How Indigenous Land-use Practices Inform the Current Sharing Economy
How Indigenous Land-Use Practices Inform the Current Sharing Economy by Aaron Fernando The concept of ownership is a social contract that allows certain individuals and groups to have rights to certain resources or items while excluding others from that access. Under the mainstream conception of private property, both the ownership of land and anything built […]
Future of Colombia
A great article by Nicola Bilotta about FARC, Land Reform, and the Future of Colombia’s Security
More US Farmland Owned by Overseas interests
From The Center for Rural Affairs: A recent report from the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting revealed that foreign holdings of U.S. farmland doubled between 2004 and 2014. Foreign investors now control 27.3 million acres of farmland. Among the leading foreign owners of domestic farmland is the Chinese firm Shuanghui. The same firm purchased pork […]
New Land Access Training Program Will Help Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Secure Land and Succeed in Agriculture
NORTHAMPTON, MA, July 18, 2017—American Farmland Trust announced today that 24 Land Access Trainers will help beginning farmers and ranchers secure agricultural land as part of a nationwide, four-year-long project. AFT selected the trainers, who are located in each of the 10 U.S. farm production regions, through a competitive process. AFT picked professionals from Cooperative Extension, state departments […]
New Land Access Training Program Will Help Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Secure Land and Succeed in Agriculture
NORTHAMPTON, MA, July 18, 2017—American Farmland Trust announced today that 24 Land Access Trainers will help beginning farmers and ranchers secure agricultural land as part of a nationwide, four-year-long project. AFT selected the trainers, who are located in each of the 10 U.S. farm production regions, through a competitive process. AFT picked professionals from Cooperative Extension, state departments […]
Barnraiser to train Future Farmers!
Save Rural America
In June, The Center for Rural Affairs were among 578 organizations, businesses, and local governments that signed a letter opposing the elimination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development mission area and undersecretary. For more than 20 years, they have helped rural communities develop and expand thriving businesses, create new economic opportunities, and build […]
The Land Matrix: Tracking Land Grabs
Check out this resource from the Tactical Technology Collective that tracks large-scale land deals: https://tacticaltech.org/projects/land-matrix-2012
Violence in Amazon Centered around Land
In a remote area in Brazil, a dispute over who, if anyone owns the land has lead to killings. On the 71.3 million hectares of public land in the country, land users say “the only document is our presence here.” The worst land-related slaughter Brazil has seen in 21 years reflects a chronic ambiguity around […]
Building Democratic Ownership in the US South
Save the date! From the Federation of Southern Cooperatives: On October 4-6, 2013 the CoopEcon 2013 conference will be held at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund’s Rural Training & Research Center in Epes, Alabama. This is not a conference for developers, although we are sure some will come. “This is mainly meant to […]