permaculture

[Bela Beke <belabeke@belabeke.com.au>]

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
>