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, […]
Giving Tuesday 2023

It’s the end of the growing season in the Northern half of the country, and for many farmers, that means preparing for the winter. The last of the harvest needs […]
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.
Regenerative Farmers Need Land

According to the 2022 survey by National Young Farmers Coalition, 83 percent of new farmers report that “one of their farm’s primary purposes for existing is engaging in conservation or regeneration.”
Redlining’s Legacy: Disinvestment in Black Communities in Virginia

Redlining was a red mark against these robust neighborhoods, meaning that they could not connect to federal funding for home loans. Race was the defining factor in redlining and prevented these communities from gaining full access to the federal support that was needed and that they paid into through the federal tax system.