The Black Family Land Trust (BFLT) is a conservation land trust working primarily in the Southeastern United States to help African American and other historically underserved landowners preserve and protect land assets, critical for enabling opportunity and economic security for Black families today and into the future.  It is estimated that the number of acres of rural land owned by …

The Southeastern Connecticut Fund for Land Equity supports and promotes a sustainable, just, regional economy in Southeastern Connecticut.  As a revolving community loan fund we help our neighbors invest in financially sustainable non-profit and for-profit organizations that meet the needs of our community, create new opportunities, and restore the land to health.

Priority for funds is given to projects involving …

In October 2011, our Pioneer Valley neighbor Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) established a zero-interest emergency loan fund in response to the damage suffered by farms in Western Massachusetts due to Hurricane Irene. Since then, the Emergency Farm Fund has made dozens of loan totaling nearly $500,000 to farms struggling to meet their immediate needs in the aftermath of …

Equity Trust is a participating lender in the PVGrows Investment Fund (PVGIF), a collaborative project bringing together agricultural non-profits, community lenders, government agencies, and local foundations to strengthen farm and local food businesses throughout the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts. PVGIF provides financing and technical assistance to local farm and food businesses through community investments and offers an investment vehicle …