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Impact Investing
Fueling the success of
local food entrepreneurs.
We believe that food businesses are powerful engines for positive change. Working at the intersection of food, health, and economic justice, we support the success of these food entrepreneurs through impact-first investing. Together, we’re building thriving communities and a more inclusive economy.
Fair Food Fund
Farmers, grocers, and other local food entrepreneurs play a key role in providing their communities with nourishment, economic opportunity, and environmental stewardship. Working at the intersection of food, health, and economic justice, we support the success of food entrepreneurs through catalytic capital and comprehensive business assistance.
We are seeking new partners to expand this work and help community health, wealth, and resilience through food.
Fueling the success of
local food entrepreneurs.
Our investments prioritize individuals who are often overlooked by traditional investors, particularly those from communities historically impacted by systemic barriers.
What We Offer
Wrap-Around Business Assistance
We bring more than money to the table. We help our entrepreneurs make critical connections, access to industry expertise, and immersive training.
Catalytic Capital
We aim to invest creative, catalytic capital that moves the needle for entrepreneurs, and we often partner with other lenders to enable investments that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.
National Network & Resources
As a connector, business assistance provider, and co-investor, we open access to resources and a national network built over decades of work in food and agriculture, community-based impact investing, and entrepreneurship.
By the Numbers
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Total Investments (Since Inception)
$M
Financing Committed for Food Entrepreneurs (Dec. 31, 2024)
$
Every dollar invested was generating nearly $9 in community benefits inclusive of jobs and local purchasing circulating resources in the local economy
Featured Investments
From farm-to-table community caterers working to increase healthy food access to entrepreneurs on the frontier of sustainable aquaculture, meet a few of the enterprises we’ve invested in that are transforming the business of food for healthier, wealthier, more equitable communities.
The Latest From the Fair Food Fund
Dig into our most recent Quarterly Update for the latest investments and stories of impact from the field or check out our interactive 2024 Impact Report.
Statewide Lending Networks
While our vision is national, our work and impact is always local. In addition to our direct investments, we also convene and develop statewide impact investing collectives that work at the intersection of food, health, and economic justice.
Michigan Good Food Fund
Michigan Good Food Fund is a statewide lending network that invests in food and farm entrepreneurs, offering flexible financing and tailored business assistance to grow a more resilient, inclusive local food system in Michigan. Michigan Good Food Fund focuses on entrepreneurs whose access to capital has been historically limited because of systemic barriers.
As a founding member and the administrative manager, we facilitated a Stakeholder Board that brings together entrepreneurs, business assistance providers, community partners, food system practitioners, and lenders. Together, the Stakeholder Board sets the vision of success, investment policies and priorities, informs strategy, and maintains accountability—ensuring investments respond to community-identified needs.
The Latest From Michigan Good Food Fund
Dig into our latest results, stories about food businesses we work with, and more.
