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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Here is a short video about an intriguing project that
is developing do-it-yourself local scale versions of 50 essential machines for
civilization, many of which are food and agriculture-oriented. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/"><FONT
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face=Calibri>http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/explosion-after-the-online-ted-talk/</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>And a short written intro:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Crash_Course"><FONT color=#0066cc
face=Calibri>http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Crash_Course</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Here is a diagram of the 50 machines organized by
primary purpose. They call this the Global Village Construction
Set.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set"><FONT
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face=Calibri>http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Global_Village_Construction_Set</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>From the beginning of the Oklahoma Food Cooperative, one
of the critical problems has been harvesting machinery. Conventional combines
cost more than a hundred thousand dollars, and that is an expense that isn’t
feasible for small producers. Small acreages are also not attractive to custom
combiners, who do work for other farmers, especially if it is a crop that may
require adjustments to the machine (like dried beans). I have wished for a long
time for a small scale combine that would be affordable. The Open Farm Tech
people think that once developed, a micro-combine could be built by a farmer
with reasonable farm skills for less than a thousand US dollars. So I have
agreed to jump start the research and devlopment program for a microcombine, and
I invite all y’all to help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Please take a look at the microcombine project page at
</FONT><A href="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Agricultural_Microcombine"><FONT
color=#0066cc
face=Calibri>http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Agricultural_Microcombine</FONT></A><FONT
face=Calibri> and contribute your ideas and expertise. And don’t be shy, if you
have something to say on the subject, say it, whether it be large or small. To
contribute you need to register as a user of the wiki, which is reasonably
simple to do. All ideas are welcome.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Here is the “Get involved” page. </FONT><A
href="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Get_Involved"><FONT color=#0066cc
face=Calibri>http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Get_Involved</FONT></A><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>And please pass the word along about this development
project.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A href="http://www.bobwaldrop.net"><FONT
color=#0066cc>www.bobwaldrop.net</FONT></A>
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