Private Equity Venture Sustains Farmers, Investors and the Environment

July 26, 2011 | Chuck Harvey

Its investors make it possible to provide long-term leases to farmers who know their land.

Based on rapid market growth in the organic sector as well as a belief that organic agriculture positively impacts the health and sustainability of our food system and environment, Illinois-based Working Farms Capital was incorporated in 2007 to generate new capital from investors to purchase and transition farmland from conventional to organic practices.

“We are not a fund, partnership, network of investors or a non-profit,” explained David Miller, President and CEO of Working Farms Capital. Read More