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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Mobile strawberry picking platform
  • Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:27:34 -0500

I've been searching with little success for plans, descriptions, or even a
picture of a mobile platform for picking strawberries. The thing I have in
mind would straddle the row, and the picker would sit or lie on it, push
along the row with his or her feet, and use both hands for picking directly
in front of them.

The closest I've come are these:

a two-person weeding cart
http://www.rngr.net/Publications/tpn/28/28_3_4_29.pdf/file

two titles of possibly similar items from "Farm Show" Magazine
http://www.farmshow.com/index/results.asp?code=14&subcode=d&category=CROPS&subcategory=NEW+TECHNIQUES

Do any of you have any leads? Have you ever used one, and is it worth using
for picking 1-2 hours per day during strawberry season?

thanks, Richard

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Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/





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