Real Pickles, a small Western Massachusetts business producing organic raw pickled products, received a loan from the Equity Trust Fund in 2009 to help finance a the purchase and renovation of an energy efficient processing facility. The purchase is enabling Real Pickles to expand its business and continue contributing to the local food movement. Real Pickles buys all its vegetables from local and regional family farms, and sells its delicious products only in the Northeast.
In 2013, the company converted to a worker-owned cooperative following a resoundingly successful community investment campaign, enabling the early repayment of their loan and vividly demonstrating its commitment to its social mission.