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. Vermont PBS has created a six part series called The Local Motive which looks at Vermont’s local food system through various lenses including: production, processing, distribution, farm to […]
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 ACP submitted applications to VOF stating their intended crossing followed all regulations and would not change the status of the land, VOF saw it more […]
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 and Ramona. These in-demand areas have tremendous pressure for development. The county’s efforts to purchase conservation easements on existing farm and ranch land will ensure […]
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 field worth of land is lost to development in the American West. Click here to learn more about how and why natural areas are being lost […]
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 right to hold the government accountable for failing to protect future generations from the effects of climate change. The bedrock of the successful case was […]
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 been farming land in New Hampshire for almost 5 years and now, with collaboration from the Russell Foundation, has the opportunity to purchase the 57 […]
Black Agrarianism: Resistance
Food First continues to break down walls in their Dismantling Racism in the Food System series in their newest piece, Black Agrarianism: Resistance. The piece serves as a study of the historical context of black farming, how slavery and freedom influenced the Black Agrarian Liberation Movements of the 1960’s and 70’s, and the declaration of sovereignty of […]
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, […]
OurLand 2: Tracing the Acequia Commons
Please Join Agrarian Trust for: OUR LAND 2: Tracing the Acequia Commons A symposium about Land Transition, Continuity and Commons. NOVEMBER 9-17th Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico Films. Talks. Exhibit. Acequia Walk Can our regions shift towards food sovereignty? Can our agrarian systems become more harmonious with their wild habitat? Can we maintain our […]
12 Days of Agricultural Conference Bliss in New Mexico
Thursday, November 9, marks the start of three agriculture-based conferences in New Mexico. Agrarian Trust’s OUR LAND 2 – SYMPOSIUM 2016 takes place in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, focusing on issues such as land transition, continuity and the commons. These topics will be touched upon through film screenings, talks, an art exhibition and more. Many events […]