Rebuild Midwest
Supporting the Infrastructure Regenerative Agriculture Depends On
The Challenge
Across the Midwest, farmers are asked to adopt regenerative practices within systems that were never built to support them.
Many regenerative producers face:
Limited or outdated on-farm and regional infrastructure
Processing bottlenecks that delay harvest, sales, or market access
Capital gaps when USDA or public funding is delayed or insufficient
High upfront costs that traditional lenders are unwilling to finance
Without targeted, flexible support, even the most promising regenerative operations can stall—not because the practices don’t work, but because the systems around them do not.
Our Approach
Rebuild Midwest provides strategic capital and support for infrastructure projects that unlock regenerative agriculture at scale.
We support projects that:
Strengthen regional supply chains
Support farmer-owned or farmer-serving infrastructure
Reduce risk during periods of policy, market, or reimbursement uncertainty
Complement public funding rather than replace it
Support may include:
Grants for infrastructure planning, equipment, or upgrades
Recoupable grants that bridge timing gaps tied to USDA or other reimbursements
Catalytic funding that helps projects reach financial sustainability
This approach allows philanthropic dollars to do more—crowding in additional capital and keeping regenerative practices economically viable.
What We Support
Rebuild Midwest focuses on infrastructure that directly supports regenerative and organic farming systems, including:
Grain cleaning, storage, and aggregation
Cold storage and post-harvest handling
Small- and mid-scale processing (including meat and poultry)
On-farm or regional equipment that reduces reliance on extractive systems
Shared infrastructure serving multiple regenerative producers
Projects are selected based on their ability to deliver measurable farmer benefit, long-term utility, and alignment with soil health and climate resilience goals.
Why It Matters
Infrastructure determines who gets to farm—and how.
When regenerative farmers lack access to appropriate infrastructure:
Costs rise
Markets shrink
Risk concentrates on individual producers
Progress stalls at precisely the moment it should scale
By rebuilding the physical backbone of the food system, Rebuild Midwest helps ensure that regenerative agriculture is not just environmentally sound—but economically durable.
Rebuilding for the Long Term
Rebuild Midwest is part of Healing Soils Foundation’s broader commitment to regenerative finance—capital that is patient, flexible, and designed around the realities of farming.
Together with our other programs, we are building systems that:
Keep farmers in business during uncertainty
Strengthen rural and regional economies
Protect soil, water, and climate for the long term
Partner With Us
If you are a farmer, processor, funder, or partner working to strengthen regenerative agriculture in the Midwest, we’d love to connect.
Rebuild Midwest is about more than infrastructure. It’s about rebuilding the systems farmers need to steward our shared future.