{"id":18209,"date":"2023-06-21T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calcanstaging.kinsta.cloud\/?p=18209"},"modified":"2023-06-21T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T19:21:19","slug":"breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nate Gonzalez-Siemens of <\/span>Fat Uncle Farms<\/span><\/a> and Melissa Sorongon of <\/span>Piedrasassi<\/span><\/a> are somewhat unusual in the Central Coast and south San Joaquin Valley: they are both small-scale farmers who grow grain as part of their diversified operations. Nate farms almonds, rye, wheat, and cotton, and Melissa grows wine grapes, wheat and rye. Small-scale and biologically-diverse farming operations like Nate\u2019s and Melissa\u2019s require a greater variety of costly equipment, some of which is only used a few times a year. The purchase of farm equipment is typically the highest capital expense for farmers after land, which is a barrier for small, underserved, and\/or beginning farmers with limited cash flow. This was true for Melissa and Nate, who both faced challenges in accessing the equipment they needed to run and grow their operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Nate Gonzalez-Siemens, Fat Uncle Farms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nate shared, \u201cWhen we started our farm, we had two major challenges. First, access to land and second, access to equipment. We have been able to lease land, but could not find specialized tools to rent at the small scale we require.\u201d Nate and Melissa discovered that other small-scale farmers in their Central Coast and southern San Joaquin Valley community were facing similar challenges. 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.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Melissa Sorongon, Piedrasassi – Photo Credit: Piedrasassi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three years later, their equipment sharing collaborative, named <\/span>California Plowshares<\/span>,<\/span><\/a> has expanded to a broader network of approximately 25 farmers across the Central Coast and southern San Joaquin Valley. 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. These tools help their operations do tasks like harvest crops, apply compost, manage weeds, clean grain, plant cover crops, and apply compost tea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

California Plowshares is more than an equipment library \u2013\u00a0 it\u2019s also a space for learning and experimentation. Access to equipment and farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing through the collective have enabled members to adopt new practices. If a member farmer is interested in using a new type of equipment through the collective, another member will bring the equipment to their farm and go over proper use and safety. Nate explained, \u201cCollectively, we have been able to organize the sharing protocols, repairs and insurance for our purchases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Photo Credit: California Plowshares<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For example, prior to acquiring a compost spreader, none of the collective\u2019s members had been able to apply compost due to equipment barriers. Now, every farmer in the collective uses compost. Additionally, access to combine harvesters has led many members of the collective to further diversify their farms by adding dry farmed winter grains. These crops grow well in the region, but these farmers were previously unable to grow grains because of a lack of access to the necessary equipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CalCAN and our member organization, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), are co-sponsoring <\/span>AB 552<\/span><\/a> authored by Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura) to create a regional farmer equipment and cooperative resources assistance pilot program. AB 552 proposes the creation of a new program at the Department of Conservation to fund equipment sharing programs that allow farmers to borrow or lease high-value equipment from eligible entities that purchase and maintain equipment for healthy soil practices, as well as activities like planting, harvesting, storage, and processing. Furthermore, the program would support training for farmers on new and innovative small-farm equipment and equipment maintenance, as well as cooperative development on how to participate and design farmer cooperatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Equipment sharing is also part of the California Department of Food and Agriculture\u2019s (CDFA) new Healthy Soils Block Grant Pilot Program. Under the pilot CDFA will be awarding funds to entities such as resource conservation districts and nonprofits that will then select farms to implement healthy soils practices. In the Healthy Soils request for grant applications<\/a> it notes that equipment can be purchased with a cost-share in order to \u201cassist and encourage healthy soil practices on farms where access to such equipment prohibits adoption.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nate shared, \u201c<\/span>This bill [AB 552] has the potential to address one of the most critical bottlenecks for small farms and those owned by minoritized farmers, especially those who are aiming to push the envelope with regenerative, organic, and other novel and traditional cropping systems. We hope that this bill will engender the formation of more alliances like ours as well as supporting the increase in capacity of our own collaborative effort.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AB 552 has passed out of the Assembly and has been referred to the Senate Agriculture Committee and Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. Please join us in supporting AB 552 by signing on to our <\/span>support letter<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Photo Credit: Piedrasassi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Photo Credit: Fat Uncle Farms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nate Gonzalez-Siemens of Fat Uncle Farms and Melissa Sorongon of Piedrasassi are somewhat unusual in the Central Coast and south San…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":18213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[681],"tags":[14,657,329],"class_list":["post-18209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practices","tag-california-agriculture","tag-equipment-sharing","tag-healthy-soils"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBreaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California | CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California | CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nate Gonzalez-Siemens of Fat Uncle Farms and Melissa Sorongon of Piedrasassi are somewhat unusual in the Central Coast and south San...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-21T18:45:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-21T19:21:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1262\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"840\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anna Larson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anna Larson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutos\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anna Larson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10106b7f59816ecd7f0bcb3654bc3d11\"},\"headline\":\"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-21T18:45:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-21T19:21:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":849,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"California agriculture\",\"Equipment sharing\",\"healthy soils\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Practices\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California | CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-21T18:45:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-21T19:21:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10106b7f59816ecd7f0bcb3654bc3d11\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1\",\"width\":1262,\"height\":840,\"caption\":\"Photo Credit: Piedrasassi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network\",\"description\":\"California Climate & Agriculture Network\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/calclimateag.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/10106b7f59816ecd7f0bcb3654bc3d11\",\"name\":\"Anna Larson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ecd4e6849940f74aed8c98ac3e2bb3354e05acc40c4286adaaa549ccd8758399?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ecd4e6849940f74aed8c98ac3e2bb3354e05acc40c4286adaaa549ccd8758399?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ecd4e6849940f74aed8c98ac3e2bb3354e05acc40c4286adaaa549ccd8758399?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anna Larson\"},\"url\":\"#molongui-disabled-link\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California | CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California | CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network","og_description":"Nate Gonzalez-Siemens of Fat Uncle Farms and Melissa Sorongon of Piedrasassi are somewhat unusual in the Central Coast and south San...","og_url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/","og_site_name":"CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network","article_published_time":"2023-06-21T18:45:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-21T19:21:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1262,"height":840,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Anna Larson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"Anna Larson","Tiempo de lectura":"5 minutos"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/"},"author":{"name":"Anna Larson","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/#\/schema\/person\/10106b7f59816ecd7f0bcb3654bc3d11"},"headline":"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California","datePublished":"2023-06-21T18:45:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-21T19:21:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/"},"wordCount":849,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1","keywords":["California agriculture","Equipment sharing","healthy soils"],"articleSection":["Practices"],"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/","url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/","name":"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California | CalCAN - California Climate & Agriculture Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1","datePublished":"2023-06-21T18:45:57+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-21T19:21:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/#\/schema\/person\/10106b7f59816ecd7f0bcb3654bc3d11"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1","width":1262,"height":840,"caption":"Photo Credit: Piedrasassi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/breaking-barriers-ground-how-equipment-sharing-empowers-small-scale-farmers-in-california\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Breaking Barriers & Ground: How Equipment Sharing Empowers Small-Scale Farmers in California"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/","name":"CalCAN - Red de Clima y Agricultura de California","description":"Red de Clima y Agricultura de California","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/#\/schema\/person\/10106b7f59816ecd7f0bcb3654bc3d11","name":"Anna Larson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecd4e6849940f74aed8c98ac3e2bb3354e05acc40c4286adaaa549ccd8758399?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecd4e6849940f74aed8c98ac3e2bb3354e05acc40c4286adaaa549ccd8758399?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecd4e6849940f74aed8c98ac3e2bb3354e05acc40c4286adaaa549ccd8758399?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Anna Larson"},"url":"#molongui-disabled-link"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-21-at-11.05.17-AM.png?fit=1262%2C840&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pap9il-4JH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17981,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/calcan-sponsored-farm-equipment-sharing-bill-passes-assembly-agriculture-committee\/","url_meta":{"origin":18209,"position":0},"title":"CalCAN-Sponsored Farm Equipment Sharing Bill Passes Assembly Agriculture Committee","author":"Anna Larson","date":"marzo 16, 2023 2:08 pm","format":false,"excerpt":"CalCAN and our coalition member the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) have co-sponsored AB 552, authored by Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura). The bill was unanimously passed by the Assembly Agriculture Committee on March 15th with a 8 ayes-to-0 noes vote and will move to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.\u00b9 CalCAN\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abPolicy\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Policy","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/category\/policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3663-rotated-e1679000901881.jpg?fit=375%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19194,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/growing-excitement-across-california-for-equipment-sharing\/","url_meta":{"origin":18209,"position":1},"title":"Crece el entusiasmo en California por el uso compartido de equipos\u00a0","author":"Anna Larson","date":"marzo 25, 2025 8:30 am","format":false,"excerpt":"After land, equipment is often the biggest capital expense for farmers. Healthy soils practices like composting and cover cropping require specialized and often expensive equipment. Farmers, especially small-scale and underserved farmers, often find these upfront costs a barrier to using healthy soils practices.\u00a0 Equipment-sharing programs can help alleviate these challenges\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abPractices\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Practices","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/category\/practices\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UCCE-Fresno_Compost-Spreader_IMG_2382-scaled-e1743540369830.jpg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UCCE-Fresno_Compost-Spreader_IMG_2382-scaled-e1743540369830.jpg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UCCE-Fresno_Compost-Spreader_IMG_2382-scaled-e1743540369830.jpg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/UCCE-Fresno_Compost-Spreader_IMG_2382-scaled-e1743540369830.jpg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19511,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/?post_type=acf-field&p=19511","url_meta":{"origin":18209,"position":2},"title":"Add Video","author":"JCAWebCare","date":"septiembre 11, 2025 3:18 am","format":false,"excerpt":"fwv_embed_video","rel":"","context":"Entrada similar","block_context":{"text":"Entrada similar","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23540,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/ca-earthworkers-summit-sessions-explore-land-access-and-equipment-sharing\/","url_meta":{"origin":18209,"position":3},"title":"CA Earthworkers Summit Sessions Explore Land Access and Equipment Sharing","author":"CC Ciraolo","date":"septiembre 30, 2025 10:00 am","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this month, CalCAN helped organize two panels at the inaugural\u00a0California Earthworkers Summit (CES). The gathering brought together farmers, food justice leaders, and climate stewards for a day of workshops, producer-procurement match-making sessions, and tours of the university farm. The conversations at the Summit echo CalCAN\u2019s priorities and point toward\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abPolicy\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Policy","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/category\/policy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-farm.jpeg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-farm.jpeg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-farm.jpeg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-farm.jpeg?fit=837%2C628&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15625,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/calcan-advisors-land-federal-grants-to-advance-climate-agriculture-initiatives-in-the-san-joaquin-valley\/","url_meta":{"origin":18209,"position":4},"title":"CalCAN Advisors Land Federal Grants to Advance Climate & Agriculture Initiatives in the San Joaquin Valley","author":"Renata Brillinger","date":"febrero 17, 2022 10:00 am","format":false,"excerpt":"Two of CalCAN\u2019s science advisors recently won large federal grants to advance their important work supporting California\u2019s farmers and ranchers in adapting to climate impacts and lowering agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. We are grateful for their work and for our partnership with them, and look forward to supporting these projects.\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abPeople\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"People","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/category\/people\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"technical assistance program","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Michael-and-Ruth-e1590602508558.jpeg?fit=600%2C451&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Michael-and-Ruth-e1590602508558.jpeg?fit=600%2C451&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Michael-and-Ruth-e1590602508558.jpeg?fit=600%2C451&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18264,"url":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/christine-gemperle-testimony-ab-552-regional-equipment-sharing\/","url_meta":{"origin":18209,"position":5},"title":"Speaking on Behalf of Small Farmers for a Better Future: Christine Gemperle’s Testimony on AB 552 Regional Equipment Sharing","author":"Anna Larson","date":"agosto 10, 2023 6:45 am","format":false,"excerpt":"Christine Gemperle, almond farmer and CalCAN advisor recently drove to Sacramento from her orchard in Ceres to testify in support of equipment sharing and sustainable agriculture investments alongside CalCAN staff. Specifically she testified in support of AB 552 (Bennett) \u201cRegional Farmer Equipment and Cooperative Resources Assistance Pilot Program\u201d and AB\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abPeople\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"People","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/category\/people\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Christine-Gemperle_Bloom_Cover-Crops_smaller-1_-Credit-Almond-Board-of-California.jpeg?fit=990%2C660&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Christine-Gemperle_Bloom_Cover-Crops_smaller-1_-Credit-Almond-Board-of-California.jpeg?fit=990%2C660&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Christine-Gemperle_Bloom_Cover-Crops_smaller-1_-Credit-Almond-Board-of-California.jpeg?fit=990%2C660&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calclimateag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Christine-Gemperle_Bloom_Cover-Crops_smaller-1_-Credit-Almond-Board-of-California.jpeg?fit=990%2C660&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18209"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18226,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18209\/revisions\/18226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}