Talking about Land Succession
Here’s a glimpse into what happened in New Brunswick last month at the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) Symposium. Some words from speakers Jeff Schnurr, Severine von Tscharner […]
Farm Profile: Food Growing Program
The Food Growing Program started 5 or 6 years ago when the county jail donated ½ an acre of land to the Food Bank for Westchester (NY) as a vocational training […]
Interview with Joel Salatin
The Greenhorns Radio Program covered the ground of agricultural land use and transition with forward-thinking farmer Joel Salatin on the Heritage Radio Network. Salatin described the hurdles for young start-up […]
Farm Profile: Champlain Orchards
Bill Suhr and Andrea Scott were not intentionally looking for conserved land when they found the 158-acre parcel that is now home base for Champlain Orchards. The land in Shoreham, […]
Farm Profile: Greenbank Farm
From A Growing Culture An Interview with Jessica Babcock, Farm Manager at Greenbank Farm Greenbank Farm’s collection of red buildings springs up from the slim green stretch that is Whidbey […]
Farm Profile: Fortenberry Farm
From Downeast Maine comes a story of land sharing and community cooperation. When an organic blueberry farm nestled in between large commercial operations came up for sale, Peter Collin bought […]
Project Profile: Cooperative Farming Research
This project is being led by Faith Gilbert, who is a big part of the greenhorns, a close partner with Agrarian Trust. It is a year-long project that started in […]
Land Grabbing in Europe
The message that land grabbing is happening in Europe is urgently being spread by the agricultural activist group Via Campesina. Via Campesina is an international movement of peasants, small- and […]
Farm Profile: Brookfield Farm
When working with alternative economic models, it is imperative to adopt alternative and innovative ways to do business. At Brookfield Farm in South Amherst, MA, no agreement at all has […]
Farm Profile: Batalden Farms
In the wide-open midwestern states, especially in places like Lamberton, Minnesota, there is no danger of commercial development of farmland. Still, young agrarians like Ryan and Tiffany Batalden face the […]