We are closing in on the first year of LFG’s Land Access Project, Phase II (LAP2). This broad collaboration across the six New England states is increasing access to farmland for our region’s beginning and established farmers. Since the December … Continue reading
Access to land is one of the biggest challenges for beginning farmers in New England. The Land Access Project, Phase II (LAP 2) brings together over 40 collaborating organizations, agencies, and individual experts. Along with direct technical assistance and education of … Continue reading
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
Long overdue conversations about race, equity and diversity offer all of us opportunities to explore structural racism and pervasive inequities on personal as well as professional levels. When we work to improve access to land, we can ask, Who’s benefiting … Continue reading
Task forces and technical teams of service providers and other stakeholders are busy at work on our Land Access Project (LAP2). Our teams of experts are tasked to develop, improve and better synchronize farm link programs in New England, develop innovative curriculum and … Continue reading
It’s been six years since LFG hosted Changing Lands, Changing Hands — the first national conference to focus on land access, tenure and transfer. Since then, land access challenges for beginning and established farmers have become much more widely acknowledged. LFG … Continue reading
Over 50 collaborators kicked off LFG’s Land Access Project, Phase 2 in December 2015 in Leominster, MA. Service providers from six states learned about the project, networked, and started task force and state-based planning. Participant feedback was enthusiastic; the convening … Continue reading
Land For Good announced that it has been awarded $641,000 grant to help beginning farmers who seek land in New England or who want to improve their tenure situation. The Land Access Project expands LFG’s collaborative work to help New England … Continue reading
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
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
