OurLand 2: Tracing the Acequia Commons
Please Join Agrarian Trust for: OUR LAND 2: Tracing the Acequia Commons A symposium about Land Transition, Continuity and Commons. NOVEMBER 9-17th Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico Films. Talks. […]
12 Days of Agricultural Conference Bliss in New Mexico
Thursday, November 9, marks the start of three agriculture-based conferences in New Mexico. Agrarian Trust’s OUR LAND 2 – SYMPOSIUM 2016 takes place in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, focusing on issues […]
Pennsylvania’s Farmers work with Federal Preservation Programs
With success that could be a model for the nation, Pennsylvania’s Farmland Preservation Program as reached a landmark agreement with the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The agreement, which will protect […]
We Shall Not Be Moved: A history of the Tillery resettlement community
We Shall Not Be Moved is their song, and it means they “ain’t going nowhere!” That’s the spirit of the Tillery, North Carolina resettlement, product of a New Deal program […]
Congreso de las Acequias
There is a great event being put on by our friends at the NM Acequia Association in Taos, NM right after the 2016 OURLAND2 Symposium. “The NMAA is preparing for […]
An Interview with Wes Jackson: Solving the 10,000-Year-Old Problem of Agriculture
Our dear friend and colleague, Wes Jackson, was interviewed by In These Times in 2016. His words continue to echo the truth:”In 1978, I wrote an essay for the Friends of […]
Most Exiting Farmers in New England May Have No Successor
A new study by American Farmland Trust and Land For Good underscores the challenge New England faces in the next two decades around farmland transition. Nearly one-thrid of New England’s […]
Sustainable Capitalism and Farming
John Ikerd details a possible path for advancing Sustainable Farming in his article Farmland for New Sustainable Farmers: A Capitalist Approach to Land Reform.
Access to Land Animated Short
The video Access to Land is a short animated exploration of the question, “Why should we privilege access to land and natural resources for small agricultural operation?” Access to Land […]
Food Policy in the Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation