Mid-sized regional farms are disappearing. One organization is trying to change that (via CivilEats)
in the northeastern U.S., also aim to share the financial skills necessary to help farmers create profitable operations. “The need is out there… but there are not many organizations geared to that work,” says Davis.Why invest in mid-sized farms? Ecotrust’s research found that these operations may be pivotal to helping regional regenerative agriculture reach a meaningful scale.
And there are so many ways to fail, especially as businesses grow. “If I can get to someone early and give them the right information about paying laborers as contractors versus employees, filing property taxes, or handling environmental issues, I can help prevent them from getting slapped with a giant fine,” says Davis. “In California and Oregon, there are significant labor violations that would put you out of business or close to it,” she says.
Even though customers want stewardship and traceability in the fish they eat, fishermen struggle to connect with customers. “All small, direct seafood producers run into the same issues — how to distribute their product, especially if we’re not or don’t want to be, part of big distribution networks,” says Malena Marvin, who with husband Eric Grundberg startedAt the time, the price of Coho salmon was super low.
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