An estimated 400 million acres—more than 40 percent of U.S. farmland—will change hands in the next 15 years as the average age of farmers in the U.S. approaches 60 years old. Next generation farmers, meanwhile, struggle to access land due to skyrocketing costs and insecure, short-term leases.
These challenges disproportionately affect farmers of color. The vast majority, 80 percent, of farmworkers are people of color, yet people of color own just a tiny fraction of U.S. farmland—less than 2 percent. We need alternative approaches to ownership and stewardship to support the next generation, address historic inequities in land ownership, and grow food sustainably.
Agrarian Trust is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to expanding community ownership of farmland, developing legal tools, and fundraising to help communities hold land and lease to next-generation farmers on a long term, affordable basis.
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We understand it to be in our collective interest to support the kinds of relationships, social and economic, that sustain the ecological integrity of land and a just, equitable food system.
These principles guide us in our daily work to transform farmland ownership and tenure.
Demonstrating our commitment, we have earned the Gold Seal of Transparency from Candid (formerly known as GuideStar). As a 501(c)(3) organization, Agrarian Trust can ensure that your donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Our EIN is: 47-5508054
