Organic Dairy Training Program in Maine
Wolfe’s Neck Farm Secures Major Grant from Stonyfield to launch an Organic Dairy Farmer Training and Research Program For many years, the story of dairy farming in New England was a story of decline. But, a new program being launched by Wolfe’s Neck Farm in partnership with organic yogurt maker, Stonyfield, hopes to change that […]
New York City Land Event Tomorrow!
Saturday 9/20/2014: Join organizers of the New York City Community Land Initiative’s Education and Outreach media team for a presentation on Community Land Trusts, featuring Picture the Homeless’ Banking on Vacancy report, and discussion of sustainable, truly affordable housing for artists and all low-income people in the city. In addition this afternoon program will include […]
The Tree that Owns Itself: a pioneer for a new agrarian society
We found this little tidbit on Wikipedia, and thought it made a good Land Reform thought for the day! The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree, widely assumed to have legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base. The tree, also called the Jackson […]
Beginning Farmer Program for Women in CT
From NOFA CT: If you are a beginning (less than ten years experience) women farmer in Connecticut and you are interested in joining the program, we are now accepting applications for the 2014/2015 session. The training begins in early November and consists of 10 all-day Saturday sessions. The first six are throughout the winter and will […]
Young Farmers Conference!
2014 NATIONAL YOUNG FARMERS CONFERENCE Every December, hundreds of beginning farmers from across the United States gather at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture to learn from agricultural luminaries, peers, and advocacy organizations at the National Young Farmers Conference: Reviving the Culture of Agriculture. On December 3-5, 2014, Stone Barns Center will host the […]
Finding New Ways to Pass on the Farm
From Yes! by Liz Pleasant Carol Ptak and her husband own Blacksmith Ranch, a small grass-fed Highland Cattle operation just outside of Rochester, Wash. The farm sits on more than 100 acres halfway between Seattle and Portland. Besides cattle, Carol and her husband raise quails, chukkaras, and pheasants. They also run a horse hay business, […]
Big Land Gift in One of the Countries Costliest Areas
From the Point Reyes Light by Samantha Kinney The Marin Agricultural Land Trust this week announced a gift that could start a new chapter for the nonprofit: Corey Goodman and Marcia Barinaga’s bequest of their 823-acre ranch in Marshall. It’s the first time anyone has left a ranch to MALT, which has purchased over 46,000 […]
Small Investors Enter the Land for Profit Market
From the Wall Street Journal by Liz Moyer Investing in farmland and forest tracts is sometimes described as “gold with a coupon”—a hedge against inflation, because land prices tend to rise along with overall inflation, that also pays a steady income. Small investors have access to these markets through publicly traded real-estate investment trusts. Share […]
From the Ground Up: Keep Growing Detroit
Check out this initiative in Detroit, taking back the land and working towards food security in one of the country’s most troubled cities. Keep Growing Detroit (KGD) exists to promote a food sovereign city where the majority of fruits and vegetables Detroiters consume are grown by residents within the city’s limits. Although we are a […]
This Land is Our Land
As we forge forward, we analyze and reanalyze all of the possibilities for our farm future. In 2011, On the Commons hosted a gathering for a variety of individuals wishing to reclaim farmland as a commons. The group focused on exploring new models for land ownership and land investment, among other topics. Here is a […]