Financial Status

No one else had a 100% local grocery store or building a farmer-first logistics & retail channel in NM...so we have been making the attempt. The overall food industry has a 90% failure rate (about 50% of ABQ restuarants don't make it to their 6-month follow-up inspection). So with creating special and unique operations come unique and special challenges. Nothing about what we do is easy, cheap, or lucrative...there have been and always will be tough times.

We have made immense investments into the Farm To You model...money we will likely never see again. We wouldn't do this if we didn't believe in our mission of building a better system and that we can make it work over the long term.

It's an investment.

-$816,759
Total loss as of Dec 2025

This page outlines payment status for the Farm To You network. Data on this page will be maintained regularly. Check back here as needed to stay updated to any change in our current status.
Policy last updated 19 Jan 2026

Why is this page needed?
What invoices will get paid?
When will I get paid?
Farmers 100% supporting FTY, but really need the money
How are you planning to fix Farm To You
Taking Bomvida to court, sending to collections, etc
Who do I talk to about this page?

Why this page exists...

In the run-up through the summer of 2025 we saw a dramatic increase of farmers wanting to bring in products faster than at any time in our history. The customer base to support that level of farms/food did not match their pace. For the detractors of our model who say that there is not enough food to go around...so far they have been wrong.

As we moved through the summer we could tell we needed to shore up more funds to maintain that many farmers and started working with lenders and the USDA during late July through September. None of them would provide funds to keep Farm To You solvent. At that point it goes south VERY fast and we would start getting further and further behind with payables running over 60-90 days.

The hardest decisions that no business operator ever WANTS to make have to be made at that point. Every choice is an attempt to make sure Farm To You has a future. This means we have to figure out what get's paid where & when just to keep Farm To You from dying. With plenty of people to pay, and our time laser-focused on saving Farm To You, this page is a place where anyone with questions or wanting updates can go for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

What past due amounts will get paid?

All of them. We guarantee that.

Between the equipment & vehicles needed to run the stores/food production/distribution logistics to selling the farm iteself, there is enough equity value to pay off all invoices. Though doing that means the end of Farm To You as we know it today. No farmer or vendor or landlord will be refused payment or forced to take a lesser amount. We will pay those bills one way or another.

When to expect payments

We cannot guarantee timing. We're paying the bare minimum to run our operations to serve customers. Anything left over goes to paying farmers. We do our best to pay smaller vendors who need it most & are not getting support/sales other places. The food system is not deisgned for them to succeed and we know how that feels.

Outside of that, we have developed three tiers of vendor classifications which guides how extra funds above the absolute basic operating costs will be disbursed to catch up on past due debts.

100% Support FTY:
You are bringing product in no matter what and sending everyone you interact with to the stores so we can get sales up. You know the importance of keeping shelves as full as possible for local customers. Any outstanding payments to farmers delivering throughout this low period WILL BE PAID BEFORE ALL OTHER GROUPS as funds become available. We still can't guarantee when, since that obviously depends on cash flow (and more products means more earning potential). These are the farmers who truly believe in our mission and realize how we are all in this together. When we re-build our farmer drop-off systems & rules after this tumultuous time, it will be designed to put these farmers first. We didn't learn that fast enough and will focus on those focusing on us going forward...win-win.
Products On Hold:
You support Farm To You in public and on social media, sending as many people as you can into our stores to buy the products that are available during good times & bad. You are aware that Farm To You is important to consumers & farms. However, like us, you are also struggling financially and are unable to bring in products until we get caught up with vendors/invoices and a comfortable cash cushion to ensure quicker payments. Any outstanding payments to you WILL BE PAID when possible, but we cannot guarantee when that will be.

If your situation improves and you deliver products during this difficult period, you will be upgraded to the 100% Support FTY group and get paid sooner than the others in the On Hold Group. Bomvida will verify the first part of this paragraph regarding support outside the store is happening prior to upgrading your status. These farms will be ready & willing to jump back in to bringing products in once we get caught up. We recommend asking for help so you can resume bringing foods to us.
Unwilling to Support:
The old ways were better & Farm To You is not something you want to be involved with. You are in it for you, likely selling your product lots of other places instead of sending customers to support the entire farming community at Farm To You stores. We have identified farmers who took advantage of the enormous risk and resources it took to build Farm To You. Those individuals/farms had no concern for the viability of the stores or any other farm, putting other farmers + the Farm To You mission last, thus are okay being paid last after the other groups.

Some of these farmers try to bring in low quality produce, demand high prices, and think they should be paid for those items quickly. These vendors no longer bring in products and will be deactivated from our drop-off system as we will avoid buying products from vendors who treat their fellow farmers & food community like this once we emerge from our current situation.

Our entire staff is keeping their eye out for those who really need the funds badly and are doing whatever they can to push Farm To You. We are communicating that across the team to make sure we recognize commitment to local food excellence when it's observed so we know where to direct the limited funds.

Potential help for 100% FTY Farmer supporters

We may have been given the middle finger by the USDA because we were not supposed to help other farmers, but maybe you are still a farmer in their eyes and there is a way we can keep getting your high quality products while you keep farming during the debt repayments.

For any farm, large or small, who is directly growing your own products (usually produce, but can be livestock, etc) we highly recommend you contact the Farm Services Agency office with the USDA for the area where you live/farm. Tell them you are a farmer who needs a direct operating loan to cover your farming expenses while you await payment from us. These are usually 12 month loans so the payment will be at the end. Depending on your farming they will adjust it to the time of the year that is better for your harvesting so we have heard them going as high as 18 months to put that payment at the right place on the calendar. We have had loans from the USDA for as little as 1.75% interest, they are much more affordable than basically anything else and the USDA makes the loans directly; it's not a bank loan.

Any farmer who gets a direct operating loan from the USDA to keep bringing in products can provide your promissory note from the USDA that will show your interest rate and due date. We will pay that interest rate on top of your outsanding invoices still due at that time.

What are we doing to make Farm To You better

The Farm To You stores were built by following the market, listening to our core customers who truly commit to supporting local farms, and being aware of food policies and market dynamics that work against local farms to keep them from being successful. How are we going to fix our financial problems? We have never stopped.

Most people do not realize that Farm To You almost fails and runs out of money once or twice a year...every year. Most do not know what it takes to keep something like Farm To You going both financially & operationally. We spend every waking moment trying to figure out how to put farmers first in a way that works long term. Not a hand-out, not charity, or by getting grants...but by farmers doing the great work they do and we educate consumers that it's worth paying for.

We are still exploring Farm To You vending machines, exclusive Farm To You services/sites in gated communities, and partnerships with other food businesses like tribal grocery stores, specialty restaurants, or food banks. We aren't geniuses or able to see the future. We follow the market and work our asses off 100 hours a week to figure out how to solve the problem of getting food from small, local farms to consumers while still paying the farmer fairly. Maybe retail grocery stores isn't what Farm To You is supposed to be....but we aren't stopping until they make us stop. And even then we'll fight them on that too. It will be hard, but those of us that stick together to make this work will be responsible for what could be one of the greatest transformations in local food that we have seen in centuries.

You want to make a living farming & producing 100% local food? Match our effort & resolve and we will get there!

Promote our $250k fundraising campaign so we can continue exploring other ways Farm To you gets farmers paid

Forcing us to pay you

It won't work.

You'll SPEND money...to GET LESS money...and wait A LONG TIME to get paid...if you don't end up with NOTHING

It's your business, run it like you want. But we've had a few people who treat us like we are choosing to not pay them for fun or because we enjoy it. They threaten some action to get their money. That will fail.

Just like the current food system isn't designed to get farmers paid high enough prices for their work/food...the legal and financial system will put your invoice behind every single bank, the government, credit card company, etc. And since Farm To You is what's called a "going concern" even in bankruptcy the court will protect the business, try to keep jobs in place, and work out a plan. They will issue a "stay" and every collection attempt is legally blocked. The court will work out a payment plan over several years and you'll get what you get based on what they and a bankruptcy trustee decides. We couldn't pay you early even if we wanted to at that point. The stay applies to us as well. And vendor invoices are what's called "general unsecured claims"...your money will be at the bottom of a big barrel with banks, lawyers, governments, taxes, and courts all getting their cut way before you. You'll get the scraps years after the process plays out.

Threats of any kind will get zero traction. There is no lotto win, angel investor, government agency, dead uncle, or secret stash of cash we have hidden away that is being hidden from everyone. If there was you'll see big payments moving because contrary to armchair quarterbacks we actually WANT to pay farmers quickly.

The smart move is to lean into supporting Farm To You so it doesn't get to that point. Send people to our $250k fundraising campaign to cover the shortages instead. Make it personal. Tell your friends and family you believe in Farm To You and our successes are interconnected...because they are.

This page not enough?

This is it. What's here is the info we would tell you on the phone, over e-mail, or by carrier pigeon.

If you don't like it we can't really help you with that. Our focus is building a farmer-first food system and the best way we know how to be farmer first is to focus on Farm To You operations and initiatives. Fixing a terrible food system is one of the most difficult things we have ever done in our careers...and one of our founders had a role feeding millions of poeple a week across multiple states. We are constantly preventing calamity, managing finances, getting high-level buy-in for the Farm To You model, working side jobs to keep the doors open, and so much more. We honesly don't have time to walk hundreds of people through the complexities of what Farm To You is, what we have accomplished, and how much work still lies ahead of us. We aren't wealthy and have to focus much harder given that we have limited resources.

If you want to send a list of invoices to homeoffice@bomvida.com we can make sure to cross-reference our accounting system when we make payment decisions.

Roots before fruits!

All support for Farm To You builds the base for great harvests later

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