Walk-in Coolers and Climate Controlled Rooms: EP05

Text me a message!The Ag Engineering podcasts share a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. This episode chats with Silas Doyle-Burr of Last Resort Farm (lastresortfarm.com) about his 5 walk-in climate-controlled rooms.Silas installed five custom build rooms in his renovated dairy barn to create different climate cones for vegetable storage or germination chambers. VECS, The installer he used for his cooler monitoring and controls.Last resort farm on instagramSilas used Trusscore, a corrugated PVC plant in his wash/pack space. See this and more on our blog post go.uvm.edu/smoothncleanVideo tour of the walk-inshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGeCFdc0ZUI&list=PLRhtZw1o6RdFOSoR3QriKs3i3njkEYezi&index=5&t=0s7:00 Coolbot vs. commercial refrigeration8:00 Accurate temp and humidity controls12:51 Wireless Options13:21 Cost?16:00 What is a relay?21:01 Regrets with building material choice22:23 The need for circulation fansSupport the showVisit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.comFollow the show on Facebook and Instagram: @thefarmersshareSubscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare