Help Prove to Big Ag that Little Ag is Needed! Good Good Farms

Submitted by ArtByChristinaCheek t3_10pzmtd in springfieldMO

Some of you may remember a post I made a few weeks ago regarding our CSA and market produce information. We are currently working with the Farm Service Agency for a loan to expand, and apparently its a significant process to prove we are needed.

I have 25 amazing people who have signed up to support us and are on our newsletter. I need at least 50 people to prove there is a valid need and customer base to prove Little Ag is just as necessary, if not moreso, than Big Ag.

https://mailchi.mp/8bdfaa74892e/get-the-free-newsletter

PS. Everyone who signs up to help us will get 10% OFF their 1st season produce box!

🤗 TIA!!

Christina Good Food Farms

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ArtByChristinaCheek OP t1_j6mzql3 wrote

Prior thread here 👉https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/105jdyl/new_budding_csa_farm_to_table_what_would_you_like/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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411skcoRefiL t1_j6n60az wrote

You're telling me that the Farm Service Agency, a government entity, uses email newsletter subscriber count as a factor when giving out loans?

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Youandiandaflame t1_j6o1azb wrote

Replying to 411skcoRefiL (#1,662,107)

I ran a federal grant-funded (admittedly, not a FSA loan though) CSA before and no, this was not a thing used to gauge anything.

I’m not disparaging OP’s methods or disagreeing with what they’re saying but this does seem to be a really odd request from an agency.

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