John Deere factories humming with Habitat home build blitz

Workers across Iowa, QC constructing new homes

By: Jennifer DeWitt|June 1, 2026

|7 min read

John Deere Harvester Works employees move one of the walls into place for a Habitat for Humanity house being built at the East Moline factory. The volunteer event, held Friday, May 29, kicked off a week of John Deere home builds for Iowa Habitat affiliates. CREDIT JENNIFER DEWITT

Looking to do “something big” together, the John Deere Foundation and Habitat for Humanity are teaming up inside six Deere facilities this week for employees to frame and assemble the walls of six future Habitat homes.

The effort, which kicked off at John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline on Friday, May 29, marks the first…

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