Incentivizing Conservation Adoption Through Food Quality Marketplaces Croatan Institute, in collaboration with Nourishn, is leading a USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant from March 2022-March 2025
Croatan Institute is excited to welcome long-time collaborator, Lisa Woll, as a new board member.
Croatan team members attend and speak at the National Farm Viability Conference.
Croatan team members speak and present at the annual Conservation Finance Network roundtable.
Croatan Institute is excited to welcome Priscilla Trinh as the organization’s first-ever Communications Manager.
Our new report highlights the myriad of major on-farm, off-farm, and systemic risks that threaten the growth of the sustainable and regenerative agricultural sector.
Our Executive Director Christi Electris kicks off 2024 with a forward-looking letter and Institute update.
Croatan Institute, in collaboration with Meridian Institute, has released a new report entitled Finance for Resilience An Overview of Risk Mitigation in Agricultural Systems for Farms, Lenders, and Governments.
Croatan Institute President Josh Humphreys and Analyst James Smith attended Croatan partner Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture’s annual “Scaling Up” event highlighting their food hub’s growth. Partner of the Institute Selena Thornton delivered a keynote speech at the event.
Croatan Institute and partner organization Rural Beacon Initiative met with senior USDA-NRCS staff at Free Union Farm in January to discuss NRCS conservation and equity priorities in the southeast.
Croatan Institute President Josh Humphreys provides his reflections on 2023 in this end of year letter.
Croatan Institute Associate Anna Aspenson has been elected as the staff representative to the Croatan Institute board.