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 […]
Organic Dairy Training Program in Maine
Wolfe’s Neck Farm Secures Major Grant from Stonyfield to launch an Organic Dairy Farmer Training and Research Program For many years, the story of dairy farming in New England was a story of decline. But, a new program being launched by Wolfe’s Neck Farm in partnership with organic yogurt maker, Stonyfield, hopes to change that […]
Nothing Sucks Like Succession
By Dave Pratt From the Ranch Management Blog. You know how difficult it was to have that talk with your kids about the facts of life? There is a talk that you need to have with your family that is even more difficult. It’s about the facts of death. We make all sorts of excuses […]
Agricultural Transition: Recognizing the Growing Importance of Farm Transition Issues
Choices Magazine highlights many of the facets of farmland transition in a string of articles around the theme “Transitions in Agriculture”. Among the illuminating writes are: Drivers of Agricultural Transition Retired Farmer – An Elusive Concept The Policy and Legal Environment for Farm Transitions Agriculture, the Tax Code and Potential Tax Reform Credit Markets and […]
Interview with Joel Salatin
The Greenhorns Radio Program covered the ground of agricultural land use and transition with forward-thinking farmer Joel Salatin on the Heritage Radio Network. Salatin described the hurdles for young start-up farmers and offers solutions to the growing problem of the aging farm population. Salatin offers as a case model, the innovation brought forth by young […]
Land Gifting Tradition and Agrarian Trust
The Schumacher Center for a New Economics, a partner of Agrarian Trust tells of the tradition of land gifting and our hopes for an agrarian future. On a shelf in the Library of the Schumacher Center for a New Economics sits a small wooden box with worn leather handle—13 inches by 8 inches by 2 […]
Farm Profile: Tom and Irene Frantzen and their 300 acre Organic Farm in Iowa
AMES, Iowa —Tom and Irene Frantzen’s desire to preserve their New Hampton land for generations to come led them to bequeath the 300-acre certified organic farm to Practical Farmers of Iowa. They announced the transition plan at the recent PFI conference in Ames. Their voices choking with emotion, the couple offered the details of their […]