Farmer Jawn
West Chester, PA
Date Funded: September, 2023
FarmerJawn is making waves in the regenerative agriculture space as the largest Black-owned, verified Regenerative Organic vegetable producer in the United States. This relatively new enterprise, located on 123 acres in West Chester, PA, builds on FarmerJawn's track record of increasing access to healthy food and promoting representation of Black ownership within the agriculture industry.
Jones Gardens
Staunton, VA
Date Funded: March, 2022
Jones Gardens was launched in 2021 by Staunton, Virginia natives Naomi and Sarah Jones. The goal was to create an enriching community space which was simultaneously functional and beautiful. The Joneses personally identified with the struggle to put fresh food on the table, having grown up in a lower income household. Jones Gardens has transformed unused parcels of land into vibrant edible landscapes, improving fresh food availability in the community and providing a setting for people of all backgrounds to gather.
Siller Pollinator Company
Scottsville, VA
Date Funded: September, 2021
Siller Pollinator Company was founded in 2019 with the intention of helping people help pollinators. Operating primarily as a honeybee hive management service for its first few years, SPC has grown to include a retail space and a quickly growing pollinator habitat development enterprise. They have forged exciting new partnerships with utility scale solar companies across Virginia, collaborating to directly transform solar sites into pollinator habitat or to facilitate partnerships between utilities and rotational sheep grazers.