Old School Vineyards in Napa, Crocker Estate in St. Helena, Arroyo Lindo Vineyard in Sonoma, Wente Vineyards in Livermore, and The Mushroom Farm in Pescadero will be testing zero-emission tractors under 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.
Monarch Tractor received $80,000 and Solectract by Ideanomics received $514,688 to develop the battery-operated tractors.