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Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California

CalCAN

JUNE 21, 2023

The collective currently shares two mid-sized combine harvesters, one mini-combine harvester, a compost spreader, two seed cleaners, a berm flamer, a no-till drill, and a foliar spray trailer. California Plowshares is more than an equipment library – it’s also a space for learning and experimentation.

Compost

Compost Grain Harvest Harvesting

The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2019, the trio decided to work together to lift this equipment burden, pooling funds to buy their first combine. Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine. There have been some recent efforts to support more robust farm equipment-sharing in the U.S.

Grain

Grain Farming Farming Orchard

Agriculture Informer

Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California

The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

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