We’re hiring! Grow the commons with us 🥕
We’re excited to announce that Agrarian Trust is growing! I hope you’ll take a look at these new roles on our team and consider sharing with your colleagues and networks. We’ve reached a pivotal moment in our work and can’t wait to welcome four new members to the team.Â
Exciting Land Rematriation Updates
Agrarian Trust and an Indigenous collective are raising funds to support the long-term viability of a land rematriation project within the ancestral homelands of Nipmuc People in an area known as “Bogastow Farm.”
How we catalyze the commons 🌱
Agrarian Trust Summer Newsletter | June 2024 Whether the solstice found you basking in the sun or keeping cool in the shade, we trust you’ve been enjoying the bounty of local farms. It’s been […]
Letter from a Land Donor
This spring, there are cattle grazing the land we donated to Agrarian Trust for the Central Virginia Agrarian Commons (CVAC). The cattle will be followed by Indigenous corn and squash from Guatemala and […]
Save the Date: Indigenous Peoples Summit 2024
2024 Indigenous Peoples Summit Themes: Landback and Sovereignty Culture, Climate Change, and Survival Indigenous Economic Alternatives and Self-Sufficiency Save The Date Friday, September 13th- Sunday September 15th Additional details on […]
What’s new at Agrarian Trust
In just a few years since launching our first commons projects around the country, we’ve seen what LOVE, LAND, and A LOT of community support can do. As fellow commoners, we’re delighted to amplify the […]
Living by Our Principles in 2024 and Beyond
At Agrarian Trust, we’re taking stock, planning for the future, and building a base of support to sustain the Agrarian Commons–the many diverse land-holding communities we are so honored work […]
Farmland for Farmers Act: A Conversation with Fran Miller
For many new and beginning farmers, buying land to farm is a long, and challenging process, involving raising funds, acquiring land, and then setting down roots to do the difficult, […]
Generalizing Ostrom’s Core Design Principles and Putting Them to Use: An Interactive “Practitioner Webinar” for IASC Members & their colleagues
Presenters: Drs. David Sloan Wilson and Paul Atkins Co-founders, ProSocial World In 2013, David Sloan Wilson, Elinor Ostrom, and Michael Cox published an article titled Generalizing the Core Design Principles for […]
Agrarian Trust Selected as Provisional Recipient of USDA Increasing Land Access Grant
The funding allocated to Agrarian Trust and its partners will go towards providing technical assistance and securing land for farmers who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) in Texas, Nebraska, New York, and Tennessee.Â