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:fish: :seedling: :sunny: Learn how to create and maintain a sustainable mini-ecosystem
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These guys *almost* have the idea ... #6

Open nelsonic opened 7 years ago

nelsonic commented 7 years ago

http://www.freightfarms.com/ found when reading: https://blog.heroku.com/freight-farms-on-heroku

eliasmalik commented 7 years ago

These guys too: http://www.greenfinityfarms.com/prototype.html

Some code here: https://github.com/GreenfinityFarms

Looks like @newswim works/does stuff there?

newswim commented 7 years ago

Hey @eliascodes, I actually live at the house! Greenfin is a non-profit, and it's currently on a bit of a backburner due to our other project - turning the house into an autism therapy center. Glad to say the main project is now rolling along and we'll be able to invest some more time into documenting our prototype system, and hopefully 🤞 publishing an eBook.

It's a somewhat slow process, but our system is not terribly complicated and is markedly less expensive than some other efforts, for instance Grove Labs, who have a beautiful system but is also a handcrafted frame which isn't cheap to build. We use inexpensive metal shelving and Arduino controllers. The sensors are probably the most expensive, but these are all details I hope to gather into manual-form soon!

I can tell you that we currently produce about 12 trays of microgreens a week, and only have to add about 5 gals to the system. It's also fairly self-cleaning and requires minimal energy thanks to the LEDs.

Another project I would want to direct some attention and excitement to is Common Garden, who have put in a lot of work to build a platform and telemetry system which is all Node.js and Web Components based. Plus they have Mitar helping them, who was a major contributor to the Meteor community.

Thanks for ringing me in on this, I hope it's of value to others. I'm happy to field any questions from other growers or people interested.