The Waning West
The landscape of the American West is diminishing so rapidly that we can literally see the change with our own eyes. According to the Center for American Progress, every 2.5 minutes a football […]
Landmark Climate Case Won by Youth in Oregon
On Thursday, November 10th a district court in Oregon ruled in favor of a group of youth climate activists and climate scientist James Hansen. Their motion was to secure the […]
Regional Land Access Project, Phase II
Our partner organization Land for Good has concluded the first year of its Land Access Project, Phase II (LAP2). This coalition of farmers from across 6 New England states has […]
Succession Schools offer options for New England’s Retiring Farmers
Agrarian Trust’s underlying goal is to ensure that the farmland in this country continues to be so after it has left the hands of its current owners. 400 million acres […]
Help Make Our Story Hill a Farm for Good
The Organization for Refugee & Immagrint Success (ORIS) has worked since 2012 to build a program for resettled refugee farmers to continue their agricultural careers on American soil. The group has […]
New structure for OAO could mean more access for underserved farmers
In an announcement from the USDA this past week, the promise of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) has come closer to fruition. The OAO was created by the […]
Black Agrarianism: Resistance
Food First continues to break down walls in their Dismantling Racism in the Food System series in their newest piece, Black Agrarianism: Resistance. The piece serves as a study of […]
How Agrarian Trust is Fighting for Future Generations
Land access is one of the greatest barriers to entry that farmers today are facing. Arable land is decreasing, while land prices are increasing. Severine von Tscharner Fleming, the Board President […]
The Land for Our Food, A Documentary
The Land for Our Food is a road-film documentary that follows English Apprentice Grower, Gavin Bridger, on his quest for land access for agroecological farming in England. Through his journey, Gavin […]
The Land, Issue 1 now available online
The Land, a magazine out of the UK based group The Land is Ours. TLIO campaigns for access to land, its resources and the decision making processes affecting them. In […]