Diane Szukovathy – Seattle Growers Market

It can be difficult for producer cooperatives to build up the credit to get financing from traditional banks because our not-for-profit business model is unfamiliar to many, but not LEAF. LEAF provided a working capital loan that enabled us to make capital investments and to bridge winter cash-flow shortfalls before we could build our reserves. As we have grown, LEAF has continued to partner with us.