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- EIN 94-3332630
- (831) 425-0303
- 335 Spreckels Dr Ste F Aptos CA 95003 USA
- www.californiafarmlink.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education
Mission: California farmlink's mission is to link independent farmers and ranchers with land and financing they need for a sustainable future.
Programs: Farm opportunities loan program provides flexibly structured financing to underserved, low income, immigrant and beginning farmers across the state for operating, equipment and infrastructure loans. Farmlink's loan program serves borrowers who would otherwise have a difficult time securing financing due to limited history as entrepreneurs, limited traditional collateral, limited or no credit history, small loan size, language barriers, and non-traditional marketing and business models. Farmlink also directs farmers to other appropriate alternative sources of financing suited to the scale and type of the farming business. Farmlink made 41 and 35 loans, with an average loan size of $81,699 and $40,254 during 2017 and 2016, respectively. The pathways to ownership program helps growers plan for farm mortgages and provides farmers long term, lower-interest mortgage loans as they gain ownership and land security. With farm ownership, farmers build equity, invest in improvements to soil, farm infrastructure and even farm housing.
farmlink's land access program maintains a farmland listing database of land available for lease or sale, connects farmers and land owners, helps them develop and negotiate strong leases, and supports farmers seeking financing for land purchases. Succession planning workshops help farm families pass farming businesses and assets to the next generation. Since 2011, farmlink staff have developed 299 successful leases or purchases tailored to the needs of landowners and growers.