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<b>Battery-Electric Power for Small Farms</b></div>
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<b>November 9, 2024</b></div>
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Free, and<span class="_Entity _EType_OWALink _EId_OWALink _EReadonly_1" style="display:inline-block"><span></span></span> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/battery-electric-power-for-small-farms-commercial-and-diy-solutions-tickets-1055512549449?aff=oddtdtcreator" id="OWA0a83e826-886a-3e58-8690-a359ff05a086" class="OWAAutoLink">registration
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This virtual farm tour and live-streamed discussion will show you the past, present and future of battery-electric equipment led by Reid Allaway of Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm and Thiessen Tillage Equipment.<br>
Reid will provide history and context for the current state of the market for both commercially available and DIY options to electrify farm machinery, tools and vehicles.<br>
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A video tour of Tourne-sol’s fleet of electric machinery will demonstrate real world functionality and the benefits of working with battery-electric power.<br>
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Bring your questions and ideas!</div>
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<b>Reid Allaway</b> is an experienced vegetable farmer and</div>
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resident machinery nut at Tourne-Sol co-operative</div>
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farm in les Cedres, Quebec, Canada. The farm,</div>
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founded as a workers’ coop by Allaway and 4 friends in</div>
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2005 now employs 10 members + 8 staff and manages</div>
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15 acres, producing organic vegetables for 500 weekly</div>
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CSA shares and organic seeds for online sales and</div>
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display racks throughout Quebec and eastern Canada.</div>
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Reid started working on DIY electrical conversions</div>
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and small EVs for the farm around 2017 when good</div>
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lithium batteries became available at prices farmers</div>
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could afford. Since then, Tourne-Sol has replaced all</div>
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small engines with battery-electric drive systems and</div>
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the farm now boasts around 10 small electric machines</div>
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and an all-electric delivery truck. Reid recently began</div>
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working with Thiessen Tillage Equipment and Tilmor</div>
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offerings of electric 2- and 4-wheel cultivating tractors.<br>
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