BAV Offerings
Berkshire Agricultural Ventures offers business technical assistance, flexible financing, and other strategic resources.
Our nimble services allow BAV to support and grow economic opportunities for local farms and food businesses. BAV meets food producers’ needs by offering high-impact business technical assistance, flexible financing, and other strategic resources.
Our services are available to farmers and food producers in the Berkshire-Taconic region of: Berkshire County, MA; Columbia and Dutchess Counties, NY; and Litchfield County, CT. Visit Our Reach to see an interactive map of examples of completed projects supported by BAV. If you are a non-farm agricultural business, please read these guidelines to learn more about your eligibility for BAV services.
In addition to these core services BAV has developed targeted programs that address pressing issues in the agricultural sector. Read more on the program pages listed below.
If you would like to learn more about our programs and how BAV can help your business, submit an inquiry and a member of the team will follow up with you.
Core Services
Provides customized services and support to strengthen and grow farms and food businesses
Provides flexible, low-cost loans to help contribute to the success of farms and food businesses
Provides workshops, farmer networking, grant opportunities, and vetted informational resources
Programs
Aims to alleviate bottlenecks in the local meat processing supply chain. Learn about program’s origins & critical importance to Berkshire-Taconic livestock farmers.
BAV understands the vast potential agricultural practices hold as a natural climate solution. We look to support climate mitigation strategies for farms
as they adapt.
An economic development and food access initiative that provides a consistent, annual funding stream to match customer SNAP benefits at farmers markets.
Support BAV
Help us on our mission to build a thriving local food economy. Your support helps us keep our services affordable and interest rates at or near 0% for farmers and food entrepreneurs.