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Emerging Land Ownership Models: Agrarian Commons

About this event The USDA National Agricultural Library is hosting a three-part series on alternative land ownership models organized by the Agricultural Law Information Partnership. The second part, Emerging Land Ownership Models: Agrarian Commons will take place on Thursday, September 22nd at 2:00pm ET. This installment will feature a panel on innovative

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Envisioning Racial Equity in Agriculture: A Groundwater Approach to Our Food System

In the United States today, 98% of farmland is owned by white people. That raises some critical questions. Namely, how can we in the land trust community—historically white-led and governed—achieve racial equity and social justice in our work for land access for the next generation of farmers? In our latest post, we reflect on how the Racial Equity Institute’s “Groundwater Approach” provides a powerful framework for understanding racial inequity and creating systemic change.

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