Building Equitable Land Tenure Series
The goal of the Building Equitable Farmland Tenure series is to provide a co-learning experience for farmers, farm service providers, and other land access advocates to explore and understand the concepts and processes involved in creating community-based, equitable land tenure strategies to support farmers.
Celebrating & Sharing our 2024 Webinar Series:
Legal and Equity Considerations in Collective Land Models: Video
On February 27th, attorney Fran Miller joined us to share her work on the White River Land Collaborative in Vermont and talk about other important legal and equity-building considerations for collective land initiatives.
Equity Considerations in Community Land Trust Models: Video
On March 26th, attorney Kristin King-Ries joined us to share her deep knowledge and experience around equity-building within collective ownership models. Her presentation was titled “Equity-Building in Collective Contexts.”
Outcomes in Community Land Trusts: Video
On April 20th, Thomas Spaulding, president of Angelic Organics Association, joined us to share his decades of experience with Angelic Organics Learning Center (relaunched this year as Farmers Rising) and provided a view into the Farms Forever Initiative, which led to the creation of their land trust, Angelic Organics Association.
Considering Different Legal Pathways for Collective Land Tenure: Video
On May 28th, we held a fascinating discussion on legal entity choice for collective models with Kristin King-Ries, attorney and CLT/shared equity ownership expert, and Fran Miller, senior staff attorney at the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law & Graduate School.
Comunidad Maya: Native Nations Rebuilding and Regenerative Farming: Video
On June 25th, we welcomed Luis Marcos, who will share about organizing a commons/collectively owned regenerative farm with a cultural and spiritual center in Nebraska. This is a multiracial collective effort led by indigenous peoples and the Q’anjob’al Maya, a displaced community.
The Principles of Cooperatives, Governance, and Mitigating Risks: Video
On July 30th, Gary Hampton, Kelly Maynard, and Collie Graddick generously shared their knowledge and led a rich conversation about cooperatives and principles of collective organizing as they apply to land access.
Reflecting on Indigenous Peoples Summit 2024 & This Series: Video
On September 24th, we heard from members of our team who shared their experiences at the Indigenous Peoples Summit in Omaha, NE and related this to their land access efforts. We also wrapped up this series and discussed future opportunities to continue engaging in collective efforts
Thank you to our collaborators, partners, and funders!
Curriculum developed and hosted by Gary Hampton, Naima Dhore, Moses Momanyi, Valentine Cadieux, and Agrarian Trust (Aleya Fraser, Jo Rosen, Noah Wurtz, Jean Theron Willoughby).
Many thanks to the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School, Commons Lands, the Twin Cities Community Agricultural Land Trust, the Farmland Access Hub, Hamline’s Center for Justice and Law, and Renewing the Countryside, as well as the Collective Models Organizing Group which includes Katie Kubovcik, Valentine Cadieux, and Catie DeMets, and many farmers and farm supporters. Our gratitude to the USDA North Central SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) Professional Development Program for supporting this project early on.
Equity Building in Collective Contexts
with Attorney Kristin King-Ries
In collaboration with the Collective Models for Land Access Working Group, Agrarian Trust invited attorney Kristin King-Ries to discuss equity-building in Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and other shared equity ownership models. An insightful discussion and Q&A followed.
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Agrarian Trust combines efforts with multiple land access groups
As part of a combined effort with the Farmland Access Hub Collective Models Working Group and Equitable Farmland Tenure groups, our upcoming events feature a series of guest speakers who share experience and expertise on collective land access and tenure efforts. Each speaker focuses on key topics relevant to many collective models (such as equity-building mechanisms, collective governance, and land justice).
The Collective Models group includes Katie Kubovcik, Valentine Cadieux, and Catie DeMets and the North Central SARE Equitable Farmland Tenure organizing group includes Gary Hampton, Naima Dhore, Moses Momanyi, Valentine Cadieux, and Nathan Galaviz and Jean Theron Willoughby from Agrarian Trust.
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PREVIOUS EVENTS
A three part series held on July 19th, 26th and August 9th, 2021
Agrarian Trust and Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust co-hosted “Building Equitable Farmland Tenure Models for Northeast Farmers,” an online Equitable Land Access (ELA) Co-Learning and Training opportunity for 100 participants interested in advancing equitable farmland access opportunities in their communities. 75 Service Providers from Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine (25 per state) and up to 25 Land Access Workers from throughout the Northeast will participate in a series of three workshops of 2 hours each over 3 days (6 hours total). While the priority for this Co-Learning and Training is to reach participants in these three states, those from other Northeast states are welcome to register.
The schedule and topics for the series are listed below:
Land-As-Commodity: History of Land Injustices
Monday, July 19th, 2021 from 12:30 – 2:30 pm EST via Zoom
The Land Tenure Power Structure in America
Monday, July 26th, 2021 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm EST via Zoom
Land-As-Community: Equitable Farmland Tenure Models and Case Studies
Monday, August 9th, 2021 from 12:30 – 2:30 pm EST via Zoom
The goal is to provide a co-learning experience for Service Providers and other land access advocates to explore and understand the concepts, process and steps involved in creating community based, equitable land tenure strategies to support beginning and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color farmers in the Northeast.
Service Providers include:
Attorneys working with landowners on transitioning farmland
Land trust professionals working with landowners on preserving farmland
Cooperative Extension agents and USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) specialists working with farmland owners and farmland seekers
Farm and food system advocates
Mentor farmers
Land Access Ambassadors include:
Community organizers engaged in creating equitable land access opportunities
Transitioning landowners
Beginning and Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian farmers, land stewards, earth tenders
An estimated 50% of these participants will be invited to participate in On-Farm Equitable Land Access Trainings in the fall of 2021, to be hosted by Agrarian Trust and Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust on various case study sites in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Fall trainees will then be asked to serve as Equitable Land Access Mentors for farmland owners and farmland seekers in their communities.
Note: These events have taken place.
This initiative is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program under subaward number ENE21-169-35383.