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Wholebetter Worm Compost - Kamuela, HI
“My goal is to expand my existing worm compost business. Implementing worm composting could be real solution to the problem many communities have with run-off from dairy farms.”
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ECO City Farms are raising funds to install gutters and drainage pipes to prevent their farm’s soil from being systematically depleted of its nutrients.
Learn more about the farm and how to support them here: https://zip.kiva.org/loans/14632
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Helen: Itskale
Itkale kale chips combine two superfoods - kale and chia seeds - yielding an unmistakeable and insatiable crunch with the bold vibrancy of fresh kale.
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Ryan & Henry: North Brooklyn Farms
At North Brooklyn Farms, we convert vacant lots into productive green spaces to make plants, dirt and the experience of growing vegetables available to everyone in the community.
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Madeleine: Fond, LLC
Fond, LLC will be a small, homemade grocery store where I will source and sell local products, prepare items by hand with real ingredients, teach cooking classes, and offer 5-course private dinners.
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Funding Your Farm with Person-to-Person Lending Webinar Replay
Hey farmers! Need extra capital to grow your farm? Check out this super informative webinar with Kiva Zip!
Looking to do some good in the world? Help Michael build his business through a crowdfunded loan with Kiva Zip!
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Got $5? Help Star Route Farm LLC reach their goals via a Kiva crowdsourced loan! Learn more here.
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Congratulations to the Black Oaks Center for Sustainable Renewable Living for fully funding their Kiva Zip Loan!
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Support local farmers on Kiva Zip with peer-to-peer lending.
“Hi! I am Dr. J, the lady with a white hat in the picture. As a holistic family medical physician, I made a commitment to the well-being of my patients and the earth. I have since come out of the exam room into the lives of my patients and their families as an organic farmer. By growing healing foods, I assist in preventing and intervening in disease, holistically.
With climate change, high tunnel food production has been a priority in the commitment to sustainable agriculture. This loan will allow us to get 24 additional feet of high tunnel production space onto our NRCS EQIP program.
This high tunnel will produce salad greens, root crops, tomatoes and specialty crops as well as the last round of chickens for soil fertility. With climate change, high tunnel food production has been a priority in the RAFT-PC training. The high tunnel will allow trainees and the community at-large to learn skills in extended growing season production.”
To become a lender on Kiva Zip click here.
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Looking for a great way to support small farmers? Check out The Good EarthonKiva Zip! Make a loan today!
Personal Story
Nancy: I grew-up on a small farm in northwest Iowa. I attended The University of South Dakota and earned my teaching degree. I taught high school English for 7 years then worked in the education department for an Arts and Science museum in Sioux Falls.
Jeff: I was born in Oregon and lived all over the place before settling in Madison, SD in Jr. High. I graduated from The University of South Dakota with a degree in Business. I owned a small picture frame manufacturing company for 17 years.
The monotony of the daily routine was proving to be a little too much for us, so we traded in routine for life aboard a sail boat. Floating around in Mexico is great for your tan, but not for building a community or earning an income. After a year, we were back in South Dakota living in a farm house built in 1893. We are entering our 5th growing season. As we look to the future of our farm, we know it comes with being diverse, flexible and innovative
Business Description
The Good Earth is a Consumer Supported Agriculture farm located in Eastern South Dakota. We have delivered fresh produce to about 350 families in and around Sioux Falls for the past four years. After taking a break from the 9-5 job, we knew there was no going back. The outdoors were calling us! So was being a part of a larger community. Over the past four years we have expanded the business to include heritage turkeys, honey and this year eggs–all of which we produce on the farm.
South Dakota is last in the nation for fruit and vegetable consumption (even though we are an agricultural state)-so one of our greatest challenges is educating people on how to prepare fresh vegetables. Adding a summer kitchen will allow us the space to provide that type of education along with generating an additional revenue stream.
What is the purpose of this loan?
This loan will allow us to build or retro fit an existing building on the farm into a summer kitchen. The summer kitchen gives us to opportunity to create additional revenue by having a venue to rent out and provides us the equipment and space to turn our vegetables into value added products.
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