Established in 1999, California FarmLink is certified as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). We are one of the first CDFIs in the nation focused on sustainable and organic agriculture as well as economic and environmental resilience.
Knowledge, capital and access to productive assets are the foundations of resilient farm, ranch and fishing businesses. We believe that these factors combine to support equitable local food systems, living-wage jobs, and a healthy environment.
We envision a healthy food system where farmers, ranchers, and fishers have equitable opportunities to build wealth and conserve natural resources.
Our team works across California to affect change by providing access to land, capital and education. We believe these three things are the foundation of sustainable farm businesses that create and preserve wealth while conserving and enhancing natural resources. We also believe that successful farm and ranch businesses support healthy rural communities with resilient food systems, living-wage jobs, and a healthy environment characterized by working lands providing incomes and ecosystem services.
We deliberately direct resources and opportunities to farmers of color, women, and other members of groups that have historically been denied equal access to land, capital and education, and thus have been unable to build wealth at the same rate as farmers who had an easier path to accessing land, capital and education.
Total amount deployed in 65 loans in 23 counties
Percentage of loans provided to low-income people
Among a total of 58 California counties
We maintain a variety of programs and services to meet the unique needs of farmers, ranchers and fishers, and every element of our work supports the following core principles:
We value equitable access to opportunity, resilient working landscapes, fairness and accountability, and learning from diverse farmers and ranchers.
Our team of staff and advisors is our most important asset. Together they make the work of California FarmLink possible.
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