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Use this workbook to explore what you already know, consider the bigger picture, and get ready to take action.
Guidebook to assist landowners to make land available for farming by others.
Handbook that addresses farm succession and transfer when there is no identified, agreeable, and well prepared successor.
Guidebook for the next generation that presents the issues from the perspective of the incoming farmer.
State listing of no-cost or low-cost programs that offer dispute resolution through mediation to agricultural producers. USDA Agricultural Mediation Program.
A guide for landowners who want to do something with their land to advance social justice, and promote equity and opportunity. The guide offers historical context, guiding questions, and explores options for making farmland available. It is one contribution to the evolving exploration of how farmland access can be made more equitable. While not directed at farmers, they may also benefit from the guide’s ideas and resources.
A four-part series for transitioning farmers and junior generation farmers to learn the basics of succession planning, how to get started, where to find advisors and additional resources. Watch the full series or choose what support you need, and refer back to these as you work through your succession planning process.
An improved understanding of legal options and resources for farmers who need land in order to farm or want to transition their land to another farmer, as part of their estate planning. Helps farmers to be better prepared to talk to an attorney about their individual situation. Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School.
Read this farm transfer reflection written by Janet Woodward of Cordelia’s Farm (MA).
One of the most comprehensive collections of materials on farm succession, organized by topic. Center for Land-Based Learning, California Farm Link, University of California Cooperative Extension.
Webinar overview highlights ways that farm or land owners can make their property available to a successive farmer, particularly one who is not currently a part of the farm operation. UNH Extension.
Directory of landowner options for farm transfer planning including information on how to get started. American Farmland Trust.
Webinar offers some important considerations for farmers of all ages about retirement planning.
(PDF version) A first step toward planning your retirement. Examine your current and expected budget.
(Excel version) A first step toward planning your retirement. Examine your current and expected budget by filling in this spreadsheet.
Questions to consider in four steps. Pennsylvania Farm Link.
Explores farm succession through candid conversations with Maine farmers – including Jo Barett, retired field agent for Land For Good. Maine Farmland Trust.
A farmer panel discusses how to work through the farm transfer process with a multi-generational farm succession, a transfer between unrelated parties, and a cooperative model that creates a pathway for succession. LFG and Maine Farmland Trust.
Poignant and educational stories that apply anywhere. New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee.
Business advising for eligible farmers, agriculturally-related businesses, forest products enterprises, and forest landowners. Vermont Housing & Conservation Board.
A free service that connects eligible farmers and food businesses to volunteer attorneys in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
The region’s largest farm link website with more than 4,000 subscribers and growing. Farm seekers can search property postings and subscribe for weekly updates of new postings. Landowners can post a property at no charge.
El sitio web de enlaces agrícolas más grande de la región, con más de 4000 suscriptores y en aumento. Quienes buscan propiedades agrícolas pueden buscar anuncios y suscribirse para recibir actualizaciones semanales de nuevas publicaciones. Los propietarios pueden publicar una propiedad sin costo.
Guide for landowners to create accurate and appealing online farm property postings specifically focusing on how to convey information most relevant for farmers.
A linking service with customized support that connects farm seekers with Maine farmland owners who are looking to sell or lease their land. Maine Farmland Trust.
A linking service with individualized technical assistance to help farm seekers and Vermont farm property holders find each other. Intervale Center.
A linking service with individualized technical assistance that connects farm seekers with Connecticut farmland owners who are looking to sell or lease their land. Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Connecticut Farmland Trust.
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