Turning Warehouses into Farms in Indiana
From nwi.com by Joseph S. Pete Think about agriculture, and a Gary streetscape with boarded-up storefronts and vacant buildings is probably one of the last backdrops that comes to mind. But an entrepreneur wants to bring the farm into the inner city. Nik Jolakoski is planning to launch Gary Urban Farms later this year. He […]
Alternative Economic Financing for Cooperatives!
Financing for Cooperatives, for the People. The Working World is a non-profit organization that provides investment capital and technical support for worker cooperatives using an innovative finance model. From their website: Worker cooperatives represent a valuable alternative to more traditional business structures. All members of a cooperatively-run business share the labor, decisions, responsibilities, profits, and […]
Aging Farmers Leaving Abandoned Farms in Japan
From The Boston Globe Japanese abandoning farm lands by Keiko Ujikane Tomiyoshi Kurogoushi sighs as he looks over the terraced rice fields in the mountains of central Japan that were tended by generations of his family. Most are now covered in weeds and silver grass. The area of land Kurogoushi still farms in Yabu, […]
Southern Land Assistance Fund Event
From the Federation of Southern Cooperatives We are pleased to announce the 47th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund. This year our theme is “47 Years of Collective Action to Address Poverty & Build Wealth in the Rural South.” We are inviting you to join us for this […]
Roadmap to Generosity Kickstarter
From Giles Blunden, one of the leading green architects in the Southeast US. He designed and developed the highly successful co-housing communities of Arcadia and Pacifica in Carrboro, North Carolina. Giles sent out this note yesterday: “Today I launched a kickstarter campaign to raise $15,000 for a book that I will complete this year. It’s […]
Hear the Succession Play!
Listen to the recording of Land Succession play Look Who’s Knockin’!
Midwestern Land Linking
Are you a beginning farmer looking to rent or purchase farmland in the Upper Midwest? Or are you an established farmer/landowner in the Upper Midwest who is seeking a beginning farmer to purchase or rent your land, or to work with in a partnership situation? The Land Stewardship Project’s Farm Beginnings program has simple application […]
Incubator Farm Training!
from the National Incubator Farm Training Initiative Third Annual National Incubator Farm Training Initiative (NIFTI) Field School Conference Wednesday, October 1-Friday, October 3 Portland, Oregon Registration is now open! The NIFTI Field School comes to the West Coast for the first time! Please join us for this annual event that brings together practitioners […]
Why is Wall Street Getting Involved With Our Supper?
From the New York Times Cash Crops With Dividends: Financiers Transforming Strawberries Into Securities by Alexandra Stevenson His boots were caked with mud when Thomas S. T. Gimbel, a longtime hedge fund executive, slipped in a strawberry patch. It was the plumpness of a strawberry that had distracted him. Mr. Gimbel, who once headed the […]
New York Farmland Legislation
From American Farmland Trust Dear Friend, One of the biggest challenges young farmers face is access to affordable farmland. At the same time, farms being passed from one generation to the next are vulnerable to being lost to development as families grapple with the challenges of successfully transferring their land and businesses. Contact […]