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There are moments when the challenges facing our food system feel overwhelming. But there are also moments that restore your hope.

Last week, members of the Agrarian Trust team gathered at the 2025 Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) Forum, held at the Tamaya Resort on sovereign Santa Ana Pueblo land. It was a powerful setting for conversations about land, food systems, and the evolving role of capital in shaping a more just and rooted […]

A mentor of mine often shares a simple yet humbling notion: “An organized lie is more powerful than a disorganized truth.” It’s in that spirit that I invite you to join us in reflecting on a couple of questions: First, what does ‘regenerative’ mean to you? And what would a regenerative food system look like? This […]

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. 

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 an abundant season for the commons with new partnerships and four new farms helmed by next-generation farmers on the way. We got a wonderful response […]

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 Mexico. In 2025, CVAC hopes to break ground on a bed & breakfast and provide housing for longer-term farmers. (Agrarian Trust has an ongoing fundraiser for […]

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 with–for many seasons to come.  We’ve been busy! Last year, we received a historic USDA Increasing Land Access grant, hired new leadership, and raised more […]

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, but fulfilling work of working the land. For the growing number of corporations and investment firms who see farmland as an “asset class,” it’s an […]

A Q&A with Renard Turner, co-owner and operator of Vanguard Ranch and founding board member of the Central Virginia Agrarian Commons.