Name: Mechanization for the Small Farm
Start: 2025-02-23T11:30:00-0800
End: 2025-02-23T12:45:00-0800

Welcome to the 37th annual California Small Farm Conference, a week-long event featuring over 40 online workshops as well as a dozen in-person gatherings around the state. Whether you’re a beginning farmer or a seasoned grower, a local food advocate or a farmers market manager, you’ll find something here for you. This year’s theme, "Rooted in Place", honors the vital relationship between farmers, communities and the land they steward.

Check out the schedule below for event times and locations. Click "Reserve Tickets" to register. Admission is on a sliding-scale, to ensure everyone can attend. Please select the amount you’re comfortable paying. Enjoy the conference!

The majority of our conference workshops are recorded for later viewing at any time on CAFF’s YouTube channel, with the exception of certain small group and facilitated sessions for privacy reasons.
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Sunday February 23, 2025 11:30am - 12:45pm PST

Online

Open Zoom

Join us for a workshop to explore the latest in small-scale mechanization for your farm. We'll hear from multiple suppliers and innovators of tractors and other production tools that are designed specifically for farming on a smaller-scale.

Panelists:

Farm-ng, Nathan Dorn
BCS, Charlotte LeMieux, Product Line Manager
FarmHand Tractor, David Haynes
Fernando Garcia, FarmLink

Learning Objectives:

Learn about mechanized tasks suitable toward assisting farmer profitability.
See a list of typical farm activities with some cost accounting.
Learn from virtual demonstrations of the alternatives and how they benefit the farm business & bottom line
Learn about available Grants and/or financing opportunities [FarmLink Focus]

Organizer