The National Young Farmers Coalition released a report yesterday that reveals how current farmland conservation practices are failing working farmers.  Farmland Conservation 2.0: How Land Trusts Can Protect America’s Working Farms surveyed 200 land trust leaders from across the United States. The report discovered that one-quarter of land trusts have seen protected farmland move out of production. Land is going fallow as non-farmers purchase farms at prices beyond what farmers can afford. As a result, farmers are being pushed hundreds of miles from urban markets as they look for land to buy.

nationalyoungfarmersRead more about this study and the National Young Farmers Coalition.

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