New Farmers Grant Fund 2015 Request for Applications
2015 Request for Applications New York State has allocated $1 million in the 2015-2016 state budget for the second round of the New York State New Farmers Grant Fund. Its […]
Occupy the Farm
OCCUPY THE FARM tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly-owned research farm and plant two acres of crops in order to save the land from […]
Millions Available to Support Landowner-Farmer Matchmaking
Access to farmland remains one of the most difficult challenges that new farmers face when looking to start farming. Fortunately, since 2008, there has been a federal incentive program that […]
Land, Co-ops, Compost: Boston Neighborhood Takes Back the Land
Growing local food starts with the land, and the current flourishing of food initiatives would not have been possible without residents fighting to control their land and development in the […]
Farm to Truck
Last year, Clawhammer Farm in upstate New York’s Broome County made just four thousand dollars in profit. So owner Nick Westervelt stopped raising pigs and started trucking them instead. Read The […]
World Forum on Access to Land WFAL 2016
The goal of the WFAL 2016 call is to address the major issues linked to unequal access to land, natural resources. For that, they call to discuss the last 10 […]
The 15-Year-Old Who Is Suing Obama For Not Stopping Climate Change
Currently in Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, where 15,000 official delegates from more than 190 countries have gathered in the hope of addressing climate change, 15-year- old […]
Land Trust 101 for Farmers
How can farmers work with land trusts to access land? Last month the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC), California FarmLink, and Equity Trust presented a workshop for farmers on the […]
Access Story: Native Hill Farm and Poudre Valley Community Farms
Farmer Nic Koontz of Native Hill Farm in Fort Collins, Colorado is going to be able to have a long-term lease – likely 20 or 30 years – as a […]
Young, Idealistic Farmers Help Keep Land in Production
Read the Associated Press’ November 8th article reporting that young farmers with an interest in growing healthy, local food are helping keep farmland in production. “Organic farms can actually provide a quicker […]