Three local producers will receive micro-loans totaling $13,520 from the Chequamegon Food Co-op to help with farm projects this summer. These small, no-interest loans are capped at $5,000 and have a 3-year payback period. Micro-loan recipients for the Spring 2020 loan cycle are as follows:
- Owner John Adams of Yoman Farm in Washburn, Wis. will put microloan funds toward a 30-acre purchase and a hydraulic pump replacement for his Allis Chalmers tractor.
- Owners Brigid Reina and Jake Williams of Washburn, Wis. will use the funds for startup costs for their new ecological land restoration business, Regenerative Ruminants, where a small “flerd” of goats and sheep will be rented out to private and public landowners.
- Owner Stan Ford of Two Creeks Farm in Marengo, Wis. will purchase organic fertilizers to enhance the PH in his soil in order to yield better hay crops for local beef farmers and also to diversify his crops with planting soft fruits.