Hey everyone,
Long time no talk. Since March, we as a family have been doing a lot of discussing, planning, and reconfiguring.
Today, I write to you to announce that we have updated our business plan and we have big changes in our future!
In order to make these changes we have been on the lookout for grants and other funding opportunities. One that we recently entered ourselves into is the Chase Mission Main Street grant competition.
If our farm business page receives 250 votes by October 17th (found at https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/business/detail/66585), we are entered to win a grant of $150,000.00!
It would be awesome if you could vote for us, share with your friends and help us on the path to reach our new goals!
To offer some perspective, if we win this grant, we could rebuild our Certified Organic dairy herd, have better fencing, get more equipment for hay-making and growing produce, and be better equipped to find more land in the future. This would help us to make money toward our long-term goals of a farm-t0-table restaurant, an on-farm event space and education program, and a successful dairy business.
Anything helps at this point, so if you have the time, please vote for us! The link again is: https://www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/business/detail/66585 . Note: You may be asked to complete a survey – this is not required for you to vote.
All the best!
Caitlan
Stephens Farm 