Local crop processing project FAA/apple and pear processing in kout na sumave 2016

Summary The aim for the local crop harvesting and processing 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 continue and develop in the years to come. Documentation based on open source of the project and further promotion are part of that.

Food Hacking Base Center (fhbc)

To carry out this project in an organized manner we need a center which can serve multiple purposes. It will be place for organization of the project, data collection and evaluation therefore small multimedia center will be needed (computers, printer, digital camera, Internet connection etc.). It will be a place to store equipment and tools which are going to be used during the harvest, processing and post-processing phases - baskets, bags, ladders, boxes, fermentation vessels, bottles etc. Part of the processing phase will take place there - if we manage to get shredder, press and drier they will be located there. Sample taking and storing will be done in this location too. The post-processing phase which includes fermentation of the juices and drying the apples for example will be done there too.

====Basic Requirements

• size - 50 square meters (5x10 m) of usable place should be sufficient for our needs
• electricity - 16 Amps to 220V converter
• water - we need running drinkable water and drainage, we should buy stainless steel sink

General

• it is likely we will need for the terrain electricity generator which can produce at least 2 kW

What is needed - place which can serve as base of operation, at least 5x5 to 5x10 m sheltered space with electricity and preferably with fresh drinkable water and drainage system. If possible longer term safe storage of products in location would be favored (no temperatures under the freezing point). - equipment for harvest: 2x ladders (3-4, 4-5 m), stepladder, baskets, 50-100 l bags (25-50 kg weight), boxes for storage - equipment for processing: shredder and press (partly external facility), blending vessel (to mix juice from variety of apples), storage vessels for juice, fermentation vessels, bottles for bottling, crates for storage of bottles, filter/straining bags, fruit dehydrator, packaging machine - transportation options: car or cart