Broken economy breaking ground in Spain

May 21, 2013 • Agrarian Commons, Commons Alliance, Food Systems and Security, Land Access Stories, Land Access Strategies • By Agrarian Trust

In the small Spanish town of Marinaleda, some innovative villagers have found an agrarian solution to the country’s 27% unemployment rate. Giving every villager the opportunity to farm a 2500 acre community parcel has chiseled this small town’s unemployment rate down to a remarkable zero. The Collectivist model has offered a unique solution to a […]

300 acre organic farm promised to Practical Farmers of Iowa

May 15, 2013 • Agrarian Commons, Commons Alliance, Land Access Stories, Land Access Strategies • By Agrarian Trust

In a move inspired by one couple’s love of the land, 300 acres was entrusted into the hands of Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI). Tom and Irene Frantzen spent more than a year developing a generational plan to keep their 300 acre organic New Hampton farm in sustainable practice for years to come. Through help […]