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
Farmland Access Conference This Upcoming October
On October 19, 2015 Pineland Farms will be hosting a day-long conference with discussions and workshops on the challenges of land access and how to make the process of acquiring farmland smoother. Register Here:
Out-of-State Farmers Express Interest in Washington Farmland
Droughts are not stopping out-of-state farmers and property investors from wanting to purchase or lease Washington owned ag lands. Pacific northwest farmland continues to increase in value. Read More: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/31/washington-state-farmland-finds-out-of-state-buyers.html
Farmland Investors See Promise in Sustainable Agriculture
Ross Wilken and his father Harold Wilken are successfully farming 2,300 acres of diversified, organic crops in the midst of millions of acres of genetically modified corn and soybeans in Illinois. As Dean Kuipers describes in a recent article, while institutional investors have spent an estimated $25 billion on conventional U.S. farmland over the last decade, the […]
Prices for Agricultural Land Continue to Decline in 2015
According to Farmers National Company, an agricultural real estate business based in Nebraska, nationally lower grain prices have caused a reduction in land prices, and this year’s harvest results may impact which direction prices go over the next few years. Additionally, with this slight reduction of land values, some investors are looking at this as […]
Apply For a 60 Year Lease to Farm on Land in Ohio
The Cuyahoga National Park in Ohio has released an application for 60 year leases that will permit farmers to live and farm on historic federally protected land for an inexpensive cost. Learn more
Sharemilkers Get Ready for Gypsy Day
Gypsy Day is coming June 1st for the sharemilkers. It marks the end of one season and the beginning of the next. Sharemilkers, like sharecroppers are landless farmers, who move from space to space. Unlike sharecroppers, who can’t take their crop easily from farm to farm, sharemilkers usually own their livestock, and take their cows […]
Law, Land Commons . . . and Sea Urchins
A bit about the law and the land (and us!) from lawyer Janelle Orsi from STIR. The Law of the Land The Spring Issue of STIR digs into the law and the commons, get it here: http://www.stirtoaction.com/issues/issue-09 (Featured Image for this post by Bethan Mure)