More from Occupying Yorkley Community Farm
We featured Yorkley Community Farm in our blog earlier this month. Now in their own words: The Land Is Yours.. What’s it worth to you? For those currently occupying Yorkley Court Community Farm, it is their life blood, it is their home, it is where they get their water, where they get their fuel for […]
Event Addresses New Challenges in CA 5/3
Mary Berry, daughter of Wendell Berry, will talk at Oliveto Restaurant in Oaklnd this Sundy about the health of farm communities, local food economies, and her work trying to resurrect them from corporate abuse. This is a significant problem with a new dimension in California, where already exorbitant farmland prices are rising and getting new […]
Urban Farm Land Trust Seeks Funds
The Indiegogo campaign that ended in November raised over $20,000 for this New Mexico Initiative to make an Urban Land Trust, but they are still in need of donations to make the farm sustainable long-term. Mil Abrazos Community Land Trust from Poki on Vimeo. If you wish to donate, you can send funds […]
New York City: TBD Event Tuesday 4/28
An inter-generational collective of artists are asking: How might artists support truly affordable housing in NYC? The group, New York City To Be Determined is an urban development project that recognizes artists as part of a growing constituency of low-income people. On Tuesday the 28th, they’re getting together to talk about how to pool their financial […]
More Investment in Farming, Without Investing in Farmers
An article in The Economist remembers the words of Mark Twain when he wrote, “Buy land, they’re not making it any more.” More and more investors are looking to make a buck by investing in farmland, but what will happen if all of that land is at the whims of Wall Street? From the article: Farmland […]
Next Generation Farmers Work Together in the UK
From Sustainable Land Trust comes this Farm Story of four friends working collaboratively to make sure that Ragman’s Farm in Gloucestershire continues on for generations. From a blog by Alicia Miller: In the wilds of the Forest of Dean, four friends have started farming a small market garden plot in partnership with an established farm. Ragman’s […]
Reminder: Growing Our Farms Event Thursday
Reminding you to Sign up! This Thursday, April 23rd, UCCE Sonoma is hosting a forum to connect farmers and ranchers with those who have land in Sonoma County. To share resources and collaboratively explore opportunities for farmers & landowners (both public and private) to increase the availability of farmland in Sonoma County for food production. Brought to […]
FIRA: Canada’s Answer for Young Farmers
FIRA is a fund of $75 million for young people who are seeking to start up a new farm operation or undertake a transfer outside a family-run framework. FIRA is designed to allow starting farmers easy access to farm ownership by having more cash flow during the start-up period, a major stage in an operation’s […]
Country Legend and the Family Farm
Country legend Willie Nelson tells Grist’s Darby Minow Smith, “There is a lot of organic farming going on these days and it’s helped out the small family farmer. The farm-to-table markets are doing well,” he said. “People have learned to buy locally and sustainably, and it’s turning into a better situation than it was, but it’s […]
Report Reveals Rising Interest in Farmland Worldwide
Seventy-five percent of the world’s poor live in rural areas, and most are involved in agriculture. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. The World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development publication series presents recent analyses of issues that affect the role of agriculture, including livestock, fisheries, and […]