Land, Co-ops, Compost: Boston Neighborhood Takes Back the Land
Growing local food starts with the land, and the current flourishing of food initiatives would not have been possible without residents fighting to control their land and development in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]