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Generational Land Transfer Convenings in the Northwest
Making Farming more Attractive, and Lucrative
“If we are serious about shifting toward a green-jobs economy, we need a strong policy environment to support farmland conservation, ecologically sound modes of food production and distribution, and indigenous food systems,” reads an article from The Vancouver Sun. The article highlights a report from the University of British Columbia that addresses how to improve […]
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Where can we find $600 Billion for the Land?
By collecting rent on our public lands. A “Council of Elders” proposed reforming public land use laws to benefit a sustainable future. The report from the Resource Renewal Institute “aims to improve today’s resource and environmental management through the combined expertise of retired resource management professionals”. It proposes adaptions to current policy on land use […]
New Farmland Financing on Prince Edward Island
Finance P.E.I. recently launched the new Farmland Financing Program to aid new and expanding Island farmers seeking to purchase farmland in Prince Edward Island, as well as farmers involved in farmland succession. Read more from the Journal Pioneer.
What is Crop Insurance Helping, and Who is it Hurting?
A new publication from the Land Stewardship Project looks at what’s gone wrong with an old initiative to help farmers, and how it may actually be hurting next generation farmers. Introduction #1: Crop Insurance: The Corporate Connection #2: Crop Insurance Ensures the Big Get Bigger #3: Crop Insurance Hurts the Next Generation of Farmers Principles […]
A New Sustainable Land Trust out of Iowa
From the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust: We’re proud to announce the launch of the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, the only organization in Iowa dedicated to protecting land to grow healthy food. (Learn more and donate.) SILT is tapping a backlog of aging Iowa landowners and farmers who had been struggling with how to keep their farms as farms after they’re gone. SILT is […]
Playing by a Different Set of Rules
The game played for hours by families across the US, and the subject of countless spin offs, Monopoly, was once known by a different name, and had a different set of rules. A woman named Elizabeth Magie filed a legal claim for her Landlord’s Game in 1903, over thirty years before Monopoly was manufactured by Parker Brothers. The […]
Featured Resource: Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association facilitates investing in agriculture. From their website: The OEFFA Investment Fund accepts applications for loans but will also consider alternative forms of investment such as land leases and equity investments. Typically, investments will range from $5,000 to $50,000 but requests for less amounts (minimum $2,500) and larger amounts (up […]