This series has been intense. Absolutely love it watching these guys streamline and make micros even more efficient. Small farms can learn from these folks.
A great innovation for the large scale microgreens growers. The first thing I did was go to the comments to see people say they could make one with a cigarette and a bowl of nails for breakfast, I was not disappointed. Every single engineer that helped design and make that thing has to make a living, and a good one at that. You can't just point out the simplest parts on a machine and say "its simple!". They payed a lot of attention to detail on this, I liked how he knew the belts shrank with certain chemicals and where already changing the design so they didn't do that.
the funny thing is if you have ever tried to save money by building stuff like this, you will one: never get even close to its efficiency or it will cost you more in trial and error to get there, and you will be wishing you'd brought one. however it is cool to build things as a project, with a cool dude like that he would probably spec everything they use, motors, controllers etc. however you have a 99% chance of it not being as good. a machine like that will last a lifetime, if the ever come up, second hand.
I have had this first hand with many things. I make it and end up looking at my expenses thinking I could have just bought one, saving the time and getting better quality. Although, some simple things are good to do just for gaining of the knowledge, like a simple construction job, but that's just if you have the time to do it. I have learned to just ignore the people that say they can make things for free. ten years from now I will have a successful business, and they will still be sitting on their ass saying "I would do it this way. I could do it better." yeah, but you didn't, and you won't.
That is what is great about farming. You CAN make a lot of stuff from scratch and that is what farmers are known for, being innovative. Some people may choose to capitalize on this, patent a design and sell it. There will still be people who out of cheapness, stubbornness, or just sheer necessity, will build a similar implement to serve their needs. They don't make the $$$ the entrepreneur did, but they can sure as hell save a lot. And the guys selling the pre-built assembly will surely have customers, as not every person wants to build their own tools. Some people have more money and can buy it "off the shelf". It works in all directions and is what makes farming so interesting in my opinion.
@MrFarmer1997 While the design is simple for someone to copy getting it approved for food handling service is another. Even if you use stainless steel sometimes the mill source is skewing the ratio's making it less ideal for food service use. I had a friend who purchased these stainless steel scissors and wondered why the hell are they are rusting after 2 weeks of usage. I told him look where it's made and consider that superior corrosion resistance of nickel is 75% more expensive than chromium. Stainless 430 is cheaper as it has 0.75% nickel being less acid and salt resistant Stainless 316 is more expensive as it has 10% - 14% nickel content While deception of material selection occurs within western society it's far more common in China as most of the time shipping the item back to China exceeds the value of the item. To put it into perspective shipping a 1 lb package to China through USPS costs $16.75 while shipping from China to the USA costs as low as $0.99 via ePacket.
Your past two videos have been very eye opening and extremely interesting. Thank you Curtis for making these videos. On a side note, I plant my peas dry also and suggested you give it a try at one point. However I am essentially a hobby business and have learned much of what I know from you!
Daniel Purpur Saves time, easier to spread out and most importantly you don’t have to worry about over soaking which causes them to mold and rot. I have a video about it on my channel if you want to check it out. I don’t want to direct link it out of respect for Curtis’s channel.
Well so much for being a small scale competitive microgreen farmer. Good to know the machine is subject to chemicals tho, awesome selling point to keep customers loyal to the small guy
Oh please, if you're not sanitizing your equipment with "scary chemicals" i.e. regular bleach solution or other foodsafe cleaners you're irresponsible. It has no effect on the product other than preventing disease
It wastes A LOT of greens unless fed continuously. 02:45 I would add a rotating brush on top to prevent that if I were you. And add an automatic turntable for the landing bucket. 07:45
If the design flaws weren't glaringly obvious to begin with I might suggest you try to get paid for your advice to this company. But alas, they are just that obvious you wonder who was responsible for the quality control in design stage here?
I strongly agree with DD. It annoys me to see obvious inefficiencies, but what bothers me more, when these things are pointed out, mostly my ideas are ignored. I have been told, "We already considered those ideas." (They did not! Or, they were too lame to implement them.)
Hey. Hi dear. Just to say thanx for this lovely video . And the video earlier also. It just boost our confidence about the huge possiblities for market for Micro Greens as commercial product. Thanx friend once again
i feel like there should be another tray underneath or on the sides so it can catch the extra that's falling onto the floor, now that would be zero maintenence!
I would add a 45 degree angle on the Belt a high CFM fan blowing down and have the belt at the bottom so you don't waste all the greens as stated in comments below
Awesome machine. One thing I noticed,. Last flat the product seems to fall on the belt and then they let fall on ground at end? Think I would put a second bucket under there to catch it. I know it's not much but product is $
Sweet, but $39,000? Didn’t realize conveyor belts with a hedger would send it to the stratosphere! How long do the chrome cutting blades last before sharpening? I didn’t see this addressed. Nice machine, and hopefully price will come down in future, otherwise I see competitors bringing it down. Thanks for the video.
Hey.. thanks ... i got one question about the left over of the MG's are those edible like sprouts ??? or i got couple of other question may i call you...
Hi Curtis, very interesting harvester - thank you for sharing! From your point of view - how does this compare to the microgreens harvester from FarmersFriend - with regard to investment costs vs improved productivity (reduced labour costs). I would expect the FarmersFriend harvester to be an intermediate solution somewhere between hand harvesting using scissors/knives and this Hamil harvester. Any thoughts? Looking forward to meet you in Sweden :-)
wow, now seeing the entire process, it makes me wonder what would the world actually look like if that was freely feeding people. God man, world hunger urks the shit out of me
Actually i was thinking the same thing, that wash down motor may be 1000.00, 120v inverter 150, buttons and controls maybe 100 if bought from automation direct the belt, and stainless steel, not sure. Man hours to build and design it may be expensive maybe 2000.00. Thats a really profitable build.
Busytech yeah and after insurence,depreciation costs, building up a saving account,paying water,electricity,advertising,planning costs,trial and error,paying interest,retirement plan,tools needed for building,certification cost,municipal costs, and the list goes on and on and on . but I'm sure , you as a Superhero would be selling the machine for 200 bucks and still make 150bucks in profit. Good luck!
Awesome product for 30 mm is way too f****** expensive for that for that price I would literally design my own and not sell it just use it myself so there would be no patent infringement or any of that all you have is a cutter to belts and controls that is not worth $32,000 I'm sorry it's an amazing product but not for $32000
LOL Obviously you haven't built any production equipment. I build a lot of accessories for my equipment, and know my limitations. I was contemplating the same idea, that I could use this machine as a template to build my own, but realized I probably would have to buy many of the 'parts' which may only be available through this company, because who else makes them? This machine can probably run all year with very few adjustments, it could probably be put into storage and brought back to production with very little tinkering, etc. My machine would need not only my time for manufacture, but it would be difficult for me to engineer durability and simplicity, as this company has.
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My chickens have volunteered for floor cleanup!
Just have a bunch of chooks running around in the greenhouse LOL
This design is excellent; and, the manufacturer is learning. Nice.
Got some serious satisfaction from you fixing the bucket at the end
haha, i feel ya.
yes
Lol, young bull was too busy pulling trays to notice the bucket was about to overflow.
I was about to comment on an update for that $30,000+ machine, it needs a rotating table for the bucket.
@@therealcoolc
younger gens generally don't think.
you have to teach them to put one foot in front of another.
This series has been intense. Absolutely love it watching these guys streamline and make micros even more efficient. Small farms can learn from these folks.
Hey Curtis I really enjoyed the meet and great at the Hamill company. Thanks for signing my book.
That machine is amazing! Thanks for highlighting it.
That machine is so cool !!! And Its made only a few hours from where I live, even cooler !!!
Nice to see Canadian innovation at work.
Great machine. I love how systematic, organized, and safety oriented the employees are at that facility.
Cheers, enjoy the videos, keep 'em coming.
A great innovation for the large scale microgreens growers. The first thing I did was go to the comments to see people say they could make one with a cigarette and a bowl of nails for breakfast, I was not disappointed. Every single engineer that helped design and make that thing has to make a living, and a good one at that. You can't just point out the simplest parts on a machine and say "its simple!". They payed a lot of attention to detail on this, I liked how he knew the belts shrank with certain chemicals and where already changing the design so they didn't do that.
Yes! Love this whole idea. Comments will always have the people who can do better.
the funny thing is if you have ever tried to save money by building stuff like this, you will one: never get even close to its efficiency or it will cost you more in trial and error to get there, and you will be wishing you'd brought one. however it is cool to build things as a project, with a cool dude like that he would probably spec everything they use, motors, controllers etc. however you have a 99% chance of it not being as good. a machine like that will last a lifetime, if the ever come up, second hand.
I have had this first hand with many things. I make it and end up looking at my expenses thinking I could have just bought one, saving the time and getting better quality. Although, some simple things are good to do just for gaining of the knowledge, like a simple construction job, but that's just if you have the time to do it. I have learned to just ignore the people that say they can make things for free. ten years from now I will have a successful business, and they will still be sitting on their ass saying "I would do it this way. I could do it better." yeah, but you didn't, and you won't.
That is what is great about farming. You CAN make a lot of stuff from scratch and that is what farmers are known for, being innovative. Some people may choose to capitalize on this, patent a design and sell it. There will still be people who out of cheapness, stubbornness, or just sheer necessity, will build a similar implement to serve their needs.
They don't make the $$$ the entrepreneur did, but they can sure as hell save a lot. And the guys selling the pre-built assembly will surely have customers, as not every person wants to build their own tools. Some people have more money and can buy it "off the shelf". It works in all directions and is what makes farming so interesting in my opinion.
@MrFarmer1997 While the design is simple for someone to copy getting it approved for food handling service is another. Even if you use stainless steel sometimes the mill source is skewing the ratio's making it less ideal for food service use. I had a friend who purchased these stainless steel scissors and wondered why the hell are they are rusting after 2 weeks of usage. I told him look where it's made and consider that superior corrosion resistance of nickel is 75% more expensive than chromium.
Stainless 430 is cheaper as it has 0.75% nickel being less acid and salt resistant
Stainless 316 is more expensive as it has 10% - 14% nickel content
While deception of material selection occurs within western society it's far more common in China as most of the time shipping the item back to China exceeds the value of the item. To put it into perspective shipping a 1 lb package to China through USPS costs $16.75 while shipping from China to the USA costs as low as $0.99 via ePacket.
Your past two videos have been very eye opening and extremely interesting. Thank you Curtis for making these videos.
On a side note, I plant my peas dry also and suggested you give it a try at one point. However I am essentially a hobby business and have learned much of what I know from you!
What is the bennefit of planting them dry?
Daniel Purpur Saves time, easier to spread out and most importantly you don’t have to worry about over soaking which causes them to mold and rot. I have a video about it on my channel if you want to check it out. I don’t want to direct link it out of respect for Curtis’s channel.
Corey I was JUST watching that video! Because of you I'm going to try mine dry.
Susan Maxwell Awesome, let me know how it works for you!
you don't even know. I've been watching this channel for like 3 hours straight. I need a girlfriend, or a farm!
Well so much for being a small scale competitive microgreen farmer. Good to know the machine is subject to chemicals tho, awesome selling point to keep customers loyal to the small guy
Oh please, if you're not sanitizing your equipment with "scary chemicals" i.e. regular bleach solution or other foodsafe cleaners you're irresponsible. It has no effect on the product other than preventing disease
It wastes A LOT of greens unless fed continuously.
02:45
I would add a rotating brush on top to prevent that if I were you.
And add an automatic turntable for the landing bucket.
07:45
If the design flaws weren't glaringly obvious to begin with I might suggest you try to get paid for your advice to this company. But alas, they are just that obvious you wonder who was responsible for the quality control in design stage here?
I strongly agree with DD. It annoys me to see obvious inefficiencies, but what bothers me more, when these things are pointed out, mostly my ideas are ignored. I have been told, "We already considered those ideas." (They did not! Or, they were too lame to implement them.)
Smart company to get a foothold in a new business and hit it out of the park. Awesome product.
Wow. I'm amazed they can grow outdoors year round in that climate especially given dreary gloomy winter days
Hey.
Hi dear.
Just to say thanx for this lovely video . And the video earlier also. It just boost our confidence about the huge possiblities for market for Micro Greens as commercial product.
Thanx friend once again
Finally, I got to see the blade set up. OK, A Hedge trimmer mounted between conveyor belts. Easie shmeasie. Thanks.
Wow!! Inspirational! Thank you Curtis! Love it brother.
Here in the year of Our Ford, the dollar is divine.
7:44 is the best part, because I had a huge jump in my anxiety over the bucket filling so uneven, threatening to spill over!
I can see you buying one of those babies Curtis, That was crazy. I think the price was lofty but it does save in the long run.
That is fantastic! Never dealt with micro greens, how many times can u cut a tray?
Make a month's payment with one day of labor saving. WOW! I love engineering!
i feel like there should be another tray underneath or on the sides so it can catch the extra that's falling onto the floor, now that would be zero maintenence!
Awesome machine. On my wishlist until production demands it.
How do you get them into consumer packaging? what packaging do you use?
I would add a 45 degree angle on the Belt a high CFM fan blowing down and have the belt at the bottom so you don't waste all the greens as stated in comments below
I want that harvester
curious to know after the trades are harvested can it be grown again since the roots are still in the soil...
i was wondering same.
What an operation! Thanks for your vids, you dominant lobster, you!
Nice machine, but it could use a reel to feed the crop into the blades and onto the belt. That would eliminate a lot of the waste between the trays.
Mr Curtis , what was the orange media the plats were grown in ?
Awesome machine. One thing I noticed,. Last flat the product seems to fall on the belt and then they let fall on ground at end? Think I would put a second bucket under there to catch it. I know it's not much but product is $
it looked like a half pound tops. and that only happens when they need to reload those transport shelves.
looks good but i would get long trays to put underneath as was loosing a lot that was falling off
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THIS right here! 👏
Any chance to know who built their greenhouse?
Wish you would say something about that wheatgrass. To whom is is sold and how is it used.
awesome. hi Curtis, how they manage the waste ?
I could hear the turning in your mind Curtis. 😀
Sweet, but $39,000? Didn’t realize conveyor belts with a hedger would send it to the stratosphere! How long do the chrome cutting blades last before sharpening? I didn’t see this addressed. Nice machine, and hopefully price will come down in future, otherwise I see competitors bringing it down. Thanks for the video.
Well phrased ,my exact thoughts.
I know two things that could greatly improve it's crop feeding and productivity
I dont even farm and that thing is freaking sweet.
Ooo I like the modular belt where can i get one for a 3 ft harvester
pretty dank extended setup
Great gear!
WOW, really a great machine but one would need to be big time to afford one of those. Great info and video.
What type of salanova would be most profitable curtis?
Going from urban farming to farming soon :P
Hello sir your are great work
This is what building a monopoly looks like. Guessing there aren't any small farms anywhere close.
Great info…!!!
Wow what a machine. Definitely on the wish list
So basically...it's a really fancy hedge trimmer attached to a conveyor belt. Nice
Wow Technology is making farming more advanced day by day. love the videos Curtis, keep it up.
Very cool
Fascinating
Will they regrow those flats and cut again or are they done and need replanting ???
previous vid, they compost them
Hey.. thanks ... i got one question about the left over of the MG's are those edible like sprouts ??? or i got couple of other question may i call you...
May I call you hahaha
Is that reasonably priced for your operation curtis?
This machine is too big for my operation. This machine is intended for larger operations producing at least 1000 flats a week.
That’s around 6.8 a minute for their production
Hi Curtis, very interesting harvester - thank you for sharing! From your point of view - how does this compare to the microgreens harvester from FarmersFriend - with regard to investment costs vs improved productivity (reduced labour costs). I would expect the FarmersFriend harvester to be an intermediate solution somewhere between hand harvesting using scissors/knives and this Hamil harvester.
Any thoughts?
Looking forward to meet you in Sweden :-)
It's all about scale. If you're not producing at least 1000 flats a week, you wouldn't use this machine.
Great video ! BUT ... who thought at 5:05 he lost his arm in the machine ?!?!?!?!? Come on now !
Your awesome dude.
In the off season it could be modified to give haircuts at the mall.
haha
well that just gave me an idea
I want!
Everything is made in Canada except the Stihl KM headge trimmer attachment that is cutting the greens
My worms volunteered to eat them off the ground! :)
Can someone tell me which micro greens taste delicious because the ones that I have ate were whey to spicy
Peas and sunflower probably the best tasting. Broccoli is pretty neutral tasting, so easy to eat as well. Popcorn is probably the sweetest
Any idea who made that harvester for them?
I LOVE IT !!!!!!ll
Wow...let's turn something back into factory farming. Wow.
Cool
touching the product with a bare hand?
Yes. Pretty much every farm.
Bang bang
Wonderful but too expensive.
wow, now seeing the entire process, it makes me wonder what would the world actually look like if that was freely feeding people. God man, world hunger urks the shit out of me
Really cool, but $32k gave me a heart attack. I'll build one at that price xD.
So this was an infomercial
TOO EXPENSIVE :O
I'm sure you could get it custom made for 38K
thats what i was thinking
I was thinking I could make it all for less then 5k
It looks like the sunflowers had a pile of shells. Mass production sure does kill the quality.
".. sepcifically for microgreens.. or any greens"
some people where able to do same result like this 30k dollars machine for 200 dollars.. lol
Who the heck is that farm doing 2500 flats a day?!?
Divine Zeal I would say they refer to Greenbelt Microgreens or Freshorigins
Konrad H. Nope. Kind Organics!
This is too ironic. One of the main sell points of microgreens is to avoid processed automation.
All I see is a machine taking jobs and adding processing to it.
Amazing but I saw a lot of waste on the floor on both sides. Why not some shields. Food for thought for something or someone. Lmao🤣😂😭. 🐰🐷🐓
dhat hedgetrimmer
40 grand for 2 conveyor belts and a hedge trimmer?
Make one and compete
Exactly. Good luck there.
Actually i was thinking the same thing, that wash down motor may be 1000.00, 120v inverter 150, buttons and controls maybe 100 if bought from automation direct the belt, and stainless steel, not sure. Man hours to build and design it may be expensive maybe 2000.00.
Thats a really profitable build.
Busytech yeah and after insurence,depreciation costs, building up a saving account,paying water,electricity,advertising,planning costs,trial and error,paying interest,retirement plan,tools needed for building,certification cost,municipal costs, and the list goes on and on and on . but I'm sure , you as a Superhero would be selling the machine for 200 bucks and still make 150bucks in profit. Good luck!
I'm a machinist. I came here to add that stainless steel isn't cheap.
$32.000 and I'll build you 3 of these and use the rest to build myself one along with a microgreen op to use it in. Cool engineering.
I have the American version if his is 20,000 or more come and see me I can build these for WAY Cheaper.
How do someone compete when this is on the market.. makes no sense
Impressive.... expensive!
Gotta work on that wastage. yeesh
$40k is a bit absurd
You gonna buy one? Ha
Money Money Money Money Money Money Money Money Money Money Money Money Money
kills my soul watching this kind of microgreen production.
Awesome product for 30 mm is way too f****** expensive for that for that price I would literally design my own and not sell it just use it myself so there would be no patent infringement or any of that all you have is a cutter to belts and controls that is not worth $32,000 I'm sorry it's an amazing product but not for $32000
LOL Obviously you haven't built any production equipment. I build a lot of accessories for my equipment, and know my limitations. I was contemplating the same idea, that I could use this machine as a template to build my own, but realized I probably would have to buy many of the 'parts' which may only be available through this company, because who else makes them? This machine can probably run all year with very few adjustments, it could probably be put into storage and brought back to production with very little tinkering, etc. My machine would need not only my time for manufacture, but it would be difficult for me to engineer durability and simplicity, as this company has.