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Land Access Guides
- Finding Farmland: A Farmer’s Guide to Working With Land Trusts, NYFC
- The FarmLASTS Project: Farm Land Access, Succession, Tenure and Stewardship University of Vermont
- Acquiring Your Farm Online Tutorial Land for Good
- Publications Equity Trust
- Acquiring Land to Farm Land for Good
- Steps to Acquiring a Farm or Farmland Land for Good
- Land, Liberty, Sunshine, Stamina: Mini Compendium on Land Tenure Resources Greenhorns
- Finding Land to Farm Beginning Farmers
- Finding Land to Farm: Six Ways to Secure Farmland, ATTRA
- Finding a Farm to Buy or Lease
- Climate and Soil Considerations
- Infrastructure Considerations
- Holding Ground: A Guide to Northeast Farmland Tenure and Stewardship New England Small Farms Institute and the Intervale Center.
- Gaining Ground – How CSAs Can Acquire, Hold and Pass On Land
- Creating a Life Together about establishing intentional communities with valuable information on buying land with a group of other people
- Young Agrarians Land Access Guide Canada
- New Farm Start-Up BC Ministry of Agriculture
- Lease-Based Approach to Sustainable Agriculture: Part 1 and Part 2 Drake University Law School
- Helping Landowners Help New Farmers Drake University Law School
- Talking to Your Tenant Drake University Law School
- Corn Flakes Aren’t Just For Kelloggs Drake University Law School
- Access to Land Drake University
- Land Access and Tenure Toolshed University of Vermont
- Looking for Land BFN Massachusetts
- Finding a Farm BFN MAssachusetts
- Farmland Information Center American Farmland Trust
- Young Farmers Land Access Guides
- Finding Farmland: A Farmer’s Guide to Working with Land Trusts
Farm Linking Programs
- The International Farm Transition Network
- National Family Farm Coalition Farmland Monitor (About)
- Listing of Linking Programs by State Center for Rural Affairs
- New England Farmland Finder
- Land Clearinghouse Land Stewardship Project
- Land Link Center for Rural Affairs
- Land Link-Up MOSES
- New Farm Classifieds Rodale Institute
- CA Farmlink
- IDA program
- Organic Farm Succession Program allows experienced farmers and qualified beginning farmers take over mature organic farming operations
- Columbia Land Conservancy (NY) Farmer Landowner Match Program
- Columbia Land Conservancy CALF Listings
- New England Farm Finder– a regional farm property clearinghouse
- Central New Mexico LandLink Initiative
- Tufts University New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
- Midwest Farm Connection
- Finger Lakes LandLink
- Orange County Farms Farmer Landowner Link, NC
- Rhode Island Division of Agriculture Listings
- NC FarmLink
- WNC FarmLink
- Farmly
Land Leasing
- Finding a Farm to Buy or Lease in New York
- Learning About Lease Agreements Georgia Organics
- Lease Template Iowa State Extension
- New England Farm Leasing Tutorial Land For Good
- Conservation Purchase Agreements Vermont Land Trust
- Managing Landlord-Tenant Relationships: A Strategic Perspective Ohio State Extension
- Iowa Farm Business and Transfer Plan
- Sustainable Farm Lease Guide Drake University
- Cash Rents for Pasture by County GA
- Cash Rents for Farmland GA
- What Can You Pay or Charge for Land Rent University of Georgia
- Family Farm Series Leases and Rents University of California Cooperative Extension
- Landowners Guide to Leasing Land for Farming Land Access Project
- Leasing Land to Farmers: A Handbook for Land Trusts, Municipalities, & Institutions Land Access Project
- Farmland Leasing for Private Landowners Land Access Project
- Land Tenure: How to Lease, Rent or Buy Farmland Quincy Farm
- Farmland Access and Tenure Innovations Land for Good
- FairRent Negotiation Tool UMN
Model Leases and Other Agreements
- Model Agricultural Ground Lease Equity Trust
- Commentary on Model Agricultural Ground Lease
- Short-term Lease Land for Good
- Long-term Lease Land for Good
- Multi-year Lease Land for Good
- Model Agricultural Conservation Easement with Option to Purchase