Croatan Conversation: In Purpose, We Trust
Hear success stories from organizations like Natural Investments and Patagonia to learn how they effectively transitioned to alternative ownership models without losing company culture or relationships.
Our research, consulting, collaboration, and convening outputs have many forms. Here you can find our publications and videos of many of our recent convenings.
Hear success stories from organizations like Natural Investments and Patagonia to learn how they effectively transitioned to alternative ownership models without losing company culture or relationships.
Liz Umlas, Senior Fellow, spoke on two panels at recent conferences covering labor union workers’ rights and responsible ESG investing initiatives.
We are thrilled to launch the Food & Agriculture Investment Database, including hundreds of firms and investable products across asset classes.
This report explores creative financial mechanisms to support diversifying grain value chains in the Midwest and its actors including farmers, processors, and end-users.
We are thrilled to launch the Racial Equity Investment Database, including hundreds of firms and investable products across asset classes.
This report explores major on-farm, off-farm, and systemic risks that the agricultural industry faces and how finance can increase the resilience of those systems while providing other benefits.
This paper documents leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and shortcomings at Farm Credit and recommends changes to help the System more fully meet its basic public purpose: to help farmers and rural communities access affordable, reliable capital.
Illustrated in this report are the ways Native business-owners, companies, and governments have used catalytic capital to conquer systemic inequities that hindered their access to capital.
This report summarizes the results of a major USDA-funded assessment of the feasibility of developing a new place-based financing district in four states across three regions with very different kinds of farming communities, agronomic conditions, and policy environments.
This year’s report identified $8.4 trillion in total US sustainable investment assets under management using a modified methodology.
Panelists discuss the specific financing needs of regenerative agriculture infrastructure businesses and how to implement innovative capital solutions.
This report identifies finance opportunities and pathways to build resilient value chains for regenerative farms.
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