A well-written lease has a solid legal foundation and reflects the interests and goals of both parties. LFG’s new, interactive Build-A-Lease Tool helps you learn about farm leases and craft a working document to share with others—including landowners, tenants and advisors. Informed by … Continue reading
Add this new guide to your shelf of farm access resources! Farm Access Methods: A Decision Guide is a unique contribution to the growing array of educational materials on a critical issue facing new and established farmers in all US regions. … Continue reading
Accessing land is a challenge for all farmers, including those who farm commercially in urban settings – or aspire to. Many land access issues are common to all farm seekers, but urban farming presents variations distinct from rural farming. Our … 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
Check out our 2018-2019 Farm Succession School dates! All farmers care about the future of their farm. They agree that succession planning is important and that keeping the land in farming is a priority but many lack the structured and … Continue reading
Across New England, good, available farmland is scarce, expensive and just plain hard to find. Young and established farm seekers alike struggle to buy or rent the land they need to establish or grow their businesses. Yet, many older farmers … Continue reading
Land For Good’s expert field agents, who are also experienced farmers, presented a training course for real estate professionals in Belfast, ME this spring to advance the conditions under which many aspiring, beginning and established farmers seek land. Working with Maine Farmland Trust and Maine … Continue reading
To improve the conditions under which many aspiring, beginning and established farmers seek land, Land For Good continues to conduct a training course aimed to better connect real estate professionals and prospective buyers of farm properties with commercial agriculture potential. Many beginning and … Continue reading
Last fall we were contacted by Tim Gaudreau, a NH farmer and eco-artist, about a new Beginning Farmer Fellowship at the newly established Willow Brook Farm and Art Center (WBFAC). In addition to access to land and housing, the fellowship provides … Continue reading
To help gain ground for the next generation of farmers, Land For Good is partnering with the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) to help get the word out so that the issues of young farmers and farm seekers in New … Continue reading
