Providing loans to entrepreneurs who are good stewards of farmland and forestland.
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Bluebird Hill Farm
"The family farm is a labor of love; for the land, the environment, and our American tradition of home and community, " Norma DeCamp Burns, owner.
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A $25,000 loan helped Bluebird Hill Farm acquire a specially designed harvester and a large capacity steam distiller.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Farming
LOCATION
Bennett,NC
Brines Farm
Shannon Brines began operating Brines Farm in 2004. Located in Dexter, Michigan (roughly 10 miles northwest of Ann Arbor), he sells a range of produce, including heirloom and open pollinated vegetables.
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Using a $10,000 loan, Brines Farm is installing a irrigation system with low flow water pumps that will serve both the hoophouses and fields.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Farming
LOCATION
Whitmore Lake,MI
City Bench
Connecticut brothers Ted and Zeb Esselstyn, co-founders of City Bench, create one-of-a kind furniture from unwanted urban trees.
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A $25,000 loan helped City Bench acquired a Wood-Mizer portable sawmill to continue creating beautiful and unique works of art.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Wood Goods
LOCATION
Higganum,CT
Fern Studios
Fern Studios sells stunning heirloom-quality tables, lamps and other furniture made from sustainably sourced American hardwoods.
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A $7,500 loan helped Fern purchase woodworking equipment & renovate space in a 19th century barn for permanent work space.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Wood Goods
LOCATION
Germantown,NY
New Beat Farm
New Beat Farm is a MOFGA Certified organic farm growing vegetables, flowers and herbs in the heart of Waldo counties rich agricultural community.
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A $4,000 loan helped New Beat Farm acquire a 21’ X 96’ production greenhouse.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Farming
LOCATION
Knox,ME
Roger Outlaw Farm
"Tired of sitting around," Mr. Outlaw decided to use a $20,000 ShadeFund operating loan to return to full-time farming with his three sons.
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Using a $20,000 ShadeFund operating loan, Mr. Outlaw is returning to full-time farming with his three sons.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Farming
LOCATION
Niles,MI
Rogue Resources, Inc.
Rogue Resources is a 19-year old enterprise based in Steamboat Springs, CO, that's using beetle-kill trees in an innovative way.
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A $35,000 loan helped Rogue attain $180,000 in financing to purchase equipment and add employees for a new WoodStraw® product line.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Wood Goods
LOCATION
Steamboat Springs,CO
Superior Thermowood of Brainerd
Using a thermally modified wood process originally pioneered in Finland, Thermowood upholds a commitment to making the building of a deck or the installation of a new wood floor environmentally sound.
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Superior Thermowood of Brainerd
A $19,200 loan helped finance an order of thermally modified basswood for guitar fingerboards.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Wood Goods
LOCATION
Palisade,MN
Ten Hens Farm
Dru and Adam Montri operate Ten Hens Farm in Bath, Michigan. The farm sells locally, and uses natural production techniques to grow its produce.
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Using a $15,000 ShadeFund operating loan, the Montris are increasing their farm's productivity.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Farming
LOCATION
Bath,MI
Trillium Pacific Millwork
Trillium Pacific Millwork turns signature woods of the Pacific Northwest into high-end, environmentally responsible retail products.
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A $20,000 loan helped Trillium purchase a $70,000 piece of woodworking equipment called a CNC router.
BUSINESS CATEGORY
Wood Goods
LOCATION
Wilsonville,OR
