Natural Capital Investment Fund finances and advises small to mid-sized enterprises, primarily in rural and underserved communities across a nine-state region. They help innovative entrepreneurs build locally-owned enterprises that create lasting jobs and community wealth, while using natural resources responsibly.

For example, NCIF borrowers build local food systems; conserve energy and water; support eco-tourism; find creative outlets for recycled materials; and provide essential community services.

They frequently partner with banks and community development lenders to provide the complete financing package a company needs to grow. They specialize in flexible capital that reduces the risk that senior lenders face, so they can participate in financing our target sectors.

Hawk Knob Cidery & Mead – Click here to learn more

Swift Level Farm (Greenbrier Valley) – Click here to learn more

A 7th generation salt-making family harvests an all-natural salt by hand, from an ancient ocean trapped below the Appalachian Mountains of the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia. One could say salt-making runs in their blood. They are seventh-generation salt-makers, brother and sister Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne. They share a common love of food, farming and family.

Their salt is completely organic and naturally derived. They are family owned, and they believe that treating the earth and our environment with care will allow their family and yours to live off the land for many years to come. They use the power of Mother Nature to produce their salt, and are always looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

They are passionate about their local community of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and will continue to work to support the initiative to encourage West Virginians to eat healthier. Awareness of the land and where our food is sourced is deeply connected to a healthy community. They donate profits from our farm-to-table event series "Celebrating the Season" to organizations that help this cause. You can read more about the health benefits of eating unrefined salt at Health Radar and Splendid Table.

Co-founder and CEO, Nancy Bruns

A 7th generation salt-making family harvests an all-natural salt by hand, from an ancient ocean trapped below the Appalachian Mountains of the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia. One could say salt-making runs in their blood. They are seventh-generation salt-makers, brother and sister Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne. They share a common love of food, farming and family.

Their salt is completely organic and naturally derived. They are family owned, and they believe that treating the earth and our environment with care will allow their family and yours to live off the land for many years to come.  They use the power of Mother Nature to produce their salt, and are always looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

They are passionate about their local community of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and will continue to work to support the initiative to encourage West Virginians to eat healthier. Awareness of the land and where our food is sourced is deeply connected to a healthy community.  They donate profits from our farm-to-table event series “Celebrating the Season” to organizations that help this cause. You can read more about the health benefits of eating unrefined salt at Health Radar and Splendid Table.

Only one hour from the DC and Baltimore Metro Regions, River Riders Inc., offers white water rafting, tubing, canopy tour/zipline, aerial forest adventure parks, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, lodging options and fishing adventures on the beautiful Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers (class I-III) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Using their expertise and the best adventure equipment available, they run all trips in a professional, personable manner. They pride themselves on superior guest service.

Only one hour from the DC and Baltimore Metro Regions, River Riders Inc., offers white water rafting, tubing, canopy tour/zipline, aerial forest adventure parks, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, lodging options and fishing adventures on the beautiful Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers (class I-III) in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Using their expertise and the best adventure equipment available, they run all trips in a professional, personable manner. They pride themselves on superior guest service.

River Riders Family Adventure Resort owner, Matthew Knott

Yeager Design & Interiors (YDI) is a local Residential and Commercial Design firm with a showroom located in Scott Depot, West Virginia. They can provide design services for just about any scope of work needed. Also, YDI can provide installation and contractors or are happy to work with those a client provides. No job is too small or too big for their design team to handle.

Yeager Design & Interiors (YDI) is a local Residential and Commercial Design firm with a showroom located in Scott Depot, West Virginia. They can provide design services for just about any scope of work needed. Also, YDI can provide installation and contractors or are happy to work with those a client provides. No job is too small or too big for their design team to handle.

Elizabeth Yeager Cross – Owner of Yeager Design & Interiors (YDI)