Ask HN: Farmhack.org top of HN. Why are Hackers interested?

With amazement I noticed that yesterday farmhacks.org was at the top of HN for quite some time. I have been raised on a farm and was always eager to start some kind of side project between farming and technology. I thought that I would need to be gathered specifically towards farmers and was suprized that hn users (who are mainly non-farmers, right?) where also interested in this topic. I am wondering why? Do you want to start farming? Is it only the technological side? Would love to discuss