Both phases of Land For Good’s regional Land Access Project were supported by grants from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP). USDA recently announced more BFRDP grants, an increasing number of which will also take … Continue reading
Last week, the four Somali Bantu farmers of New Roots Cooperative Farm, broke ground at their new 30 acre farm on the northside of Lewiston, Maine. This is a dream come true for New Roots and for the Somali community … Continue reading
By Rachel Murray, CT Field Agent, Land For Good. Kathy Ruhf and I presented at the NOFA Summer Conference recently on land access issues. The audience was a nice mix of beginning farmers with varying levels of experience, farmers actively … Continue reading
