L'ATELIER PAYSAN

What L'ATELIER PAYSAN does

L'Atelier Paysan is a French cooperative (SCIC SA) headquartered in Renage (38) with a second workshop in Peillac (56), founded in 2009 to support farmer-driven technical autonomy in agroecological agriculture. Its core offering consists of open-source agricultural tools — over 120 designs spanning market gardening, viticulture, arboriculture, livestock, beekeeping, milling/bakery, light motorization, and farm buildings — developed through a participatory co-conception methodology with farmer groups and released under Creative Commons BY NC SA licenses. The organization monetizes this asset base through three streams: paid multi-day training sessions (formations) at €33/hour, with VIVEA funding reducing eligible farmers' co-payment to €5/hour; sale of metal kits in two formats ('kit brut' raw material and 'kit prêt-à-souder' pre-cut parts) via an online catalogue; and workshop rental at the two physical sites. Notable products include the BreizhBine electric tool carrier (co-developed with IUT de Nantes, 2021-2025), the Charimaraich ergonomic row-straddling cart, the Porte-Tout articulated carrier, the Laveuse à légumes (vegetable washer co-designed with GAEC Ferme Laporte), and Arduino-based electronics training for farm automation. The customer base is a long tail of small organic/agroecological farmers and farmer-educator organizations across 12+ French regions, with no enterprise customers identified in the data. The SCIC was placed in judicial liquidation by the Grenoble Commercial Court on April 21, 2026; operations, training programs, and open-source resources are being continued and preserved by the successor associations Communs Paysans and Soudons, fermes!, while a separate kit-sales entity ('L'Atelier Paysan - le KAP') is reportedly unaffected. The company has no disclosed revenue, funding rounds, or headcount figures beyond a stated '11-50 employees' range, and no AI/ML capabilities are described in the input.

Name

L'ATELIER PAYSAN

Legal name

SCIC SA L'Atelier Paysan

Website

https://latelierpaysan.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

French cooperative that designs and disseminates over 120 open-source, farmer-co-designed agricultural tools via paid training sessions and self-construction kits, serving small-scale organic and agroecological farmers across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Equipment and Farmer Training Services

NAICS

Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333111), Farm and Garden Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42382)

SIC

Farm Machinery & Equipment (3523)

akta.pro primary industry

Implements, Attachments & Quick-Hitch Systems (3-Point Implements, Couplers, Tool Carriers) (AFAAAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farm Machinery Parts, Service & Maintenance Equipment (Spare Parts, Diagnostics, Workshop Tools) (AFAAAAAH), Agricultural Equipment (Agri-Mechanics) Service & Repair (EDAOAEAI), Agricultural Processing Equipment (On-farm) (IMAHACAL)

Keywords

• Open-source agricultural tools
• Agroecological farming equipment
• Farmer technical training
• Self-construction workshops
• Metalworking formation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-maur-des-fossés

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Training and self-construction sessions: Farmers pay to attend multi-day training sessions (formations) at workshop locations across France, during which they learn metalworking, woodworking, or electronic skills and self-construct agricultural tools. Sessions are organized by the association Soudons, fermes! with instructor support. Pricing is based on an hourly rate of €33/hour, with VIVEA funding reducing the farmer co-payment to €5/hour.
2. Tool kits (kit brut and kit prêt-à-souder): Sale of metal kit packages for self-construction of tools at home or during formation sessions. Two kit types: 'matière brute' (raw metal profiles requiring cutting, drilling, welding) and 'prêt-à-souder' (pre-cut and pre-drilled parts requiring assembly and welding only). Prices vary per tool. Quote-based pricing through the online catalogue.
3. Spare parts and components catalogue: Sale of spare parts, hardware, and workshop equipment through the online parts catalogue.
4. Workshop rental: Farmers can rent workshop space at the Renage (38) or Peillac (56) locations to build tools independently, providing access to tooling and equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

L'Atelier Paysan designs, documents, and disseminates self-constructible agricultural tools for agroecological farmers, providing over 120 open-source tool plans under Creative Commons BY NC SA license. It delivers hands-on training sessions (formations) where farmers learn metalworking, woodworking, and electronics skills to build their own equipment, and sells tool kits (raw material and ready-to-weld formats) through an online catalogue.

Product overview

L'Atelier Paysan is a cooperative that designs, documents, and disseminates self-constructible agricultural tools for farmers. The portfolio centers on open-source, Creative Commons-licensed tools for market gardening, viticulture, arboriculture, livestock, and beekeeping. Key products include the Souleveuse à treuil (winch-based nursery lifter), Porte-Tout (4-wheel straddling cart), Dérouleuse de botte (straw bale unroller), Laveuse à légumes (vegetable washer), BreizhBine and Chtit-bine (electric tool carriers), Charimaraich (ergonomic row-straddling cart), Epandeur à fumier/compost (manure/compost spreader), Aggrozouk (pedal-assisted tool carrier), BPO and BPO Viticole (tool carrier bars), and Avant-train TA (animal traction axle). Tools are available as free plans (Creative Commons BY NC SA) and can be self-constructed in training sessions or purchased as kits (raw material or ready-to-weld). The company also provides formation/training programs covering metalworking, woodworking, agricultural mechanics, and electronics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Souleveuse à treuil A nursery tool with a U-shaped blade pulled by a winch to extract young shrubs planted in straight rows, designed to make harvesting easier and more ergonomic than using a spade alone. Targeted at small-scale nurseries and market gardeners.
• Porte-Tout A simple, functional four-wheel cart with an articulated tongue that straddles crop beds, designed to transport crates, vegetables, soil, and other heavy or bulky items up to 150-200 kg. Targeted at market gardeners and small-scale farmers.
• Dérouleuse de botte A tool for lifting, moving, and unwinding straw or hay bales, usable in market gardening, PPAM (Aromatic and Medicinal Plants), small fruits, hedgerow planting, and livestock farming. Targeted at diversified small-scale farmers.
• Laveuse à légumes A vegetable washer with a stainless steel drum and spiral for efficient cleaning with minimal water use, featuring two rotation directions for washing and discharging vegetables into crates. Cost approximately €1,500 when built in training. Targeted at organic market gardeners.
• BreizhBine An electric tool carrier for market gardening that enables weeding, planting, hilling, and harvesting with an integrated weeding bed. Features electric traction, 800mm ground clearance, and compatibility with low-traction tools. Targeted at organic market gardeners seeking alternatives to compact tractors.
• Chtit-bine An electric self-propelled tool carrier that can operate autonomously via solar panels, designed for weeding beds or as a tool carrier for light tillage. A polyvalent alternative to tractors for light work with no noise, no direct pollution, and no vibrations. Targeted at organic market gardeners.
• Charimaraich An ergonomic market gardening cart that straddles crop rows, with adjustable-height chassis and removable accessories (seats, footrests, crate holders) that transform into multiple modes: wheelchair, stepladder, spreader, and more. Targeted at market gardeners needing ergonomic working positions.
• Epandeur à fumier/compost A market gardening spreader for applying compost or manure onto growing beds, also usable with wood chips (BRF). Allows homogeneous spreading and improves soil structure for easier manual harvesting. Targeted at organic market gardeners.
• Aggrozouk A pedal-operated tool carrier with 2000W electric assistance for attaching small agricultural tools and performing various small-scale mechanized tasks. Developed by Farming Soul with L'Atelier Paysan support. Targeted at organic market gardeners.
• Barre Porte-Outils (BPO) A simple, versatile tool carrier that supports numerous accessories (weeding, hilling, etc.) mountable and demountable via pins inserted in vertical holes, enabling equipment of multiple tools at low cost. Targeted at market gardeners.
• BPO Viticole extensible An extensible viticultural tool carrier that adapts to different working widths for soil tillage close to vine rows, with accessories like star weeders and crenellated discs mountable on lateral flanges. Targeted at viticulturists.
• Avant-train TA A stable, braked front axle for animal traction with a platform or small trailer bed for transporting tools. Targeted at farmers using animal traction systems.
• Le ZinZin - Porte-tout électrifié An electrified porte-tout (carry-all cart) prototype built by a market gardener using recycled electric wheelchair motors. Targeted at market gardeners needing motorized transport assistance.
• Servante à cadres apicoles A small metalworking project for storing and transporting beekeeping frames. Targeted at beekeepers.
• Training sessions (Formations) Multi-day hands-on training sessions where farmers learn metalworking, welding, woodworking, agricultural mechanics, and electronics skills and self-construct agricultural tools. Pricing at €33/hour, with VIVEA funding reducing the farmer co-payment to €5/hour for eligible agricultural workers. Targeted at small-scale farmers.
• Tool kits (Kit brut and Kit prêt-à-souder) Sale of metal kit packages for self-construction of tools at home or during formation sessions, available in two formats: kit brut (raw metal profiles requiring cutting, drilling, welding) and kit prêt-à-souder (pre-cut and pre-drilled parts requiring assembly and welding only). Quote-based pricing varying by tool type. Targeted at farmers preferring pre-cut materials over raw stock.
• Spare parts and components catalogue Sale of spare parts, hardware, workshop equipment, and hitch triangles (triangle d'attelage) through a separate online catalogue. Targeted at farmers maintaining self-constructed tools.
• Workshop rental Rental of workshop space at the Renage (38) or Peillac (56) locations, providing farmers access to tooling and equipment to build tools independently. Targeted at farmers with self-construction skills but lacking their own workshop facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 120 tools documented and available as open-source plans
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Soudons, fermes!coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation created to federate L'Atelier Paysan and its local essaims (swarm organizations). Organizes training sessions, manages formations, and continues the project after SCIC liquidation. Contact: [email protected]. Reference:.
• La Smalah (essaim Landes)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal essaim (swarm) organization in the Landes department. Co-organizes training sessions and demonstrations. One of three essaims in the Outildem project coordinating demonstration and loan of tools to farms in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
• Manufacture Paysanne (essaim Alpes-Maritimes)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal essaim in Alpes-Maritimes. Co-organizes training and demonstrations. Coordinates with La Smalah and AgribioDrôme in the Outildem project for tool demonstrations in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
• AgribioDrôme (essaim Drôme)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal essaim in Drôme. Co-organizes training and demonstrations. Partner in the Outildem project (2024-2026) alongside La Smalah and Manufacture Paysanne, coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• KRAMPminorOthersHardware and agricultural parts supplier. L'Atelier Paysan opens its KRAMP (wholesale supplier) account to member structures for purchasing hardware and parts needed for tool construction. Enables group purchasing benefits.
• Agrobio40minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgricultural development organization in Landes. Organizes encounter/advice sessions around self-construction and weeding, in partnership with La Smalah and L'Atelier Paysan.
• La Smalah (tiers-lieu)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTiers-lieu (third-place coworking/flex space) in Landes. Co-organizes demonstration events and training sessions around self-constructed agricultural tools.
• GAEC Ferme LaportecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarket gardening farm in Gironde that co-designed and prototyped the vegetable washing machine with L'Atelier Paysan and MSA Gironde. Project supported by Fondation Au Nom de Sélène. Eight months of co-conception preceded the prototyping week.
• MSA GirondecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural social mutual insurance (Mutualité Sociale Agricole) in Gironde. Provided occupational health and safety guidance during the vegetable washer co-conception and prototyping project. Co-funded the initiative with Fondation Au Nom de Sélène.
• IUT de Nantes (Université de Nantes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical university in Carquefou that partnered with L'Atelier Paysan on the BreizhBine project. Students in the Genie Mécanique et Productique (GMP) program worked on chassis design (2023-2024) and built the prototype (2024-2025). First prototype unveiled March 21, 2025.
• Bio CentreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgricultural development organization in the Centre-Val de Loire region. Facilitated the adoption of the Porte-Tout tool by contacting L'Atelier Paysan to put the tool into plan format and organize a first prototyping training session.
• RENETA (Réseau National des Espaces-Test Agricoles)minorOthersPartner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) - a collective rural development initiative coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan, supported by the French Ministry of Agriculture and European Union through FEADER.
• CIVAM (Centres d'Initiatives pour MAintenir en Agriculture)minorOthersNetwork of agricultural development centers. Partner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• FNCUMA (Fédération Nationale des CUMA)minorOthersNational federation of agricultural cooperatives (CUMA). Partner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• FADEAR (Fédération Associative pour le Développement de l'Emploi Agricole et Rural)minorOthersFederation for agricultural employment and rural development. Partner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• InterAFOCGminorOthersNetwork of farm management support organizations. Partner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• AgroParisTechminorOthersAgricultural engineering school and research institution. Partner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement)minorOthersInternational agricultural research cooperation center. Partner in the UsageR·E·s project (2018-2021) coordinated by L'Atelier Paysan.
• ADAF (Association pour le Développement de l'Agroforesterie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation promoting agroforestry and agroecology in Drôme. Partnered with L'Atelier Paysan on the SEVE project to co-design a manual spreader for market gardeners, and hosted a demonstration event for the manure/compost spreader.
• InPACT (Initiative pour une Agriculture Citoyenne et Territoriale)minorOthersCoalition of organizations advocating for citizen and territorial agriculture. L'Atelier Paysan participates in InPACT's advocacy for agricultural technology sovereignty (souveraineté technologique des paysans).
• BIO HAUT DE FRANCEminorOthersRegional organic farming federation in Hauts-de-France. Structural partner in the development of the Chtit-bine tool, an electric self-propelled tool carrier for market gardening.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AGRISEM International: French family-owned manufacturer of soil preparation and seeding equipment with an explicit focus on conservation and organic agriculture. Comparable on the soil-management / agroecology customer segment and the French small-farm market.
• Terrateck: French SME specializing in hand tools, ergonomic equipment, and specialized machinery for organic market gardeners and small-scale farmers. Overlaps directly with L'Atelier Paysan's product portfolio (market gardening, weeding, harvesting tools) but sells finished proprietary equipment rather than open-source plans.
• Outils Wolf: French manufacturer of garden and small-farm tools (manual and powered) sold through retail and pro channels. Overlaps with L'Atelier Paysan on the small-tool, smallholder segment but produces conventional proprietary products rather than self-construction kits.

Broad incumbents

• Pellenc: French manufacturer specializing in professional viticulture, arboriculture, and urban space equipment — including battery-powered tools. Overlaps with L'Atelier Paysan's viticulture and arboriculture focus and electrification roadmap (BreizhBine, ZinZin) but at a much larger, established scale.
• Maschio Gaspardo: Italian manufacturer of tillage, seeding, and crop-care equipment distributed across European small-farm markets. Overlaps with L'Atelier Paysan's soil-engagement and seeding tools but at industrial volume rather than the self-construction model.
• Kverneland: Norway-based global manufacturer of farm implements and tool bars, including three-point equipment compatible with small tractors. Directly comparable on tool carrier and implement product lines served by L'Atelier Paysan's BPO and accessories portfolio.
• Vicon (Kverneland Group): European manufacturer of farm implements (including tool carriers and seeding/fertilizing equipment), now part of Kverneland Group. Comparable on tool-bar and implement categories that anchor parts of L'Atelier Paysan's catalog.
• Kuhn Group: France-headquartered global manufacturer of agricultural implements (tillage, seeding, crop care, livestock). Comparable on the implement side of L'Atelier Paysan's portfolio (BPO, soil preparation tools) but operates as a large industrial OEM rather than via open-source plans and training.

Others

• FNCUMA: National federation of CUMA cooperatives, which pool French farmers' ownership and use of agricultural equipment. Closely comparable as an ecosystem partner: shares the French cooperative equipment-use model and overlaps with several of L'Atelier Paysan's R&D partners (UsageR·E·s program) but does not design or distribute tools.

Emerging players

• Farm Hack: US/UK open-source community for farm tool design and construction, sharing documentation under open licenses. Closely comparable on methodology (collaborative design, peer-shared plans) but lighter on formal training and structured R&D programs than L'Atelier Paysan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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