Farm to Truck
Last year, Clawhammer Farm in upstate New York’s Broome County made just four thousand dollars in profit. So owner Nick Westervelt stopped raising pigs and started trucking them instead. Read The New Food Economy story here.
World Forum on Access to Land WFAL 2016
The goal of the WFAL 2016 call is to address the major issues linked to unequal access to land, natural resources. For that, they call to discuss the last 10 years world evolutions in matter of access to land and natural resources since the World Forum on Agrarian Reform (WFAR, 2004) and the International Conference […]
The 15-Year-Old Who Is Suing Obama For Not Stopping Climate Change
Currently in Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, where 15,000 official delegates from more than 190 countries have gathered in the hope of addressing climate change, 15-year- old Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh made headlines yesterday when he announced that he and 21 other young people are suing the Obama administration for failing to “adequately protect the […]
Land Trust 101 for Farmers
How can farmers work with land trusts to access land? Last month the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC), California FarmLink, and Equity Trust presented a workshop for farmers on the process of working with land trusts to access land. Read NYFC’s blog post summarizing the top three things farmers need to know about partnering with […]
Access Story: Native Hill Farm and Poudre Valley Community Farms
Farmer Nic Koontz of Native Hill Farm in Fort Collins, Colorado is going to be able to have a long-term lease – likely 20 or 30 years – as a result of a land cooperative model. Poudre Valley Community Farms (PVCF) is a land coop in Colorado. They’re seeking 150 households, restaurants, and others to buy a […]
Young, Idealistic Farmers Help Keep Land in Production
Read the Associated Press’ November 8th article reporting that young farmers with an interest in growing healthy, local food are helping keep farmland in production. “Organic farms can actually provide a quicker route to profits,” writes the AP’s Michael Hill, “because farmers can fetch higher prices. Premiums paid to organic farmers can range 29 to 32 percent above […]
Become a Signatory to the 2016 World Forum on Access to Land and Natural Resources
Sign on to the 2016 World Forum on Access to Land and Natural Resources (WFAL 2016), which will address the major issues linked to unequal access to land and natural resources (see “The Call“). According to the organizers, “ten years after the World Forum on Agrarian Reforms (Valencia, Spain, 2004) and the International Conference on Agrarian […]
An End to the Age of Entitlement
Learn about a conference addressing one of the most pressing issues of our time: working land and access to it. On November 7, 2015, the David Brower Center, in partnership with RSF Social Finance, the Yggdrasil Land Foundation and Berkeley Food Institute, is hosting a half-day conversation targeting the question: How can we find a way to transform the […]
Who Owns U.S. Farmland, and How Will It Change?
Recently released findings from the USDA’s Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) survey describe who owns the 911 million acres of farmland in the U.S. (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) and how they are managing that land. Read the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition’s analysis about this land and the two million landowners who manage or rent […]
Wake County, NC Considering Charging Rent to Farmers
In Raleigh, NC, farmers using county-owned land may no longer be able to farm free of rent with year-long leases. The Board of Commissions is working on a cost per acre rate so that the land will be affordable for Wake County farmers. To Learn More: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article30650067.html