Training and consulting

Training courses and consulting assignments around open agricultural tools, delivered by OSFarm members. Free service, no commission.

The association lists, its members deliver.

OSFarm sells no training and no consulting, and takes no commission. The catalogue gathers what its members can do around the shared tools of the directory. Pick a module and your request goes straight to the operator, who answers within 5 working days and contracts directly with you. Members get at least 20% off. The catalogue is itself a common good: download it as JSON.

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Data and interoperability

A1 Using open agricultural data through the Lexicon API 1 d · €1,200

More than a hundred standardised sources behind a single API. Participants leave with a working integration in their own tool.

Who for: Developers, IT departments of cooperatives and farm organisations, software vendors.

Public rate €1,200 · member rate from €960

Delivered by Brad Technology — Olivier Lépine Other possible operators: Ekylibre

A2 Agricultural standards and interoperability: ISOBUS, ADAPT, AgGateway, AgroXML ½ d · €700

Know which standard applies to which data flow, and choose between adopting, extending or bridging. Output: a map of the organisation's data flows.

Who for: Product managers, innovation leads, solution buyers.

Public rate €700 · member rate from €560

Delivered by Ekylibre — David Joulin

A3 Open geomatics: QGIS, QField and PostGIS on the farm 2 d · €1,900

From tablet field capture to spatial analysis, with a fully open toolchain and no subscription.

Who for: Advisors, technicians, chambers of agriculture, engineering firms.

Public rate €1,900 · member rate from €1,520

Delivered by Réseau Centipède — Julien Ancelin Other possible operators: 3Liz

Open and frugal artificial intelligence

B1 Generative AI in agriculture: real use cases, real limits 1 d · €1,200

Built on eight editions of the GAIA hackathon. Includes a workshop designing an assistant from a case brought by the participant.

Who for: Executives of farm organisations, advisors, teachers.

Public rate €1,200 · member rate from €960

Delivered by bziiit — Laurent Tripied Qualiopi certified Other possible operators: Ekylibre

B2 Deploying a sovereign language model on your own infrastructure 2 d · €2,400

Mistral, Ollama or vLLM, quantisation, retrieval-augmented generation on your own documents, hardware sizing. Hands-on at La Vauzelle.

Who for: Technical teams, IT departments, integrators.

Public rate €2,400 · member rate from €1,920

Delivered by Ekylibre — David Joulin Other possible operators: bziiit

B3 Digital sobriety and frugal AI: measure, decide, communicate 1 d · €1,400

Assess the footprint of a digital service, choose between a large remote model and a small local one, communicate without greenwashing.

Who for: CSR and digital leadership, food brands.

Public rate €1,400 · member rate from €1,120

Delivered by bziiit — Laurent Tripied Qualiopi certified

B4 AI charter and agricultural data governance ½ d · €900

A production workshop: the organisation leaves with a drafted AI usage charter and a data governance grid.

Who for: Cooperatives, traders, technical institutes, local authorities.

Public rate €900 · member rate from €720

Delivered by bziiit — Laurent Tripied Qualiopi certified Other possible operators: Aspexit

Open machinery, robotics and sensors

C1 Open autosteer and RTK: AgOpenGPS, Centipede network, AOG+ 2 d · €1,600

Build, calibrate and operate centimetre-level retrofit autosteer at a fraction of the cost of a manufacturer system.

Who for: Farmers, machinery cooperatives, workshops, agricultural colleges.

Public rate €1,600 · member rate from €1,280

Delivered by Apuso Libre — Nicolas de Kermel, Mehdi Jaber Other possible operators: Réseau Centipède

C2 Open source farm robotics: ROS, GORT and digital twins 2 d · €2,400

Interoperable robot architecture, sensor fusion, autonomous navigation and digital twins to speed up field trials. Based on the GORT project.

Who for: Engineering firms, manufacturers, laboratories, engineering schools.

Public rate €2,400 · member rate from €1,920

Delivered by Natuition — Cyril Roudot With XLIM, Elatec

C3 Low-tech interoperable sensors: from weather station to connected trap 1 d · €1,200

Build an affordable, repairable sensor network free of vendor lock-in, using smart-home protocols.

Who for: Farmers, technicians, experimental stations.

Public rate €1,200 · member rate from €960

Delivered by Furgo — Nicolas Daüy

C4 Design and build your own implement: agricultural open hardware 3 d · €1,800

Iterative co-design with the farmer, modular implement design, build and field test.

Who for: Hands-on farmers, machinery cooperatives, college workshops, fablabs.

Location: Fablab de La Vauzelle (itinérant avant ouverture)

Public rate €1,800 · member rate from €1,440

Delivered by Le Pré Fabriqué — Simon Richard

C5 Operating a market-gardening robot and its digital twin 2 d · €1,600

Driving, maintenance and customisation of mounted implements, using the robot provided by the association, plus an introduction to digital twins.

Who for: Market gardeners, producer groups, horticultural advisors.

Location: La Vauzelle

Equipment: Robot de maraîchage mis à disposition par OSFarm

Public rate €1,600 · member rate from €1,280

Open module: no operator listed yet. Are you a member who could deliver it?

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Management, knowledge and assessment

D1 Running your farm on an open source ERP 2 d · €1,600

Traceability, field records, stock, e-invoicing. A direct answer to the regulatory deadline and to low software adoption on farms.

Who for: Farmers, producer groups, farm accounting centres.

Public rate €1,600 · member rate from €1,280

Delivered by Ekylibre — David Joulin

D2 Capturing and sharing agronomic knowledge 1 d · €1,200

Formalise a cropping sequence, make it readable and reusable, publish it. Based on Triple Performance and Tika.

Who for: Technical institutes, advisors, trainers, agroecology networks.

Public rate €1,200 · member rate from €960

Delivered by Triple Performance — Bertrand Gorge With Use Design

D3 Running a producer group with Zandoly 1 d · €1,000

Deliveries, planning, allocation and traceability for a fruit and vegetable producer group, with open source software.

Who for: Producer groups and organisations, short supply chains.

Public rate €1,000 · member rate from €800

Delivered by Zandoly — Martin de Reynal

D4 Assessing a digital farming solution before you buy it 1 d · €1,400

An analysis grid for direct, indirect and systemic effects: reversibility, total cost, lock-in, real agronomic value.

Who for: Buyers, farm organisation leadership, public funders, advisors.

Public rate €1,400 · member rate from €1,120

Delivered by Aspexit — Corentin Leroux

D5 Running an open source project and its community 1 d · €1,200

Choose a licence, structure a repository, welcome contributors, maintain a shared roadmap.

Who for: Technical institutes, cooperatives, local authorities, laboratories.

Public rate €1,200 · member rate from €960

Open module: no operator listed yet. Are you a member who could deliver it?

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Consulting assignments

Several operators per assignment: you get the full list and you choose.

Ref. Assignment Deliverable Volume (days) Operators Action
P1 Information system interoperability audit Data flow map, lock-in points, exit plan. 5–10 Ekylibre, Aspexit, Brad Technology
P2 Proof-of-concept sprint on the OSFarm stack Working prototype, open code, handover to the in-house team. 10–20 Ekylibre, Brad Technology
P3 Sovereignty and AI roadmap Assessment, trade-offs, AI charter, 24-month trajectory. 8–15 bziiit, Aspexit
P4 On-site open stack deployment and team training Installed environment, self-sufficient team, documentation. 10–25 Ekylibre, Apuso Libre, Furgo
P5 Running a hackathon or internal challenge Format, preparation, team coaching, final pitch session — a method proven over eight GAIA editions. 2 bziiit, Triple Performance, Ekylibre
P6 Custom implement or robot design Study, prototype, field trials, open plans. 15–40 Le Pré Fabriqué, Natuition, Furgo
P7 Conference on agricultural AI and digital sovereignty Data flow map, lock-in points, exit plan. 1 Ekylibre, Hervé PILLAUD, bziiit

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