1500 pound of winter grain
> and 1500 pound of rice on the same 1/4 acre ,no dig,Using hand tools  
> for
> harvesting and processing .No off farm inputs .I'm interested in
> small hand operated grain processing equipment .I have some experience
> in making equipment -human powered.Come to think of it- there used  
> to be
> a Fukuoka list on yahoo
> Please forgive if O/T- please tell me where to post about this.
> Regards,
> Bela Beke
>
> Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
>> Subject: 	[livestockprocessing-l] OT for some: A small-scale grain
>> harvesting project
>> Date: 	Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:58:35 -0800 (PST)
>> From: 	Bob Comis <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> First, I apologize for the cross posting and the off-topic, for  
>> some, post.
>>
>> I am very much interested in growing grain crops on a small scale  
>> (5 to
>> 50 acres, total), including corn, small grains, and dry beans.  
>> However,
>> as I am sure you are all well aware, affordable small-scale  
>> harvesting
>> equipment is no longer available. The old Allis Chalmers, IH, and  
>> other
>> equipment is getting older and harder to find, and soon finding parts
>>
>
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