Country Legend and the Family Farm
Country legend Willie Nelson tells Grist’s Darby Minow Smith, “There is a lot of organic farming going on these days and it’s helped out the small family farmer. The farm-to-table markets […]
Report Reveals Rising Interest in Farmland Worldwide
Seventy-five percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas, and most are involved in agriculture. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental […]
Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles
From Food First: We, social movements, grassroots organizations and civil society organizations engaged in the defense of the rights to land and water, gathered in October 2014 in Dakar at […]
Approaches to Farmland Preservation in the Northeast, 4/29
An event for funders discussing farmland preservation will be livestreamed Wednesday 4/29 from 11:30am – 2pm EST From Community Food Funders: Farmland throughout the nation is disappearing due to more lucrative opportunities […]
Webinar This Morning 4/14: Climate Change and The Farm
From the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: 10:00 AM CST / 11:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM GMT Register now Discussions about climate change often lead to how agriculture […]
Land Gifting Gets a Head Start in Iowa
The Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT), just out of the gates is revolutionizing the was Iowans look at the land. From SILT: You may not know which neighbor has been […]
Passing on the Farm: The Not So Simple Life
This first hand account of succession shows just what kind of struggles even farmers with a plan may face. From Yes Magazine by Shannon Hayes: I take a tentative step […]
Investing in Our Neighbors
As Agrarian Trust and our partners try to create a new framework where farmland commons are created by investors and worked by farmers in the community, we also are beginning […]
The Human Cost of Food
Late last year, science reporter Liza Gross came to us with a project that examined pesticide use near schools in California. One high school in Oxnard that Gross focused on […]
Did the City Build the Farm?
A blogger from zompist.com looks into the legacy and teaching of Jane Jacobs: Not enough people have read Jane Jacobs. Many have; her The Death and Life of Great American […]