This Friday! Agrarian Trust Event in NYC
“Give us Liberty and give us Land” DRINKS + land rights discussion at Jimmy’s 43 Friday November 21st, 6-8 pm Join us for a short talk by esteemed author and Chicago Urbana professor of Law Eric Freyfogle Today, we face an unprecedented inflection of farmland ownership, with 70% of farmland owned by those 65 and older. An estimated […]
The Last Plantation by Anuradha Mittal
“No justice, no peace! No farms, no food!” shouted hundreds of black farmers and their supporters as they walked past the cheering crowds lining the streets of downtown Atlanta for the annual Martin Luther King March on January 17, 2000. They also carried posters of guns. “A white USDA employee was found guilty of carrying […]
Featured Resource: Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy
from a book review by Don De Leon, JD, www.GrassrootsLawyers.com . . . Practicing Law in a Sharing Economy, authored by Janelle Orsi with contributions from other like-minded attorneys, argues that an “epic reinvention” of our economic system is taking place, and that as many as 100,000 lawyers will be needed to facilitate the shift […]
Organic Market Farm for Sale: Oklahoma
40 Acres near Yale, Oklahoma for sale. 50 minutes from Tulsa, 90 minutes from Oklahoma City. Established farmers’ market presence in Tulsa, and 42 member CSA in the surrounding area and Tulsa. Established revenues 40K currently only cropping 6 acres. Very well positioned to quickly grow to 300 member CSA with revenue potential to around […]
Oregon Creates New Finance Law for Local Business
From Hatch Oregon is a rural state. And strengthening a rural economy in a small town is simply not easy, never mind growing it. This year a unique statewide team will have helped create a new finance law, through the rule making process by the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. The new law will allow Oregon-grown companies to raise capital from […]
Greenhorns in the News
Agrarian Trust Partner makes it into this great article about young farmers, by Lauren Markham from Orion Magazine. Here’s an excerpt: For many of its participants, the movement stems from a sense of social and environmental responsibility. “My decision to become a farmer had to do with my feeling very strongly that farming is a […]
Growing New Farmers in Oregon
Growing Farmers is just as important as finding the land. East Multnomah Headwaters Farm Incubator Program seeks to offer beginning farmers land to get their start in a supportive environment. From their website: Headwaters Farm Incubator Program is designed to assist in the development of new farmers. The program involves leasing out sections of EMSWCD’s […]
Five Days of Food Discourse in Italy
From Food Tank Celebrating Farmers at Terra Madre Food Tank is excited to participate in Terra Madre by moderating a panel on Family Farming Against Hunger and Poverty on October 24. (shutterstock) In a world dominated by fast food, slowing down to savor, taste, and appreciate the story behind a meal is a precious thing. […]
Free! Food (in)Justice Symposium Tonight in Vermont
Food [in]Justice in the 21st Century Fall Symposium feat. Eric Holt-Giménez Oct 21, 2014 , 7:30pm- 9:00pm| Middlebury College, Vermont 14 Old Chapel Road, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA Food First Executive Director, Eric Holt-Giménez, will be the keynote speaker at the Food [in]Justice in the 21st Century Fall Symposium at Middlebury College in Vermont. Join […]
$25 million dollar land buying spree
From Agrimoney.com Farmland Partners flagged “strong” buyer interest in the US agricultural land market, contrasting with downbeat findings of a survey of lenders, as it unveiled its biggest land buying spree yet, taking its portfolio above 35,000 acres. The land investment group said it faced “strong competition in farmland markets” from farmers themselves – contrasting with […]