Cheng suggests that newcomers give up any ideas they might have of "going it alone," and join a local Production and Marketing Group (PMG). These have collective power to make purchases and negotiate prices, allowing farmers to acquire seedlings, fertilizer, and equipment more cheaply.
不過，新農民人脈不熟，要加入當地產銷班，並不容易。1995 年因八德傳統市場拆遷，種菜二十多年的李傳添，出面號召雞肉小販、水電工等一群農業門外漢，成立八德蔬菜產銷班第 3 班，一步一腳印從大家一起學習種菜開始，10 年後成為桃園地區蔬菜共同產銷的大家庭。