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In the Open: The Future of Farming

by The Investigative Newswire on August 11, 2012 · comment

VIDEO: THE (OPEN-SOURCE) ECOLOGIST

A farm run by DIY technologists aims to revolutionize agriculture.

By Mario Furloni and Thomas Gorman for The Ration

: Dr. Marcin Jakubowski. photo: Sean Church

Marcin Jakubowski traded in a promising career in nuclear fusion for a farm in Missouri, with a plan to radically decentralize agriculture. Using a DIY ethos and open source plans, this 2011 TED fellow is trying to re-engineer 40 important farm tools, creating a kind of Lego set for farmers anywhere in the world to build their own farming equipment with readily available materials.

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In the Open: The Future of Farming

VIDEO: THE (OPEN-SOURCE) ECOLOGIST

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