Invest in Good. Local. Food.
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AFI has a suite of farmer and rancher offerings for any agrarians interested in strengthening their agricultural business. With 50+ years combined business and finance experience and combined 30 years of food systems experience, we feel we are uniquely positioned to help your agricultural business thrive.
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Free Initial Personal Consultation
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AFI Partners and staff are available for on-farm consultations. The goal of these visits are to get a good understanding of where you're at as a business, what you need assistance with, and how we can plug in to support. Whether it's finding financing for specific projects, market development, or business planning - we'll see how we can help.
Click here for details and how to schedule.
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EQIP Bridge Loans and Financing
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Building Partnerships, Finding Creative Solutions
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AFI Talks - Austin Energy & Small Producers Conference
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Austin Energy Green Building Seminar
Tuesday, July 11, 11:30AM - 1:30PM
Town Lake Center
721 Barton Springs Road
Austin, Texas 78704
Texas State University
Small Producers Conference
Monday, August 13 8:30AM - 10:00AM
601 University Drive
San Marcos, Texas 78666
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AFI Rolling Roadshow - Brenham
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Thursday, September 13,
8:30AM - 1:00PM
Home Sweet Farm
307 S Park St,
Brenham, TX 77833
After Fredericksburg in June, we'll be heading to Brenham to continue our Rolling Roadshow! Come learn everything you wanted to know about finance but were to afraid to ask. These events are intended for food entrepreneurs, farmers, ranchers, food advocates, or folks just interested in what we do. We'll be joined by the good folks
at
National Center for Appropriate Technology
and
Capital Farm Credit
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Still Austin releases first ever Texas Rye Gin
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Screening of "Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry" with Director, Laura Dunn
Tuesday, July 31, 7:15PM
Alamo Drafthouse, Slaughter Lane
Austin filmmaker
Laura Dunn
explores the work of Wendell Berry in her documentary “
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
.” The film revolves around stories of several residents of Henry County, Kentucky, who each face difficult choices that will dramatically reshape their relationship with the land and their community.
In the span of a generation, the agrarian virtues of simplicity, land stewardship, sustainable farming, local economies, and rootedness to place have been replaced by a capital-intensive model of industrial agriculture characterized by machine labor, chemical fertilizers, soil erosion, and debt. Berry has watched this struggle unfold, becoming one of its most passionate and eloquent voices in defense of agrarian life.
Dunn will answer questions after the screening, which is sponsored by the
Multicultural Refugee Coalition
and its
New Leaf Refugee Agriculture project
. New Leaf Farm Director Steven Hebbard, New Leaf Agriculture Coordinator Wandaka Musongera, and Barton Springs Mill owner James Brown will join the conversation about regenerative agriculture.
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Agripreneurship 101
Thursday, July 12, 2018
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Fleming Community Center
802 N Avenue C
Elgin, TX
Cost: $10
Agripreneurship 101 is targeted toward small-scale growers and producers who want to learn how they can build business capacity, grow existing business, start a new business and/or provide a sustainable, living wage.
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We Think This is Interesting
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From Brewery to Bakery: A Flour That Fights Waste - NYTimes
Rise Products mills spent grains from breweries into flour and baked goods creating new markets and reducing food waste.
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When Denver stopped lunch-shaming, debt from unpaid meals skyrocketed
Somehow, we're always surprised by how complicated school lunch turns out to be. Read more at The New Food Economy.
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Join the AFI Investor Network
No Minimums, You Decide Which Deals to Do
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Are you an accredited investor looking to transition a portion of your portfolio into socially responsible "impact" businesses? Wouldn't it be great to invest in a local food company, to meet the founders, tour the facilities, maybe even help with business mentoring or your specific expertise? If so, please consider the
AFI Investor Network
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... for all you do to support business with purpose, local food, and impact investing!
All the best,
Curt, Eric, Jarred, & Evan
Austin Foodshed Investors
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DISCLAIMER: Local Impact Investors LLC, dba Austin Foodshed Investors, is not a venture fund, investment bank, broker dealer, investment clearing-house, investment club, or investment advisor, but rather a forum in which investors and companies may be educated on aspects of investment and business, as well as introduced to each other for possible investment. We are not registered with the Securities Exchange Commission, any self-regulatory organization or any state securities commission. We do not recommend or make any representation or warranty regarding any particular company or financial product for investment. All investments in entrepreneurial companies involve a high degree of risk, investors must be able to bear the risk of complete financial loss. All AFI Investors, at the time of transaction close, must be Accredited Investors within the meaning of SEC Rule 17 CFR §501(a).
Securities transactions requiring intermediaries are offered by under Rule 506(c) of the JOBS Act of 2012, per 17 CFR §230.506(c).
Users of this website, as well as companies applying for potential fundraising assistance, consent to agree to our
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and
Privacy Policy
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