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Cairnspring Mills Blends First-of-its-Kind Financing and Ownership Model to Build Blue Mountain Mill and Further Growth of Craft Flour
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Tribal ownership, mission-aligned lenders, community investors, and public capital come together to address the "missing middle" of regenerative food infrastructure BURLINGTON, WA / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2026 / Cairnspring Mills today ...
Tribal ownership, mission-aligned lenders, community investors, and public capital come together to address the "missing middle" of regenerative food infrastructure BURLINGTON, WA / ACCESS Newswire / February 3, 2026 / Cairnspring Mills today announced the completion of a unique capital and ownership structure behind its Blue Mountain Mill, a regenerative flour facility under construction on the lands of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. With construction funded, start-up capital in place and construction underway, the project has cleared the hardest hurdle facing mid-scale food infrastructure in the United States: moving from intention to execution. Regenerative agriculture has demonstrated its viability at the farm level, delivering gains in soil health, resilience, and farm economics.