Watch Keynote by Agrarian Founder & Janelle Orsi of SELC
Agrarian Trust’s Founder and Startup Director Severine v T Fleming and Sustainable Economies Law Center’s Janelle Orsi to give Friday night keynote at Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, at the University of Oregon. Watch the Live Stream HERE 5pm PST PIELC unites more than 3,000 activists, attorneys, students, scientists, and concerned citizens from over 50 countries […]
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New Communities for an Old Plantation
A former Georgia plantation is reclaimed by New Communities Inc. From an article by Carlton Fletcher published in the Albany Herald. For the better part of an hour, the generally soft-spoken Shirley Sherrod talks animatedly about the circumstances that led to the collective she and her husband, the civil rights activist Charles Sherrod, helped found […]
Farm Profile: Swanton Berry Farm
A Tireless Crusader for Fair Labor on the Farm Jim Cochran calls himself a “persistent son-of-a-gun.” It’s an apt description, given his record. He’s the founder and general manager of Swanton Berry Farm, a 200-acre operation with 80 acres in organic fruit and vegetable production on California’s Central Coast. Swanton is well-known at Santa Cruz […]
Pioneering a New Way to Invest
From Permaculture Guru Mark Shepard comes the RAD revolution: Impact investment in regenerative farmland represents one of the most exciting real asset opportunities of our time offering a very strong risk/return profile. RADev is currently evaluating a burgeoning pipeline of potential restoration agriculture land-based sites for investment, design, and development. Regions of interest include: the […]
Neighbors Join Together to Buy Back the Neighborhood
An article in Yes! Magazine by Olivia LaVecchia details a group of dedicated neighbors that came together to form the Northeast Investment Cooperative, a first-of-its-kind in the U.S. cooperative engaged in buying and developing real estate. NEIC created a structure where any Minnesota resident could join the co-op for $1,000, and invest more through the purchase of […]
Challenging the Bank
The Debt Collective aims to help people organize with each other to challenge creditors. From their site: We believe no one should have to go into debt for basic needs like housing, healthcare, and education. When the indebted join together they can build power to help create a just society. Learn more at https://debtcollective.org/
News from the Agricultural Justice Project
Farmworker Organizations Give Strong Support to the Agricultural Justice Project By Elizabeth Henderson (Agrarian Trust Advisory Board) Unique among domestic fair trade claims, farmworkers and farmers negotiated directly with one another to hammer out the standards of the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP). The goal of these standards, which are the basis of AJP’s Food Justice […]
What do Farmers need?
A group of MBA students from Emory University are researching “Farmer Benefits” and current major challenges that farmers face in Georgia. The results from this survey will be used to create a plan for how to increase better and more affordable benefits for farmers like health insurance, disability insurance and retirement plans. The Emory project is […]
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