The cost of specialized farm equipment is one of the biggest barriers for small-scale and beginning farmers. Cooperatives are springing up around the nation to help bridge the gap.
You love to see it. Where we are, there are quite a few family farms that will lend advice or equipment to each other, as well as to newer farmers who’ve got an older farmer to vouch for them. I don’t know that it’s been formalized like in the article, but networks like this are wonderful (they’ve helped us immensely and we try to pay it forward) and I’m glad to see a variety of models experimenting with growing their impact.
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