Kenai Homestead Families Face New Development Threats
The Kenai Peninsula in Alaska is home to many homesteaders who’s families moved to the area in the middle of the 20th century. For decades, these families have lived close […]
Multiple Agencies Dispute Appraisals of Agricultural Land in KY
When purchasing conservation easements on agricultural land, it is not uncommon for local, state, and federal agencies to share the cost burden. In a recent set of conservation easement purchases […]
Water Laws Crash Course: The History of Acequia
Since the dawn of agriculture on this planet, humans have been finding ways to get water to their crops. Creative solutions in what is now the Southwestern United States have […]
Perennial Map: Find Farms in your Area
The Savanna Institute, an agroforestry research and public education non-profit, based in Madison, WI, has started an interactive map to help you find perennial farms in your area. The self-reporting […]
The Local Motive
Understanding our food system has grown increasingly difficult in today’s globalized world. Everything we could ever want to eat is at our fingertips, regardless of season or location, yet this accessibility is deceiving. […]
Virginia Outdoor Foundation stands up to Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Virginia Outdoor Foundation stepped into the spotlight when they denied the applications of the Atlantic Coast pipeline from crossing land held by that trust under conservation easements. While the […]
Conservation County: San Diego protects 293 acres of Farmland through Conservation Easements
On November 16th the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County voted unanimously to approve the purchase of conservation easements on nearly 300 acres of farmland in the Pauma Valley […]
The Waning West
The landscape of the American West is diminishing so rapidly that we can literally see the change with our own eyes. According to the Center for American Progress, every 2.5 minutes a football […]
Landmark Climate Case Won by Youth in Oregon
On Thursday, November 10th a district court in Oregon ruled in favor of a group of youth climate activists and climate scientist James Hansen. Their motion was to secure the […]
Help Make Our Story Hill a Farm for Good
The Organization for Refugee & Immagrint Success (ORIS) has worked since 2012 to build a program for resettled refugee farmers to continue their agricultural careers on American soil. The group has […]