September 12, 2024Through this report, we invite you to understand the resilience being cultivated both among our farmer and rancher clients as…
June 29, 2023Well-Being in Rural California 2023 paints a picture of well-being and access to opportunity across race, place, and gender in rural…- December 19, 2022Food and agriculture-related businesses are often perceived as too risky for traditional lending approaches, yet CDFA research tells a different…
- May 5, 2020This report provides an analysis of how lending changed overall and in rural vs. urban areas before, during, and after…
- February 26, 2020Entrepreneurial ecosystem building is about growing an environment where entrepreneurial talent can be inspired and supported. More and better entrepreneurial…
- November 12, 2019Rural economic development strategies need to adjust to these new trends to include a place-based approach to rural economic development…
October 14, 2018California Feudalism: The Squeeze on The Middle Class Chapman University, Center for Demographics and Policy First published October 2018 California…- September 29, 2017The SBA issued The Retreat of the Rural Entrepreneur. In 1988, more than a fourth of the self-employed lived in…
July 5, 2017The report, entitled “Stuck From The Start: The Financial Challenges of Low- and Moderate-Income African-American Entrepreneurs in the South,” reflects interviews…- October 17, 2011The sustained surge in rural self-employment since 2000 has largely gone unnoticed by policymakers and rural economic developers. Here we…
