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Search Results: Agriculture Finance

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Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America's Rural Innovation Infrastructure Members only

This report addresses questions often asked by caring people who shepherd resources that could be channeled to advance rural people and places — foundation leaders, individual investors and government officials.

Available CFA Resources - New York Regional Economic Development Councils Members only

In 2011, Governor Cuomo created ten Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC) and the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) to advance the administration’s efforts to improve New York’s business climate and expand economic growth. This 2019...

CDFA Food Finance White Paper Series: Food Systems & Investment Tools

This paper continues a white paper series demonstrating the ways in which traditional development financing is already supporting food systems, with a focus on finance tools that help to stimulate investment. An overview of investment tools, such as...

An Overview of Beginning Farms and Farmers Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | Rural Development | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)

This report uses information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS, 2013 to 2017) to describe the structural and economic characteristics of beginning farms and illustrate how they differ from more...

Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for Beginning and Low-Equity Farmers: The Case of Aggie Bonds Members only

Established in the 1980s, the ‘‘Aggie Bond’’ program provides beginning and low-equity farmers with access to capital. The bonds, which pay tax-exempt interest, may be used by qualifying famers for purchases of farm real estate and equipment. The...

Innovative State-Led Efforts to Finance Agricultural Conservation Members only

U.S. farmers are currently facing the most difficult agricultural economy since the 1980s. At the same time, many states are wrestling with the necessity of addressing environmental challenges. This report expounds upon the excellent work states are...

Designing a Renewable Food System Members only

Agriculture Finance | Community Development | Economic Development | Food Systems Finance

Other systems, including our energy, water, and transportation systems, also fell in line with that ethos; but unlike the food system, these sectors are undertaking 21st-century upgrades that comport better with our modern norms and realities by...

CDFA Food Finance White Paper Series: Food Systems & Targeted Tools

This white paper is part of a series examining the potential creation of a food systems asset class which supports the market growth of local and regional food systems. This paper focuses specifically on targeted financing tools that can be used to...

Regional Trends in New England Farm to Institution Procurement Policy Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

Local food procurement in New England institutions has the potential to improve the health of citizens, support the New England agricultural economy and other area businesses, and reduce the environmental impact of transporting food to New England...

Fact Sheet on Farm Credit System Farmer Lending Results for 2018 Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

This information summarizes Farm Credit System 2018 lending activity to young, beginning, and small (YBS) farmers, ranchers, and producers or harvesters of aquatic products. For total System loans, the number of new loans made in 2018 declined by...

Fair Food Fund 5 Year Impact Report Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Community Development | Economic Development | Food Systems Finance

The Fair Food Fund was designed to meet these entrepreneurs where they are and take them where they want to go. Since 2013, we have invested more than $3 million in 13 food businesses. Just as important is supporting these businesses on the road to...

Agricultural Lending: Credit to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Is Limited Members only

Can women and minorities get the loans they need to buy and operate farms? According to USDA survey data, these "socially disadvantaged" farmers and ranchers get a disproportionately small share of farm loans. More detailed information isn’t...

Growing Food Connections: Aggregation, Processing, and Distribution Members only

This brief highlights the many ways and scales at which local governments can invest in aggregation, processing, and distribution infrastructure to support local and regional food systems, from commissioning assessment studies and food hub business...

Soil Wealth: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture Across Asset Classes Members only

As the investment community in the United States, particularly within the fields of sustainable, responsible, and impact investing, shows an increasing appetite for investing in sustainable agriculture and food systems across asset classes, a subset...

CDFA Food Finance White Paper Series: Food Systems & Bonds

Researched and written by CDFA, this is the third white paper in a series examining the potential creation of a food systems asset class that supports the market growth of local and regional food systems. This paper focuses specifically on bond...

e-Connectivity at USDA: Broadband Resources for Rural America

This toolkit presents USDA programs and resources that support broadband e-Connectivity. It aims to help customers navigate the agencies within USDA to find the opportunity that best fulfills their connectivity needs. From grants and loans, to...

USDA Report on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity 2019 Members only

On April 25, 2017, the President of the United States established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity through Executive Order 13790. The purpose and function of the Task Force was to identify legislative, regulatory, and...

State Farm to School Policy Handbook 2018 Members only

Agriculture Finance | Community Development | Food Systems Finance | Legislative

The State Farm to School Policy Handbook: 2002-2018 is a tool for those working to advance the farm to school movement, whose core elements include local food procurement, school gardens, and food and agriculture education. The Handbook summarizes...

Impact Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture Members only

As interest in sustainable food systems and agricultural value chains grows, increasing numbers of investors are beginning to explore high-impact investing opportunities in food, farming, and forestry across asset classes.

Local Foods, Local Places Toolkit Members only

Cities and towns across the country are undertaking new initiatives and strengthening current programs that support development and growth of local food systems while reinvesting in downtowns and existing neighborhoods. Strong interest from...

Why the Farm Bill Matters for Greater Philadelphia Members only

Agriculture Finance | Community Development | Economic Development | Food Systems Finance

Every five years, Congress reauthorizes this sweeping piece of legislation in an effort to prevent hunger, bring fresh foods to communities lacking access, and add vibrancy and diversity to the local food system. However, funding for critical...

Farmers' Guide to Solar and Wind Energy in MN Members only

Agriculture Finance | Energy Finance | Tax Credits

In 2017, Minnesota ranked seventh in the nation for wind power generation and sixth in the nation for solar power generation With the potential for further growth in this sector, many farmers across rural Minnesota are considering whether...

Iowa's Biomass Conversion Action Plan 2018 Members only

Agriculture Finance | Energy Finance | Green Finance

Consumption of renewable energy in the United States is at the highest level in history, contributing to energy security and other economic and environmental benefits. The largest single source of renewable energy is biomass, representing nearly...

Greener Pastures for New Farmers Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), Greater Philadelphia’s Metropolitan Planning Organization and the regional forum for planning matters, is actively working to address critical food system issues.

CDFA Food Finance White Paper Series: Food Systems & Access to Capital

Research and written by CDFA, this white paper is part of a series examining the potential creation of a food systems asset class which supports the market growth of local and regional food systems which meet the economic, social, environmental, and...

Supporting Healthy Food Access in NC Members only

Agriculture Finance | Community Development | Economic Development | Food Systems Finance | Public-Private Partnership (P3) Financing

The resulting lack of access to healthy, affordable food undermines the health and well-being of children and families, and further harms communities that are already struggling economically. The report led to a series of convenings of key...

Louisiana's Healthy Food Retail Program Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Disaster Recovery & Relief | Food Systems Finance

Louisiana’s Healthy Food Retail Program (HFRP) was established by the Louisiana Legislature to provide flexible financing for healthy food retailers operating or expanding in underserved communities in Louisiana affected by Hurricanes Gustav and...

The Power of PACE for 5 Spoke Creamery

Agriculture Finance | Energy Finance | Food Systems Finance | Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)

5 Spoke Creamery, a Hudson Valley-based artisanal cheese making business, installed a 53kW solar system that will provide 108% of the farm’s electricity needs. The farm used PACE financing, offered by the Energize NYtm Finance program, to pay for...

NMTC Investors Show Appetite For Healthy Food Financing Activities Members only

Public and private partners are finding ways to serve more healthy food options to economically distressed communities with a few helpings of new markets tax credits (NMTCs).

Puget Sound, WA Food Infrastructure Exploration Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | Infrastructure Finance

The objectives of the Puget Sound Food Infrastructure Exploration were: to assess and clarify the need for local food system infrastructure in the Puget Sound region, facilitate a collaborative review that aligns with existing civic programs,...

Food 21 Building a Resilient and Sustainable Food Economy Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

Since the inception of the modern food industry and the period marking the post-world war period, there has never been a time when consumers have been so far in front of the food industry’s directions. The InCity Farm can bring year-round, locally...

Innovations in Local Food Enterprise Report Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

This report focuses on market-based, consumer-driven solutions to overcoming difficult food access and food equity issues. The market based approach to food access and equity merges two powerful forces: first, the need and desire to make a financial...

The Investment Advantages of Organic Farming Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

Environmental stewardship is becoming increasingly key to our economic vitality. As a result, investors are financing businesses that make a profit because of environmental sustainability, rather than in spite of it. The financial returns are real,...

Bread and Butter Farm Case Study Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

How Bread and Butter Farm worked with a patchwork quilt of financing sources to keep land conserved for agriculture.

New Funding Sources for Food-Related Businesses Members only

This directory provides an overview of various sources of financing that may be available to food hubs and other food-related businesses. This directory is a partial listing of what may be available across the United States; some examples may not be...

Growing the U.S. Green Bond Market Members only

The United States’ deteriorating infrastructure is woefully underprepared to address the challenge of adapting to climate change. The funding gap has presented an opportunity for global capital markets to create investment vehicles that provide...

CDFA Food Finance White Paper Series: Food Systems & Development Finance

Agriculture Finance | CDFA Original Research | Community Development | Economic Development | Food Systems Finance

Many food-related initiatives, projects, and businesses have lacked sufficient resources and financing for economic and community development, largely because the food system as a whole has not been formally defined as an asset class. As the first...

CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series: The Food System - Thinking Outside of the Silo Members only

Agriculture Finance | Economic Development | Energy Finance | Food Systems Finance | Webcasts

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, Barry Kukovich with Peoples Gas, Glenn Ford with InCity Farms and Rick Terrien with Artisan Food Networks, thought outside the silo and recognized the food system as an economic...

Ohio State University: Purchasing 40 Percent Local and/or Sustainable Food by 2025 Members only

Agriculture Finance | Community Development | Food Systems Finance | Social Finance

Ohio State aims to increase the amount of local and sustainable food options it provides across its dining facilities to equal at least 40% of its food offerings by 2025. A panel comprised of Ohio State faculty, students, staff and external...

Project Spotlight: Food 21 - Controlled Environment Agriculture Members only

Agriculture Finance | Energy Finance | Food Systems Finance

Wendy West Hickey with Peoples Energy, Glenn Ford with Praxis Foods/InCity Farms and Joe Bute with Hollymead Capital present on the Food 21 Controlled Environment Agriculture project. This highly replicable project represents an innovative approach...

How KS is Using Regional Food Demand to Revitalize Rural Communities Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

This report, by Bob Heuer and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, details how Kansans are leveraging the growing demand for local/regional food produce to revitalize rural communities and strengthen family farms.

Funding Agricultural Best Management Practices with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Members only

This report, produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), discusses the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program and provides best practices for funding agriculture projects.

NCOSAFP Releases 2017 State Agriculture Loan Programs Directory Members only

Agriculture Finance | State Finance Program

NCOSAFP & CDFA are proud to release the 2017 State by State Agricultural Loan Programs Directory. The CDFA and NCOSAFP partnership aims to raise awareness within the development finance and agricultural industries of the agricultural finance...

Access to Capital Strategies for Agriculture Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

Tim Crosby explores the most innovative and effective access to capital tools used for agriculture-based business, including loan funds and federal and state programs.

Access to Capital for Native Communities in Arizona Members only

Clint Kaasa discusses how the USDA provides financing programs and strategies for Native communities in Arizona and considers how to leverage the available capital for even greater investment.

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA): The Year Ahead Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance

In Dr. Barbara Glenn's presentation she discusses NASDA's policy priorities, farm bill priorities, opportunities and challenging areas.

The North Carolina Rural Center Members only

Barry Ryan discusses what The Rural Center is doing to support rural economic development in North Carolina.

Investing in Growing Opportunities Throughout Kentucky Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | Infrastructure Finance

Bill McCloskey from the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy discusses growing investment opportunities around Kentucky.

Agricultural Economic Development in Pennsylvania Members only

Access to Capital | Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

Gary Smith covers the importance of connecting farmers to business resources, training and financing in order to grow business and promote smart agricultural economic development.

A Look at Financing First Time Farmers in Iowa Members only

Agriculture Finance | Food Systems Finance | Tax Credits

Tammy Nebola from the Iowa Agricultural Development Division of the Iowa Finance Authority discusses farming in Iowa and what it takes to finance first time farmers around the state.

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