Press and media mentions about Land For Good, our farmers, our staff, and our work.

2024

• Valley Bounty: Robariah Farms takes chicken to the next (kosher) level, Daily Hampshire Gazette (11/1/2024)
• Persistence and Partnerships are Both Key to Land Access for New and Beginning Farmers, The Daily Yonder (10/1/2024)
• New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference and Trade Show set for Dec 17-19, Morning Ag Clips (9/11/2024)
• VHCB’s Vermont Farm & Forest Viability Program Awards Nearly $950,000, Morning Ag Clips (9/3/2024)
• Resources for Succession Planning with Kate Turcotte, Maine Farmcast (7/3/24)
• As Mass. farmland gets developed, government agencies and nonprofits work to save what’s left, New England Public Media (5/29/24)
• BNRC Ensures Many Forks Farm Will Continue Under New Farmer, iBerkshires.com (4/8/24)
• Top 5 Helpful Tips for Non-Farming Landowners (Who Lease to Farmers) in New England, American Farmland Trust (3/29/24)
• Farmland Access and Legislative Tools: OPAV’s Role in Farmland Affordability and Preservation in Connecticut, American Farmland Trust (3/26/24) featuring Will O’Meara, Connecticut Field Agent
• Maine Agricultural Mediation Program offers training opportunity in April, Central Maine (3/25/24), Bangor Daily News (3/22/24), Penobscot Bay Pilot (3/18/24)
• Talking up state’s farmland protection program: Farmers on board, but effort faces housing headwinds, Greenfield Recorder (3/18/24)
• NH Farm Future Fund Announces a Fifth Year of Funding, Morning Ag Clips (2/28/24)
• Many retiring farmers don’t have a transition plan, Hometown Focus: Grown on the Range (2/16/24)

2023

• BEST OF 2023: CT farmers have a wish list, and the new Farm Bill could help, CT Mirror (12/30/23)
• Monadnock Conservancy, Sullivan farm receive support from NH Farm Future Fund, Keene Sentinel (12/18/23)
• Three Land Trusts and Five Local Farms Named NH Farm Future Fund Recipients, Morning Ag Clips (12/12/23)
• Renewing The Countryside, Land For Good innovate to find path to farmland access, AgWeek (12/4/23)
• Land trust considers options for Ives Farm in Cheshire, Record-Journal (11/28/23)
• Three questions to ask about retirement, Country Folks (11/21/23)
• Farming and agriculture issues discussed at ThinkFOOD conference, Berkshire Eagle (11/14/23)
• The seventh generation at Cordelia’s farm, Edible Worcester (Summer ’23)
• In Bridgeport, urban farming continues to grow despite challenges, CT Post (6/22/23)
• Connecticut farmers have a wish list, and the new Farm Bill could help, CT Mirror (6/4/23)
• Connecticut agriculture: New crops, new technologies, (many) old farmers, CT Mirror (5/14/23)
• How are Berkshire farmers supposed to buy and keep their land in the current economic climate? A local workshop offered some advice, The Berkshire Eagle (5/4/23)
• New farmer knowledge: Property purchase agreements, Country Folks (4/25/23)
• Keeping farms alive in Connecticut: Star Light Gardens finds new owners, Hartford Courant (3/20/23)
• Live Webinar Series on Farm Succession and Transfer Begins January 18th, Agriview (January 2023)

2022

• Massachusetts Farm Succession School: Regional Notebook, Greenfield Recorder (12/7/22)
• Farmland access nonprofit appoints new executive director, Greenfield Recorder (10/5/22)
• Finding That “Forever Farm”, Edible Boston (Fall 2022)
• Supporting farmers is vital to securing a resilient future in the Berkshires, Berkshire Eagle (5/18/22)
• Accessing Farmland Together: Strategies and Considerations. The Natural Farmer (Spring 2022)
• Making land available to farmers topic of upcoming webinar series, Greenfield Recorder (3/15/22)
• Future of the family farm topic for 3-part program in Greenfield, Daily Hampshire Gazette (1/3/22)
• Live Webinar Series on Farm Succession and Transfer Starting January 26th, Agriview (January 2022) pg. 15

2021

• Future of the family farm topic for 3-part program in Greenfield, Greenfield Recorder (12/27/21)
• For new farmers, accessing land remains a barrier, New Hampshire Bulletin, Concord Monitor, Eagle Times, Keene Sentinel, Laconia Daily Sun, NHPR, Valley News (12/21/21)
• Farm Aid distributes nearly $1M in 2021 grants, Morning Ag Clips (12/16/21)
• Securing sound sugarbush leases, Country Folks (11/23/21)
• Smart farming takes root, The Magazine of the University of Massachusetts Amherst (Fall 2021)
• Farming for generations, Daily Hampshire Gazette (9/12/21), Amherst Bulletin (9/21/21)
• Farmland and food equity in the Carpinteria Valley: towards a more just future, Coastal View (9/8/21)
• Help for retiring farmers, Central Maine (9/8/21)
• UMaine Extension hosts webinar on sugarbush leasing Sept. 28, Bangor Daily News, The Irregular Prosperity, The Ellsworth American, The Piscataquis Observer, Morning Ag Clips (9/5/21)
• Discussions about farm succession plans can be complicated and fraught, Portland Press Herald (8/8/21)
• Bowdoinham group works to boost interest in farm matchmaking website, Portland Press Herald (7/29/21)
• Bills helping farmers transition from PFAS contaminated land, establish working farmland access program signed into law, Penobscot Bay (6/14/21)
• Bowdoinham launches farmland matchmaking website, Portland Press Herald (4/25/21)
• MOFGA launches diversity, equity training for agricultural service providers, MaineBiz (4/2/21)

2020

• Farmland Access & Transfer Conference goes virtual, Nov 16-18, Republican Journal (11/2/2020) and The Free Press (11/10/2020)
• The Future of Farming in Rhode Island: How Local Farmers are Pivoting in the Face of a Pandemic While Trying to Access Land and Aquaculture Sites, Rhode Island Monthly (10/22/20)
• Young Farmer Network’s Landing on the Right Acre: Storytelling for and by Farmers, Rhode Island Monthly (6/11/20)
• Farmer storytelling: Bringing back the Narragansett community through farming the land, Rhode Island Monthly (6/11/20)
• Farmer storytelling: Brandon Family Farm is growing by the day, Rhode Island Monthly (6/5/20)
• Farm Future Fund, Landaff Ledger (6/3/20)
• Farmer storytelling: Katie Steere gives an update on Deep Roots Farm, Rhode Island Monthly (5/28/20)
• For the love of farming, The Keene Sentinel (5/21/20)
• Farmer storytelling: Gnarly Vines farm is trying to keep up with demand for local meat, Rhode Island Monthly (5/20/20)
• Farmer storytelling: Walrus and Carpenter Oysters wants you to shuck at home, Rhode Island Monthly (5/14/20)
• Member Profile: Julie Wolcott, Vermont Natural Resources Council (4/2/20)
• Have Land? Want Land? Put the word out, KMA Land (3/24/20)
• As paralysis grips Maine’s small businesses, policymakers pursue major relief, Portland Press Herald (3/17/20)
• How farmers can start an estate plan, Bangor Daily News (3/5/20)
• In the Upper Midwest, Cracking the Code for Farmland Access, Civil Eats (3/2/20)
• Brewery event looks to match farmers, landowners, Republican American or for non-subscribers (2/17/20)
• Aspiring farmers class planned in Lisbon Falls, Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel (2/15/20)
• MOFGA seeks applications for Journeyperson Program, Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel (1/13/20) and Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald (1/16/20)

2019 & beyond