Food, Farms, Profit: Why Are Foreign Investors Buying U.S. Farmland?
These articles are just a few of the accounts of the scary trend in farmland. By Steve Holt from takepart.com The news from the Department of Agriculture this week wasn’t good. The USDA’s dour projections suggest that, after a record five-year boom in crop prices, that bubble is set to burst, potentially decreasing annual farm profits by […]
Last Chance to Submit Proposal for Historic WA Farm
PCC Farmland Trust is currently seeking a qualified tenant or buyer for the 120 acre Historic Reise Farm, located in the fertile Puyallup River Valley in Pierce County. The entire property, 66 acres farmable, will be available for lease beginning January 2015 for a negotiated lease term. PCC Farmland Trust will also consider purchase options […]
Farmland Giving Program in Iowa
Iowa’s Farmland-Giving Program could be a boost for next generation farmers in solidarity with their predecessors, but is it really getting the next generation of small farmers on the land or is it just a tax break, passed on to large or corporate farm management companies growing commodity crops for export? How can we take […]
More Theater About Succession!
From the WCFCourier.com by Sarah Strandberg When it became time to sell his family’s farm near Stanton, settled by his Swedish immigrant grandparents, Dale Nimrod and his siblings — none of whom had remained in Stanton — worked to find an appropriate owner. “We were no different from many aging landowners facing this very common […]
Applications Open for Resident Farmer: Michigan
From The Grand Traverse Insider by Kristine Morris The ISLAND (Institute for Sustainable Living, Art and Natural Design) Farmer Residency Program is looking for smart, talented journeymen farmers to participate in a farm incubator project at the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy’s Maple Bay Farm, located just south of Elk Rapids. Applications for the 2015 […]
New Land Listing: Warwick, NY
We are seeking a farmer to build a working farm on our beautiful piece of raw land in Warwick, NY. Ideally, we would like to create an operation with a farm-stay and/or educational component. There are currently no structures on the farm, but we are willing to build a farmhouse, a barn, and other infrastructure […]
On the Roof of a Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen, and across the urban landscape
from the New York Times by Michael Tortorelo If you wanted to find someone picking a fat tomato this week in the City of New York, you could go see Esther and Pam, near the kiddie-pool planters on the rooftop of the Metro Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen. Or Maggie, Benia, Iyeshima and Kristina at […]
Farms to Vacant Acres: April Conference Resources
New York City’s 596 Acres hosted a conference back in April, and so many good things came out of it! Read a full report about the conference, see the photos, hear the audio and more! 596 Acres updated their Community Land Access Network page to reflect the awesome projects they learned about at Vacant Acres. Materials from […]
Farms Forever
If you have driven through Massachusetts along the Connecticut River, you’ve likely spotted the simple signs scattered among acres of Hadley Loam that say “Preserved Farmland.” The program is a collaborative effort to accelerate the pace of farmland conservation in Massachusetts’s Connecticut River Valley through strategic planning, raising public awareness, and sustaining charitable investments to leverage state […]
Land Degragation Caused by Human Behavior
