“FarmHack is a community for those who embrace the long-standing farm traditions of tinkering, inventing, fabricating, tweaking, and improving things that break. Farmers, engineers, designers, inventors all welcome to bring your ideas for more efficient and sustainable tools and practices for farmers.” [Special Events – Whallonsburg Grange Hall.]

The event will span over Saturday and Sunday, April 28-29. It begins at Intervale in Burlington Vt. and then you will journey over to Essex, NY.

Saturday at 5:30  there will be a potluck supper at the Grange, and Saturday night there will be a bonfire and sleepover in Black Kettle Farm barn if you choose to stay overnight.

Sunday includes tours of Essex Farm, Full and By Farm, lunch and discussion at the Grange.

Full schedule of events is available here.

Contact the Grange for any questions or directions at 518-962-4386 or e-mail ghall@westelcom.com.

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