Required Reading: Land, Class and Wealth
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South African Farms Face Hurdles for Country’s Food Security
If any of the 3% of South African farmland supplying 95% of formal sector food fell out of large-scale production, it could have serious consequences for the country’s food security. From an article about a recent World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report: The WWF report, “Farming Facts and Figures”, provides a snapshot of the country’s […]
Adverse Possession: Ownership through Occupation
An obscure law called “adverse possession” allows ownership through occupation, not through purchase or inheritance. Could what has been used as a legal basis for some residences apply to farmland? This story from California Northern by Chris Smith details the story of one California resident that acquired his home by living in it: One night a […]
More from Occupying Yorkley Community Farm
We featured Yorkley Community Farm in our blog earlier this month. Now in their own words: The Land Is Yours.. What’s it worth to you? For those currently occupying Yorkley Court Community Farm, it is their life blood, it is their home, it is where they get their water, where they get their fuel for […]
Event Addresses New Challenges in CA 5/3
Mary Berry, daughter of Wendell Berry, will talk at Oliveto Restaurant in Oaklnd this Sundy about the health of farm communities, local food economies, and her work trying to resurrect them from corporate abuse. This is a significant problem with a new dimension in California, where already exorbitant farmland prices are rising and getting new […]
Urban Farm Land Trust Seeks Funds
The Indiegogo campaign that ended in November raised over $20,000 for this New Mexico Initiative to make an Urban Land Trust, but they are still in need of donations to make the farm sustainable long-term. Mil Abrazos Community Land Trust from Poki on Vimeo. If you wish to donate, you can send funds […]
New York City: TBD Event Tuesday 4/28
An inter-generational collective of artists are asking: How might artists support truly affordable housing in NYC? The group, New York City To Be Determined is an urban development project that recognizes artists as part of a growing constituency of low-income people. On Tuesday the 28th, they’re getting together to talk about how to pool their financial […]
More Investment in Farming, Without Investing in Farmers
An article in The Economist remembers the words of Mark Twain when he wrote, “Buy land, they’re not making it any more.” More and more investors are looking to make a buck by investing in farmland, but what will happen if all of that land is at the whims of Wall Street? From the article: Farmland […]
Next Generation Farmers Work Together in the UK
From Sustainable Land Trust comes this Farm Story of four friends working collaboratively to make sure that Ragman’s Farm in Gloucestershire continues on for generations. From a blog by Alicia Miller: In the wilds of the Forest of Dean, four friends have started farming a small market garden plot in partnership with an established farm. Ragman’s […]
Reminder: Growing Our Farms Event Thursday
Reminding you to Sign up! This Thursday, April 23rd, UCCE Sonoma is hosting a forum to connect farmers and ranchers with those who have land in Sonoma County. To share resources and collaboratively explore opportunities for farmers & landowners (both public and private) to increase the availability of farmland in Sonoma County for food production. Brought to […]