Overview

Farm Flow is a comprehensive suite of farm management tools, comprising two main parts: the Farm Flow Board and Farm Flow SOPs (standard operating procedures). The board is the central visualization, with a sweepingly full view of the season's crop plan, field actions, and significant weather events. All the critical data points on the board correspond to criteria and prescriptions detailed in the SOPs, which are based on a formal data analysis of real-world organic farming practices and the outcomes they produce. With these utilities in hand, team members can coordinate their activities to achieve targeted production volumes, desired costs savings, and positive environmental impacts. As a wider community and a forum for exchanging knowledge, Farm Flow also connects farmers to agronomists, technicians, designers, and other stakeholders, activating new channels for collaboration and innovation.

The system was designed and built by farmers, for farmers, principally Matthew Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Organics in Minnesota. The canonical version is a physical whiteboard, which Matthew has replicated for several other farms in his region, offering a D.I.Y. Kit to anyone who thinks they may benefit from it.

See the official Farm Flow website for the latest updates on the software project, its current status, and how to sign up to use the application or create your own physical Farm Flow whiteboard for your farm.

The Pilot App & Development Strategy

Runrig's primary role was to steward the project from its physical form to the digital realm.

• Project Backstory & Initial Assessment
• Pilot Application & Portable Data Architecture
• Continued Development Strategy & Recommendations

Additional Information & Resources

Project Sponsors

• Mad Agriculture
• 11th Hour Project

Development Partners

• Fitzgerald Organics
• Cloudburst
• Runrig

Related Links

• Farm Flow Presentation by M. Fitzgerald to the OpenTEAM HCD Working Group
• The Mad Agriculture Journal: "Meet a Mad Farmer: Fitzgerald Organics"