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Current Projects

We are excited to present the following Farm Fund Grant and Loan Recipients. This is your money in action—supporting local food and farming!

2022 Next Step Grants

Boldly Grown Farm
Flynn Farms
Mariposa Family Farm
Mellema Farm
Moondance Farm
Sumas River Farm
Terra Verde Farm
Winding Road Farm

2022 Farm Fund Grants

City Sprouts
Empyrean Farm
Fair Cow’s Path
Goat Boat Farm
Lydia’s Flock
Matheson Farm
Peacemeal Farm
Rainshadow Farm
Sonder Farmstead
Ten Fold Farm
Verduras Organicas Mexicanas
Vertical Fog Farm
Wanderwood Farm

2021 Next Step Grants

Forest Farmstead, Rockport
Alluvial Farms, Everson
City Sprouts Farm, Bellingham/Everson
Springtime Farm, Everson
Crows Farm, Bow
Sunseed Farm, Acme
Free Range Flowers, Bellingham
Monkey Puzzle Farm, Deming

2021 Farm Fund Grants

Ashmore Acres, Bellingham
Cabrera Farms, Mount Vernon
Ebb & Flow Herb Farm, Mount Vernon
Helianthus Acres, Mount Vernon
Legacy Lamb, Bellingham
Mariposa Farm, Everson,
Monkey Puzzle Farm, Deming
Pollen Folly Farm, Everson
Reginos Farm, Mount Vernon,
Silva Family Farm, Mount Vernon/Oak Harbor
Steensma Creamery, Lynden
Twin Sisters Market, Deming
Tops & Bottoms Farm, Anacortes
Winding Road Farm, Everson

2020 Farm Fund Grants

Alluvial Farms, Everson
Bellingham Food Bank, Bellingham
Birchwood Farmers Market, Bellingham
Bitters and Sharps, Acme
Farm Skills Video Project
Lydia's Flock, Bellingham
Owl Eye Farm, Bellingham
Twin Sisters Market, Deming

We look forward to following these grant recipients throughout the year and will report on their accomplishments as their projects progress.

2016 to 2019 Farm Fund Grants

2019
Bellingham Food Bank, Bellingham
City Sprouts Farm, Bellingham
Twin Sisters Farm, Everson
Viva Farms, Mount Vernon

2018
Bellingham Food Bank
City Sprouts
Matheson Farms
Sustainable Connections
Twin Sisters Farmers Market
Read a synopsis of their project proposals.

2017
Bellingham Food Bank
Ciel Foundation
Garret Franz/Off Ox Project
Viva Farms

2016

Bellingham Food Bank
Seed Money Program pays new farmers for seeds in exchange for growing produce for this organization.
Goal: increase healthy food access and grow new farms.

Matheson Farms
“Sustainable Grazing Management in a Changing Climate” field day for local farmers.
Goal: climate resiliency, holistic farming practices, and benefits of the cooperative model.

McIntyre Family Farm
Purchase of multi-farm, portable sheep shearing equipment and sheep shearing training for local farmers.
Goal: equipment and skill sharing.

Off Ox Project
Training and demonstration equipment with oxen on several Whatcom County farms.
Goal: skill sharing, reduction of fossil fuel dependence.

Pachamama Organics
Acquire hand tools for the newly forming Nooksack Tool Co-op.
Goal: strengthen equipment access for small farmers in Whatcom County and foster collaboration between farms.

Twin Sisters Market
Enclose the new east county, mobile farmer’s market trailer with rigid, waterproof material.
Goal: increase access to healthy food in underserved communities.

Viva Farms
Purchase of a field cultivator tractor implement for a bilingual, nonprofit incubator farm.
Goal: supports aspiring farmers to overcome barriers to farm ownership.

Read periodic updates on the progress of the 2016-2017 projects in the Co-op News and In Season.

2016 to 2020 Next Step Grants

2020
Boldly Grown Farm, Skagit Valley
Mariposa Farm, Everson
Moondance Farm, Acme

2019
Alluvial Farms, Everson
Cabrera Farm, Mount Vernon
Crows Farm, Burlington
Moondance Farm, Acme
Pure Nelida Farm, Mount Vernon
Silva Family Farm, Burlington
Small Acres Farm, Everson
Southern Exposure Farm, Sedro Woolley
Spring Frog Farm, Everson
The Growing Garden, Bellingham
Vertical Fog Farm, Bellingham

2018
Boldly Grown Farm
Foothills Farm
The Growing Garden
Mariposa Farm
Southern Exposure Family Farm
Terra Verde Farm
Wanderwood Farm
Wild Acres Family Farm

2017
Alluvial Farm
Lopez Bros. Farm
Misty Meadows Farm
Osprey Hill Farm
Sauk Farm
Spring Time Farm
Terra Verde Farm
Well Fed Farms
Read an update on these farms and their accomplishments.

2016
Boldly Grown Farm
Brittle Barn Farms
Growing Garden
Moondance Farm
Sage and Sky Farm
Triple Wren Farms

2014 to 2016 Secured Loans

Brittlebarn Farm
Cedarville Farm
Cloud Mountain Farm Center
Matheson Farms
Small Acres Farm
Sumas River Farm
Triple Wren Farm

2010 to 2013 Revolving Loans

Cloud Mountain Farm Center
El Rancho Jacal
Heritage Lane Farm
Misty Meadows Farm
Neighborhood Harvest Farm
Osprey Hill Farm
Roll Organic Farm
Sumas River Farm
Tailwind Farm

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2022 Community Shopping Day Donations

Every year, the Co-op Member Affairs Committee (MAC) and Board of Directors selects community organizations to be the monthly Community Shopping Days (CSD) recipient. CSD recipients receive 2% of the Co-op’s total sales on the third Saturday of their designated month, and all register donations made during the month. Now [...]
Farm Fund recipient Robin Crandall harvesting echinacea

Farm Fund Recipient: Ebb & Flow Herb Farm

We visited Farm Fund recipient Robin Crandall to talk about Ebb & Flow Herb Farm and her Co-op Farm Fund grant project.

The barn at Mariposa Farm under construction with support from a Community Food Co-op Farm Fund grant.

Appreciation for the Co-op Farm Fund. Donate today!

Thank you for donating to the Co-op Farm Fund! Farmers share their appreciation for the ways in which the Farm Fund has helped their organic, sustainable farms.

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