Market Farming

[Deb Taft <deb AT mobiusfields.com>]

Thanks Richard.  We're doing that; was hoping to get some personal experience from the MF gang too.

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org> wrote:

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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