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

2019

• Merrymeeting Bay groups look to tackle farm labor shortage, Mainebiz (12.6.19) and Central Maine (12.10.19)
• Learning to love a farmland lease, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (11.18.19)
• Portland plans ‘farm summit’ with an eye toward preservation, The Middletown Press (11.17.19)
• Services support transition partners, Agri-View and Clayton News (11.12.19)
• Farmland Access & Transfer Conference Nov. 18, Morning Sentinel & Kennebec Journal (11.5.19)
• Climate change workshop targets farmers, Valley News (10.27.19)
• Voices from the Field: Immigrants, Collaboration, and Co-ops Revive a Maine Town, Nonprofit Quarterly (10.15.19)
• Some Cooperative Farming Frameworks, excerpt from Cooperative Farming, The Natural Farmer (Fall 2019)
• A successful collaboration for the North, Vermont Digger (9.25.19)
• Finding farmland: Resources to support land access, High Plains Journal (9.25.19)
• Young farmers fulfill their dreams of working the land, Greenfield Recorder (9.20.19)
• Taking a chance on dairy farming, Greenfield Recorder (9.17.19)
• Website to link farmers, hopefuls, Arkansas Democrat Gazette (9.14.19)
• Helping farmers find farmland, Lakeville Journal -or for non-subscribers (7.10.19)
• Farmers grow the food. But who’s helping new farmers put down roots? Christian Science Monitor (7.9.19)
• Working the land … Vermont values its working lands – but who will work them? Manchester Journal (6.29.19)
• Mount Grace Land Trust to protect Sunset View Farm in Winchendon, The Gardner News (6.27.19)
• Local Hero: Farmland Do-Gooders, Fiddlehead Magazine (May/ June 2019)
• Auburn agriculture zone changes spark debate over what’s the best way forward, MaineBiz (5.27.19)
• ‘Planning for the Future of Your Land’ workshops offered in May, Athol Daily News (5.3.19)
• Vt. farmers receive help to find farmland and establish a farm legacy, The Vermont Journal pg. 4A (3.13.19)
• Council hosts L-A farmland, food economy conference, The Sun Journal (3.1.19)
• More focus turns to Maine farmland access as economic development tool, MaineBiz (3.1.19)
• Land for Good receives land access grant, VTDigger (2.28.19)
• Sluggish hay sales hit farmers, Greenfield Recorder (2.14.19)
• Ag experts coach new farmers at Farmland Access Bootcamp, Newton (IA) Daily News (2.11.19)
• Has New York Found the Secret to Linking Retiring Farmers and Eager Upstarts? Civil Eats (1.8.19)

2018

• Forestry Notes: Districts Facilitate Forest Succession Planning, National Association of Conservation Districts (11.15.18)
• Losing Ground: Connecticut’s Small Farms Face an Uncertain Future, The Politic (11.28.2018)
• Farmland Access & Transfer Conference; One farming couple’s exciting journey to land ownership is coming full circle this holiday, Morning Ag Clips (11.28.2018)
• Farmland Access & Transfer Conference to focus on potential farmers, MaineBiz (11.27.2018)
• Farmland Access & Transfer Conference, Turner Publishing (11.27.2018)
• Get busy talking business succession at USM, Portland Press Herald (10.27.18)
• We’re betting on a new generation of farmers, Greenfield Recorder (10.11.2018)
• Farmland matchmaking, Greenfield Recorder (10.9.2018)
• Matching retiring farmers with next generation, Daily Hampshire Gazette (10.9.2018)
• Young farmer took decade to set roots in Colrain, Greenfield Recorder (10.5.18)
• The Joys and Burdens of Modern Farm Life, Edible Maine (10.5.2018)
• Feasting on the Future of Food: Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition and the Feast On This! Film Festival, Monadnock Table (9.14.2018)
• Just how sustainable is local agriculture in the Midcoast? The Free Press (8.23.2018)
• Marshall joins Maine Farmland Trust as Wang Food and Farming Fellow, Portland Press Herald (8.21.2018)
• Farmland heirs get a break in state bond bill, Greenfield Recorder (8.20.19)
• Land for Good: Succession planning to keep farms in farming, Sustainability and Equity in the Massachusetts Food System: A Progress Report (June 2018)
• The movement to turn church land into farmland, Civil Eats (6.11.2018)
• Bowdoinham farmer tackles Maine’s challenge of farmland access and transfer, MaineBiz (5.30.2018)
• Match making farm-seekers and retiring farmers with surplus land. It’s e-Farmony!, Food Tank (4.1.2018)
• Local farmers to speak at screening, Gloucester Times (3.23.18)
• “Farmers for America” slated at Firehouse, Newburyport News (3.18.18)
• After four decades in the business, the cheesemakers at York Hill Farm retire, Portland Press Herald (2.11.18)
• In Montana, houses are replacing farmland, High Country News (1.15.18)
• Farms in Transition, Southeast Land Trust News (1.15.18)
• Williamstown residents’ documentary looks at ‘Forgotten Farms’, The Berkshire Eagle (1.9.18)
• Dairy farm film to be shown to Congress, Greenfield Recorder (1.4.18)

2017

• Critics call for update of 40-year-old Mass. farmland preservation law, The Boston Globe (12.24.17)
• Editorial: Leasing land boosts young farmers, Daily Hampshire Gazette (12.20.17)
• State groups lobby feds for tax changes to aid new farmers, Greenfield Recorder (11.13.17)
• As Vt. Farmers And Food Entrepreneurs Age, State Wants To Ensure Their Businesses Stay Local, Vermont Public Radio (10.27.17)
• 60000 have been impacted by beginning farmer programs, Farm Futures (10.24.17)
• Editorial: Leasing land may be one way to boost prospects of young farmers taking root, The Recorder (10.19.17)
• New England Farmers Are Aging. Immigrants Are Set to Replace Them, OZY (10.13.17)
• Leasing land bridges young, old farmers, The Recorder (10.11.17)
• New England is cracking the code to farming – all year long, OZY (10.8.17)
• Land For Good and the Future of Farming, The Business Journal – Keene Sentinel (9.13.17)
• Addressing farmland challenges in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Food Collaborative (8.10.17)
• Farmlink Collaborative links land, farmers, Stowe Sentinel (8.3.17)
• Forty years of protecting Pioneer Valley Farmland, The Greenfield Recorder (7.28.17)
• There are new roots on old Maine farmland in Lewiston, Portland Press Herald (5.21.17)
• Milk glut thins herd of Connecticut’s family dairy farmers, AP News (5.1.17)
• Farm Survival: VT couple makes succession plans splitting maple and dairy operation, Farming Magazine (April 2017)
• Town takes new look at agriculture, The Westerly Sun (3.13.17)
• At long last: North Andover Farmers’ Market opening in June, Wicked Local (3.8.17)
• Workshop for farmland owners Monday at URI East Farm, The Westerly Sun (RI) (2.11.17)
• Retiring Farmers Reflect on Their Successes While Struggling to Find a Successor, Upper Valley News (2.4.17)

2016

• Farmland Preservation Partnership Awarded Funding, Lancaster Farming (1.29.17)
• Upper Valley Land Trust Buys Easement On Claremont Farm, Valley News (VT) (12.18.16)
• Can county find more land for food growing? The Recorder (MA) (12.6.16)
• Group promotes farmland leasing, The Westerly Sun (RI) (11.12.16)
• Maine farmers ready to retire wrestle with succession planning, Bangor Daily News (10.20.16)
• Conservative Groups Frame New Land Access Program As ‘Land Grab’, RI Public Radio (10.6.16)
• 5 Ways to Turn Your Dream of Buying Farmland into Reality, Modern Farmer (10.4.16)
• Succession in Maple Operations, Maple Syrup Digest – subscription only (October 2016)
• Knoxville Residents Featured in New Book, Journal Express (9.24.16)
• New Farmers Without Connections Face Growing Pains, EcoRI News (9.14.16)
• Healthy Food Begins With Community, Mother Earth News (9.14.16)
• Federal grant will keep local farms in business, Amherst Bulletin (9.2.16) and Hampshire Gazette (8.26.16)
• Mainers establish cooperative farm in Lewiston, The Free Press (8.18.16)
• Feds give $595,500 to help train startup farmers in Mass., Greenfield Recorder (8.17.16)
• Cooperative farm to be launched by Somali immigrants, MaineBiz (8.10.16)
• New Lewiston farm to break ground with public celebration, Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal (8.9.16)
• Digested: Farm Together Now, Civil Eats (8.5.16)
• New Roots Cooperative Farm groundbreaking Aug. 11, Sun Journal (7.30.16)

• As farmers in Connecticut age, market for niche products grows, New Haven Register (7.9.16)
• Fate of a Farm, Part 1: Thinning The Herd, Valley News (7.1.2016); follow series here
  Fate of a Farm, Part 2: Out to Pasture, Valley News
  Fate of a Farm, Part 3: Young Farmer Invests in Future of Farms, Valley News
• Public Land for Farming, The Natural Farmer (Spring 2016)
• Partners on the land: Farming on conservation land offers security that fields won’t be sold off, New Hampshire Union Leader (6.24.16)
• High Hopes Farm Opens in Bristol, The Lincoln County News  (6.30.16)
• Young farmers wanted as generation ages, Seacoastonline.com (6.5.16)
• Farm hands needed, Merrimack Journal (6.5.16)
• Maine dairy farmer wants to retire; who will run his farm? Bangor Daily News (5.27.16)
• Study: NH farms face risks of retirement, The Cabinet Press (5.26.16)
• The future of farms: Older farmers worry about succession of land, The Hippo (5.12.16)
• Editorial: As farmers age, future of land in question, Daily Hampshire Gazette (5.12.16)
• Down on the farm, succession plans need seeding, Press Herald (5.7.16)
• Who Gets The Farm? Study Shows Aging New England Farmers Faced With Tough Choices, NEPR radio (5.6.16)
• Aging agriculturalists: Study raises concern over farmland future, The Recorder (5.3.16) and Daily Hampshire Gazette (5.5.16)
• Study says Massachusetts farmers lack succession plan (AP), Boston Herald, The Republic, AgWeb (5.2.16), Nashua Telegraph (5.7.16), Lubbock Online (5.15.16)
• Study says Massachusetts farmers lack succession plan, Washington Times (5.2.16)
• Who will be next to mind the farm? Nobody, Sentinel and Enterprise (5.1.16)
• Many Exiting Farmers in Vermont May Have No One to Take Over the Farm, New Study Shows, UVM Food Feed (4.29.16) and reposted in VT Farm to Plate
• Editorial: Long term problem, Lancaster Farming (4.29.16)
• All the News That’s Fit to Eat: Scary Obesity Numbers, Big Food Says Eat Less, and New England Farms Up a Creek, Civil Eats (4.29.16)
• Where have all the farmers gone? Morning Ag Clips (4.28.16)
• Older farmers worried about farming’s future, ecoRI News (4.27.16)
• Future of Vermont farming uncertain due to lack of young farmers, Bennington (VT) Beat (4.27.16)
• Most Retiring Farmers in New England Have No One to Take Over the Farm, New Study Shows, SE Mass. Ag Partnership (4.27.16)
• Future Uncertain For Many Farms As New Englanders Retire, Food and Environment Reporting Network, (4.27.16)
• Future of Vermont farming uncertain due to lack of young farmers, Newfane News (4.27.16)
• Most Exiting Farmers in Vermont May Have No One to Take Over the Farm, New Study Shows, VT Digger (4.25.16)
• Keep Local Farm Funds helps Vermont farmers protect water quality, awards over $100,000 in grants, VermontBbiz.com (4.12.16)
• Commission looks at the future of McKeon open space land, The Ridgefield Press (3.7.16_
• $641,000 Grant Brings Land Access to Local Farmers, Keene Sentinel ELF magazine (2.11.16)
• Old labor laws run up against new farming approaches, Portland Press Herald (2.28.16)
• Farmers Forum offers agriculturists resources, creative solutions and networking opportunities, Litchfield County Times (2.4.16)
• She said it (mp3, 4:39), Agripulse Daybreak (2.3.2016)
• Farmers Forum in Litchfield offers agriculture resources, education, The Register Citizen (2.1.16)
• New Roots Cooperative farm to start up in spring, Sun Journal (1.30.16)
• Ceding the farm in Maine takes planning and sometimes creativity, The Portland Press Herald (1.10.16)
• Farm Succession is a long process, The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus (1.4.16)

2015

• Beginning R.I. farmers to get share of $641,000 grant, Providence Journal (12.25.15)
• Land For Good wins grant to help new farmers find land in New England, MassLive (12.20.15)
• Connecticut farmers gain ground through share of $17 million USDA beginning farmer grant funds,  Farming Magazine (12.15.15)
• New England farmers gaining ground, Morning Ag Clips (12.8.15)
• Landing on their feet: In the search for land, the struggle is real for local farmers, Edible Boston (Winter 2016)
• Training real estate agents to better serve their farm clients, Country Folks (Nov. 2015)
• Farmland access topic of Maine conference, Fosters Daily Democrat (10.23.15)
• USDA Grant Will Jumpstart National Initiative to Help Farmers Access Land, Farm and Ranch Guide (10.19.15)
• USDA Awards Millions to Support New Farmers, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (10.8.15)
• USDA Deputy Secretary Harden Announces $17 Million to Support America’s Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, USDA News Release (10.8.15)
• Conservation Near for Historic NH Farm, NH Farms Network (8.29.15)
• Supporting and improving land access, Morning AgClips (8.13.15)
• Land For Good: Planning a Farm’s Future, Rootstock (8.17.15)
• Land Hoe: Farmers hit pay dirt with landowners. Town Vibe Berkshire (6.30.15)
• Mediator addresses land access challenges in NH, Morning Ag Clips (6.25.15)
• Grants to help organic dairy farm families survive, Fosters Daily Democrat (5.26.15)
• Farmer to help address growing farmland access needs in Connecticut, Fairfield Sun (4.20.15)
• Growing farmland access needs in Connecticut, Morning Ag Clips (4.20.15)
• Land For Good, Encouraging the Preservation of Farms and Farmland and Assisting New Farmers in Acquiring Land, Country Folks (4.10.15)
• Land For Good, Finding Innovative Ways to Create and Preserve New England’s Farms, Keene Sentinel (2.12.15)
• Farmland organization ‘Land For Good’ welcomes new director James Habana Hafner, Masslive.com (1.13.15)

2014

• Joint Contribution by Farm Credit East and CoBank to Improve Beginning Farmers’ Ability to Access Farm Land in New England, Farm Credit East (11.3.14)
• Land For Good, A Three-Pronged Approach to the Future of Farming, NEFU e-news (9.25.14)
• A new face for New England farmland access, Morning Ag Clips (9.11.14)
• Tackling farm entry and exit challenges for today’s organic farmer, NODPA.com (9.9.14)
• Gardiner couple faces first hurdle – finding land to farm, Portland Herald (5.25.14)
• Farm Succession Planning: Transferring a Farm from One Generation or Owner to Another, AgriView (pdf) p4 (4.25.14)
• Symposium aims to connect Berskshire farmers with landowners, Berkshire Eagle (4.1.14)
• Beginning Farmers: An Essential Part of Northeast Agriculture (p.30), 2014 Insights and Perspectives Report Farm Credit East (4.3.14)
• Five groups working to help new farmers access land, CivilEats.com (3.17.14)
• Getting farmland in Conn. requires flexibility, Lancaster Farming (1.25.14)
• Training professionals to aid transition to the next generation in Northeast, AFT-New York (1.1.14)

2013

• New England nonprofit tackles America’s farmland access challenge, Seedstock.com (12.31.13)
• How to link to land, Vermont’s Local Banquet (11.26.13)
• Passing It On, FarmingMagazine.com (Sept. 2013)
• Land For Good connects and widens the Maine farming community, The Weekly Packet (7.25.13)
• How to love a lease, Vermont’s Local Banquet (7.3.13)
• Dan Welch of NY FarmNet selected for Farmland Advisors Training Program, NYFarmNet
• 80 Northeast agricultural professionals selected for Farmland Advisors training program American Farmland Trust (1.8.13)