At the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Massachusetts Winter Conference, Kathy Ruhf, Executive Director of Land For Good, will lead a workshop on Leasing and Leases for Farmers and Landowners. Understand the elements of a good lease through practical hands-on exercise. Kathy will … Continue reading
Archive | 2013
#GivingTuesday is December 3rd
Last year more than 50 million people joined the #GivingTuesday conversation worldwide and trended on Twitter. Land For Good is joining the conversation to raise awareness of our farmland access challenge – and what’s needed to put more farmers on … Continue reading →
Are you looking for farmland in northern NH?
Join us on November 20, 2013 as we bring landowners, farmers and service providers together to discuss how farmers get on to, hold, and transfer farmland in New England. New farmers seeking land to buy or lease will gather with … Continue reading →
New documentary of one family’s struggle to ensure their farm’s future personalizes a nationwide crisis.
The Last Crop tells the story of a family caught in the middle as urban growth threatens California’s Central Valley. Jeff and Annie Main confront an uncertain future as their children have chosen careers off the farm. It is a … Continue reading →
Our Farm Search: A Lot of Hard Work … and a Little Serendipity
Picadilly Farm, Winchester, NH My husband and I began to look for our own farm to call home in 2003. As produce growers, we’d been doing farm work independently since the mid-late 1990s, and together at a non-profit organization’s farm … Continue reading →
Farmland investors report released
Meeting the farmland access challenge in New England requires creative approaches and new partners. A just-released report investigates the potential role investors can play in helping farmers get onto farmland in our region. Farmland Investors: An Exploration for New England … Continue reading →
Land Access Project (LAP) Wrap
What do you call a project with over 40 partners in six states working in five task forces over three years? We call it the Land Access Project (LAP). The first phase of LAP is winding down, touting accomplishments that have substantially … Continue reading →
Land Access Info Nights are a hit!
Land For Good continued its partnership in New Hampshire with NOFA New Hampshire Beginning Farmer Program Coordinator Ray Conner, and Keller Williams Realtor Mike Hvizda by co-hosting the 4th in a continuing series of Land Access Information Nights around the state. The June 25th at Prescott … Continue reading →
New England-wide Collaboration Creates Educational Resources for Farmers and Landowners
New England’s young farmers have new opportunities as the majority of our region’s experienced farmers near retirement. And because our nation’s appetite for local and regional food continues to grow, it is more important than ever to cultivate opportunities for … Continue reading →
Experts meet to keep New England farmland in farming
Farmland access issues are not new in New England. Our regional agricultural land base anchors over 33,000 farm businesses. Preserving-and expanding-this land base, as well as assuring its availability for new farmers, are critical to our future food security, environmental … Continue reading →
