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 Design are putting on a workshop to answer the question: How can we consciously, creatively, and practically adapt and reintegrate practices and patterns of commoning into our modern cultural […]
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 reflected his focus on stewardship and had long ranging consequences for the recovery of American soil after the Dust Bowl and agribusiness policy for years […]
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 findings of the study reveal current challenges and risks, successful models currently in place and suggested next steps to heighten returns from sustainable farmland investment. Read an expanded […]
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 been working build power for farmers of all types in the region and make certain that farmland is passed to the next generation of farmers […]
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 of farmland will change hands in the next 20 years and for many farmers in New England ages 65 and older, there is uncertainty about […]
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 2008 Farm Bill to give voice and opportunity to beginning, minority and underserved farmers. Most notably, OAO administers the USDA’s Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged […]
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 learns that barriers to entry, such as access to affordable land, are not issues isolated to England, but are quite prominent across all of Europe. The video, […]
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 The Land, topics relating to land use policy, problems, and possible models for solutions are discussed in long form articles. Issue 1 looks at questions […]
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 looks at the value of small farms in comparison to larger farm operations. Fewer pesticides and a higher net efficiency per acre are typical of small […]
Economy of the Commons
Ten years of research by the P2P Foundation has been distilled into Ten Commandments of Commons Economics