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Category: Press Releases and Announcements

Category: Press Releases and Announcements

Latest Blog Posts

Building Equitable Farmland Tenure Models for Farmers in the Upper Midwest

We are thrilled to announce that Agrarian Trust has been awarded a grant from the North Central SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) Professional Development Program! This generous funding will support a 2-year project to train agricultural service providers—attorneys, land trust professionals, agricultural extension agents, and food and farm system

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Agrarian Trust featured in Catalytic Capital and Agriculture

The team at Agrarian Trust is thrilled to see the Agrarian Commons model of community-held farmland featured in a new report on innovative models for agriculture. As the report’s authors explain, “Catalytic capital is traditionally defined as the use of blended finance tools to improve projects’ risk-return profiles to match

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Vernon Family Farm: Joining the New Hampshire Agrarian Commons

Situated on 33 acres in Newfields, NH, Vernon Family Farm is a pastured poultry operation focused on regenerating soils, community, and connections to food. The chickens are raised with non-GMO grains, are USDA certified, Halal inspected, air chilled, and every part of the animal is processed and used. Along with a value added product line named “Wicked Chicken” which includes a rotisserie chicken, soup, and pot pie, the farm offers an incredible selection of cuts and preparations for their customers such as chicken sausage, ground, offal, skins, and broths. In addition to their meat offerings, Vernon Family Farm also sells rainbow eggs from their pasture raised hens and a variety of farm products from Brookford Farm and other local NH farms.

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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

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