Several Bay Area farms to receive emission-free tractors through state grant program

by Jackson Guilfoil, Bay City News July 23, 2021July 22, 2021

A farmer uses a Solectrac Compact Electric Tractor (or CET) in an undated promotional image. Several Bay Area farms have been selected to receive zero-emission tractors as part of a state grant made via the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. (Photo courtesy of Solectrac/Instagram)

Seven zero-emission tractors will be deployed at Bay Area farms, a first for California.

The tractors are the result of a $1 million grant to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District from the state’s Funding Agricultural Reduction Measures for Emission Reductions, or FARMER, program.

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