To further community based forestry across the country, the Community Forestry Business Alliance researches and identifies gaps in supply, production and marketing of wood products and works to fill the gaps with education events and peer-to-peer learning. Below is a listing of our current and past projects.

Wood product gap analyses in these regions:
- Pacific Northwest
- Western Montana
- Upper Midwest
- Southern New England
- Southeast

Creating examples of successful community based forestry models:
- Regional market cooperatives
- Information sharing networks
- Business incubators and integrated facilities
- Innovative business models and product lines

Educational workshops:
- Integrated manufacturing
- Inventory management
- Small landowner needs and market connections
- FSC chain of custody systems
- Internet website marketing
- Regional supply and demand forums
- Post and pole manufacturing

Facilitation of business to business relationships:
- Leads of referrals from other CFBA members
- Financial support for exchange of business ideas
- Collaboration of project, products or ideas

Forest Policy
- Modify restriction of FSC group chain of custody certification
- Increasing preference of Wood in green building standards
- Promoting FSC certification on Federal lands

Web Marketing of Products
- Product listing or search (in conjunction with Sustainable Wood Network - www.sustainablewoods.net)
- Connecting with other CFBA members