Agricultural equipment Harvester Harvesting Orchard 
CalCAN
JUNE 21, 2023
Their neighbors’ operations include vineyards, orchards, grain and vegetables. Together, they decided to pool their resources to acquire equipment that they could share, and applied for grant funding to help with the costs. Now, every farmer in the collective uses compost.
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. It has allowed us to do much more creative things in orchard systems,” said Gonzales-Siemens.
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