Fullerfield Field Notes

Category: Market Analysis Author: Charles Wade Twenty years structuring complex credit transactions on Wall Street taught me to recognize asymmetric opportunities—situations where the risk-return profile is fundamentally mispriced due to information gaps or structural misunderstandings. The Northeast regional food system is exactly that opportunity. A $2.3 billion financing gap exists across farm succession, CPG brand growth, and processing infrastructure. This isn't capit

Category: Market Analysis Author: Charles Wade You've built a regenerative food brand that consumers love. Your products are on shelves at Whole Foods, independent retailers, and regional chains. Sales are growing 30-50% annually. You're profitable on paper. But you can't afford to fulfill your next purchase order. This is the paradox facing hundreds of sustainable CPG brands across the Northeast: growing so fast they're going broke. The culprit isn't poor business manageme

Category: Market Analysis Author: Charles Wade A Vermont dairy farmer produces exceptional milk from grass-fed cows. A Connecticut vegetable grower has 100 acres of certified organic produce. A Massachusetts food entrepreneur has developed a revolutionary plant-based protein using local ingredients. They all share the same problem: nowhere to process their products at scale. The Northeast has abundant agricultural production and surging consumer demand for local food. What'

Category: Market Analysis Author: Charles Wade A quiet crisis is unfolding across the Northeast. Over the next decade, more than 60% of the region's farmers will retire—and without intervention, we could lose the foundation of our regional food system. But this crisis represents a massive opportunity: a $700 million - $1.2 billion market for patient, flexible capital that can preserve farmland, empower beginning farmers, and build resilient local food systems. The Numbers