USDA issues Farmer Fair Practices Rules
After decades of waiting, the enforceable follow up to the Packers and Stockyards Act has been introduced by the USDA. This comes in the form of three rules (one interim […]
The Local Motive
Understanding our food system has grown increasingly difficult in today’s globalized world. Everything we could ever want to eat is at our fingertips, regardless of season or location, yet this accessibility is deceiving. […]
NSAC Ensures Better Loan Access for Farmers through Federal Budget “Anomaly”
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has won a victory in a trying time in the US Federal Government. Without a comprehensive budget for fiscal year 2017 passed, most funding […]
Virginia Outdoor Foundation stands up to Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Virginia Outdoor Foundation stepped into the spotlight when they denied the applications of the Atlantic Coast pipeline from crossing land held by that trust under conservation easements. While the […]
EU Conference seeks to crack Land Access Question (LIVE STREAM 12/7)
Land Access is a global problem. Across the globe, producers young and old, land owners, governments and non-profits are seeking the solutions to the ever pressing question: how can we […]
Conservation County: San Diego protects 293 acres of Farmland through Conservation Easements
On November 16th the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County voted unanimously to approve the purchase of conservation easements on nearly 300 acres of farmland in the Pauma Valley […]
Farmland Affordability through Community Land Contribution
In Martin Adams’s new book Land: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World the author tackles the questions about land’s use and values through a plethora of lenses. In chapter 13, […]
Reinventing the Commons: Social Ecosystems for Local Stewardship & Planetary Survival
Come meet Emma Hempstead, Agrarian Trust’s Agrarian Lawyers Network Shepherd in person at this event and learn more about commons in the modern era! Our friends at the Dynamics Ecological […]
Rightful Heritage: Stewardship and Conservation for a Tumultuous Time
In a new biography by Douglas Brinkley, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s legacy is examined through a conservationist lens. Interactions between his economic and environmental policy did not always have effects that […]
Investing in Our Future: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Sustainable Farming
A recent report written by the Conservation Finance Network news team at Yale Center for Business and the Environment investigates whether sustainable farmland investments bring about social, economic and environmental returns. The […]