Chipotle Mexican Grill has revealed the second class of ventures for its Chipotle Aluminaries Project 2.0, an accelerator program designed to support growth-stage ventures who are working to address problems facing today’s young farmers. The seven-month, annual accelerator program will connect ventures to the people and organizations they need in order to scale their solutions including mentors, funders and partners.
The ventures include:
- Agrarian Trust, which is launching a network of Agrarian Commons in communities across the country to acquire and hold farmland in trust, providing farmers with equitable, affordable, secure land access through long-term leases.
- American Farmland Trust, which helps new farmers gain access to land through national and localized networks and services in order to transfer farms from one generation to the next and keep farmland in farming.
- Demeter Mobile, which pairs growers and service providers, helping connect the farming community with shared economy apps.
- Farm Commons, which provides the proactive legal resources that sustainable farmers need to become the stable, resilient foundation of a community-based food system.
- F.A.R.M.S., which provides legal services to small farmers while reducing hunger in the farmer's community.
- Rogue Farm Corps, which trains and equips the next generation of farmers and ranchers through hands-on educational programs and the preservation of Oregon's farmland.
- Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, which permanently protects Iowa's land to grow healthy food.
- Viva Farms, which empowers aspiring and limited-resource farmers by providing bilingual training in holistic organic farming practices, as well as access to land, infrastructure, equipment, marketing, and capital.
"The Chipotle Aluminaries Project 2.0 ventures are poised to have a major influence on the future of farming. Growing these organizations by focusing on areas of scale, like strategy and leadership, will lead to the growth of our young farmer community," said Caitlin Leibert, head of sustainability at Chipotle, in a statement. "Bringing together the best and the brightest in the industry with a common goal of furthering access and innovation for young farmers is truly inspiring."
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