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* apple vinegar
* apple vinegar
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvados calvados] (legally produced by distillery)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvados calvados] (legally produced by distillery)
==== Apple and pear juice====
Especially apple juice is going to be, at least by quantity, the main product of this project. In order to be able to make our own juice we need to be able to wash the apples after harvesting, shred them and press them collecting the resulting juice into vessels. If cooled down the fresh juice will last for up to few days. If we plan to preserve it for longer we need some sterilization equipment like autoclave or some "pasteurization" system. Variety of more or less questionable chemical substances may be used to help the process of preservation. Part of harvest's  shredding and pressing are planed to be done in other commercial well equipped facility which would allow result in product usable for commercial distribution.
This year it is the first time when we are going to be harvesting and pressing the juices. We want to make small batches for pressing aiming to collect just few hundreds milliliters to few liters of juices from single variety of apples taking samples which would be used both for tasting but also for chemical analysis - sugar contents, nutrition content etc. Also blending experiments should be done aiming for few to several liters batches of both non alcoholic juice but also for cider and distillate making. 
'''Equipment needed:'''
* bathtub and sink for washing the fruits
* apple shredder
* apple press
* fridge
* autoclave or pasteurization device
* crates and bottles
* laboratory equipment for collection and storage of samples

Revision as of 03:30, 11 June 2016

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Summary The aim of this phase of the project is to gather crops from around the village Kout na Šumavě and process them into a variety of high quality products. "Results of our efforts" will be distributed among the people involved, the village community and part of them among the people interested in the project who would like to support it (legal scheme has to be developed and applied). Aiming for fair distribution is crucial. Priority is to manage the project in a such way that the community see it as a positive activity and would like it to continue and develop in the years to come. Documentation based on the open source scheme and further promotion are important parts of this project.

Food Hacking Base Center (fhbc)

To run this project in an organized manner we need a base which we can use for multiple purposes. It will be place where we organize the project and collect and evaluate data using small multimedia center. It will also serve as a storage for equipment and tools which are going to be used during the harvest, processing and post-processing phases and harvested fruits and products which we make. Part of the processing phase will take place there - if we manage to get shredder, press and drier they will be located and run there. Sample taking and storing will be done at this location so will be the post-processing phase which includes fermentation of the juices for example.

Basic Requirements

  • size - 50 square meters (+-5x10 m) of usable place should be basic requirement, 100 square meters would be great!
  • electricity - 16 Amps with 220V converter
  • water - we need running drinkable water and drainage, stainless steel sink
  • Internet connection

Multimedia center

The multimedia center will serve as a core for organizing this project, transfer of the data to electronic version, processing of the data and sharing it online. Digital information like photos, audio and video will be all processed and shared there too.

  • 2-3x computers
  • 1x printer (multifunctional if possible)
  • wifi/Ethernet connection to Internet, local network
  • digital camera

Equipment&Tools

Here is list of equipment and tools suggested for the project, please have a look, comment and if you would like to contribute by something what we did not get yet please do so!

General Equipment and utilities

  • 3x shelving systems (approximately 2m wide, 2m high and 40-60cm deep)
  • 2x processing tables (240x60x100cm)
  • 1x community processing table (240x120x100cm)
  • 2x computer tables
  • sink to wash fruits and equipment

Equipment for harvest

  • 2x ladders (1x 3-4 and 1x 4-5m)
  • 1x stepladder
  • 3-4x baskets (10-15 l volume)
  • 4-6x hooks for baskets (to hang on the ladder)
  • 3x small cutters (to cut some apples off the tree)
  • 20x bags (can take 25-50 kg in apples weight)
  • 20-50x boxes for storage of fruits (10-20 kg capacity of each box)
  • 20-30x boxes for storage of fruits (5-10 kg, one layer of fruits only)
  • car to collect the harvested fruits

Equipment for processing and post-processing

  • "bath tub" for washing fruits
  • draining board for fruits after washing (made from euro pallets etc. so the fruit doesn't go to the boxes wet)
  • shredder for apples and pears, probably DIY by us, small scale
  • press for apples and pears, probably DIY by us, small scale (15-30 kg pressing capacity)
  • dehydrator - to make dried apples and pears
  • packing machine - to pack dried apples and pears
  • blending vessel (up to 100 l) stainless steel - blending pressed juices
  • autoclave/sterilizer - for preserving the products and sterilizing the equipment
  • vessels to store the juice for "keeving"
  • incubator, DIY by us, for controlled fermentation
  • fermentation vessels approximately - 6x 10 l; 6x 20 l; 2x 50 l and 1-2x 100 l
  • crates for bottles - variety of types
  • glass bottles for both non fermented and fermented product, bottles glass&plastic with usual top and swing top
  • caps for bottles - variety of types depending on the type of bottles we get - beer style, screw type and also swing tops
  • glass jars with tops for jams, apple mash, compotes etc.
  • filter, straining bags

Budget&Support

Here we describe and suggest the ways how to get resources to make this project happen.

Products

This section is dedicated to the variety of products which we want to make.

  • apple and pear juice
  • dried apples and pears
  • cider and perry
  • compote
  • "apple mash"
  • apple vinegar
  • calvados (legally produced by distillery)

Apple and pear juice

Especially apple juice is going to be, at least by quantity, the main product of this project. In order to be able to make our own juice we need to be able to wash the apples after harvesting, shred them and press them collecting the resulting juice into vessels. If cooled down the fresh juice will last for up to few days. If we plan to preserve it for longer we need some sterilization equipment like autoclave or some "pasteurization" system. Variety of more or less questionable chemical substances may be used to help the process of preservation. Part of harvest's shredding and pressing are planed to be done in other commercial well equipped facility which would allow result in product usable for commercial distribution.

This year it is the first time when we are going to be harvesting and pressing the juices. We want to make small batches for pressing aiming to collect just few hundreds milliliters to few liters of juices from single variety of apples taking samples which would be used both for tasting but also for chemical analysis - sugar contents, nutrition content etc. Also blending experiments should be done aiming for few to several liters batches of both non alcoholic juice but also for cider and distillate making.

Equipment needed:

  • bathtub and sink for washing the fruits
  • apple shredder
  • apple press
  • fridge
  • autoclave or pasteurization device
  • crates and bottles
  • laboratory equipment for collection and storage of samples