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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Equipment Share experience?
  • Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:54:21 -0500


On 12/10/2011 at 12:53:29 PM, Deb Taft wrote:
> There are several newer small (5 acres or less) farmers in my area (lower
> Hudson Valley, Westchester County to be more specific) who don't have the
> capital for equipment. We all do things more or less "by hand" and are
> considering going in together on some basic equipment appropriate for the
> size of our operations. For example, we could all benefit hugely from
> occasional use of a BCS but none of us can afford one on our own.
>
>
> We know we'll need to work out some sort of buy-in, storage, maintenance,
> insurance, scheduling, buy-out perhaps.
>
>
> What else should we be thinking about?
> Do we need to set up a separate entity for this?
> What kind of legal arrangement do we need to put in place so no one screws
> or
> gets screwed?

Try a Google search for

small farm equipment sharing coop

There are a number of potentially useful resources that come up.

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com





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