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Friends- Jenny Brown of the Whole Foods Market Producer Loan Program asked me to forward this announcement on her behalf. They seek loan applicants for the program below. Please consider reprinting or forwarding this message to producers or educators within your networks that might be interested. Regards, Sean McGovern SARE Outreach Specialist ________________________________ From: Jenny Brown (CE CEN) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 7:37 PM To: Sean McGovern Subject: Whole Foods Market's Local Producer Loan Program Dear Sean, Whole Foods Market recently started a new program to provide low-interest, long-term loans to small producers around the country. We are very excited about the opportunity to help small producers, but our biggest challenge so far has been spreading the word. I appreciate your passing on this information. Through the Local Producer Loan Program, Whole Foods Market makes $10 million available annually for low-interest loans to small, local producers. Eligible products include agricultural crops, value-added food products, and other all-natural grocery items, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. At five to nine percent, the interest rates currently offered through the Local Producer Loan Program can be extremely attractive to small agricultural producers. The program has other attributes geared to small producers: loan application paperwork is minimized; there are no penalties for early repayment; and loan terms may be from a few months to ten years. You can read about some of our borrowers here: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/locallygrown/lplp/list_loans.ht ml. Whole Foods Market's Local Producer Loan Program is part of a company-wide initiative supporting local agricultural producers and food artisans, which includes hosting farmers markets at stand-alone stores, refocusing in-store marketing to highlight locally-produced products, and hiring regional staff focused specifically on sourcing local products. Thanks again for the opportunity to let more people know about the program. I am happy to speak with anyone who has questions or needs more information. Thanks, Jenny Brown Jenny Brown Whole Foods Market Associate Coordinator | Local Producer Loan Program 550 Bowie Street, Austin, TX 78703 office: (512) 542-0895 | fax: (512) 482-7874 www.wholefoodsmarket.com/loans ******************************************************** To unsubscribe from SANET-MG: 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html to unsubscribe or; 2- Send a message to <[log in to unmask]> from the address subscribed to the list. Type "unsubscribe sanet-mg" in the body of the message. Visit the SANET-MG archives at: http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html. Questions? Visit http://www.sare.org/about/sanetFAQ.htm. For more information on grants and other resources available through the SARE program, please visit http://www.sare.org <http://www.sare.org/> . If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html