Farming is hard work, but financing a new organic or regenerative endeavor is its own beast.
January 21, 2021
Business Models
January 14, 2021
Huddle Notes from January 4th, 2021
The huddle this month focused on current and potential future trends for food and farm businesses, including restaurants and food hubs, due to COVID-19 as well as climate change.
January 1, 2021
Gary Zimmer Shares How Healthy Soil Yields Success
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Gary Zimmer is the founder of Madison, Wisconsin-based Midwestern BioAg and is considered the father of “biological farming”—essentially the first iteration of regenerative agriculture—which focuses on balancing soil biology, chemistry and structure to produce greater, higher-quality yields.
December 30, 2020
Huddle Notes from December 21st, 2020
The huddles this month focused on additional COVID-19 relief funding, the Food Finance Institute’s most recent events, and fundamental changes caused by the pandemic.
December 3, 2020
Can Dairy Farms Help Save the Planet?
When looking for ways to reduce environmental impact, an increasingly popular strategy is to eat less meat, dairy and other animal products.
December 1, 2020
Huddle Notes from November 2nd, 2020
The huddles this month focused on food and farm observations related to COVID, how politics is influencing the industry, and fun events to check out!
November 27, 2020
Scaling Managed Dairy Grazing for Max Impact
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Joe Tomandl is the Executive Director for the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA). This first-of-its-kind program launched in 2011 and trains aspiring dairy farmers on managed grazing.
November 20, 2020
The Perks and Pitfalls of Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship—the idea of “doing well by doing good”—has become a lot more popular in recent years.
November 13, 2020
Urban Ag Venture Blends Business and Social Mission
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Mark and Judy Thomas are the co-founders of Garfield Produce Co., an indoor vertical farm and wholesale food operation in Chicago. The “failed retirees” started this for-profit business/social enterprise in 2014 to provide job opportunities for people with employment barriers.
November 9, 2020
Next-Level Transparency for Today’s Impact Brands
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the food supply chain like never before.