Maia Larson
Director of Community Capital
In her role as Director of Community Capital, Maia develops and supports initiatives that focus on deploying capital to build intergenerational wealth in our region’s communities. She has spent the last decade working at the intersection of community and economic development, agriculture and finance. She also spent several years running a farming business focused on ecological resilience, biodiversity, and the integration of livestock into perennial cropping / tree systems. Her knowledge in the areas of finance, capital access, food systems, and agriculture support project partners as they endeavor to build assets and infrastructure in their communities. She serves on the Board of Governors for Organically Grown Company, the Nation’s first Perpetual Purpose Trust, and currently lives and works on the land of the Kalapuya people (Eugene, OR) with her husband, little one, and their furry friends.
Ecotrust Teams:
- Ecotrust Investments, Food Systems
Links
In this 202 blog post, Maia, a farmer herself, shares views from various community members and offers a list of resources for the agricultural communities suffering from the effects of an historic, severe wildfire season.
Maia interviews Jared Gardner, an Ag of the Middle Accelerator participant, about his experience navigating cash flow. Jared and his family run a grass-fed and finished beef operation called Nehalem River Ranch, just inland from Oregon’s North coast.
Featured Projects
Building broadly shared, intergenerational wealth with our region’s communities
Supporting American Farmland Trust in providing training for agricultural service providers on systemic barriers to land access and tools for choosing creative land access models.
Our business development program designed for small to mid-size food producers