Shemariah Blum-Evitts, a farmer, regional planner and project manager is now the Program Director for Land For Good. Shemariah will direct all of the organization’s education, consulting, and research, as well as its direct service to New England farmers looking … Continue reading
Last month, LFG’s Kathy Ruhf participated in a remarkable gathering of about 30 faith leaders and sustainable agriculture advocates at Paicines Ranch in California. Faithlands was convened by the Greenhorns and Agrarian Trust to explore the potential for lands held by faith communities to … Continue reading
Abby Sadauckas, Maine Field Agent for Land For Good, on her farm Apple Creek Farm in Bowdoinham (photo credit: Kristin Dillon and Blue Horse Photography) Abby Sadauckas, a farmer and agricultural service provider of Bowdoinham, has joined the regional group … Continue reading
Update: This position has been filled. Watch for our official announcement! Are you passionate about keeping farmland in farming? Land For Good is seeking a dynamic, supremely organized and experienced professional to serve as its Program Director. This is a … Continue reading
Farmers are used to planning: we make crop plans, business plans, and marketing plans. Yet succession planning is one of the most difficult types of planning that farmers must engage in. Many farmers are reluctant to talk concretely about what … Continue reading
LFG’s Land Access Project Phase 2 (LAP2) brought together over 40 partner organizations, agencies and individual experts for a three-year regional collaboration. LAP2 wraps up this summer. Together we have developed and strengthened programs, services and policies, improved professional networks in each … Continue reading
By Cris Coffin, Policy Director, Land For Good. As Congress rolls up its sleeves to write a new Farm Bill this year, Land For Good has been hard at work to see that land access needs are front of mind … Continue reading
See Photo Gallery This past June 2017, over 220 people from 40 states convened in Denver, Colorado for our second national conference Changing Lands, Changing Hands. Since Land For Good’s first conference on farm and ranch access, tenure and transfer in … Continue reading
Farm seekers and landowners will make valuable connections at a free workshop on March 6, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00pm at the Throwback Brewery, 7 Hobbs Road, North Hampton, NH (snow date March 27). NH farmers will get help from … Continue reading
By Kathy Ruhf, Senior Program Director; and Cris Coffin, Policy Director, Land For Good. State-level networking across the region is advancing programs and policies. Agricultural service providers are working together to provide land access education and outreach programs and opportunities, … Continue reading
