Welcome to a toolbox for owners of properties that are or could be used for farming. This toolbox offers detailed resources to help you through your decision making and negotiations. Owners and managers of agricultural land have critical roles to play in supporting farmers and local food systems. Materials are most relevant to farming and farms in New England, but many may apply elsewhere.
Private landowners – individuals, families, family trusts
Institutional landowners – religious and educational, for example
Organizational landowners – land trusts, other conservation organizations, community farms, educational organizations, etc.
Public landowners – municipal, county, state and federal properties that are or can be made available for farming, usually via leasing
Corporate landowners – business parks and headquarters, mall properties.
Support BIPOC Farmers in Your Community. Webinar with tools and resources for municipalities, land trusts, and non-profits working to become a stronger ally for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and advance equity-based land access partnerships and projects. Maine Farmland Trust, American Farmland Trust, Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust, Southeast Land Trust NH, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board.
Faithlands Toolkit. Guide to transformative land use that supports partnerships between farmers, faith communities, and food systems in celebration of our interconnectedness to one another. Faithlands is an interfaith collaboration led by Agrarian Trust.
Assessing your farmland
Farm Evaluation Checklist. Checklist of considerations for location, land, infrastructure, climate and housing.
Vermont Natural Resources Atlas. Geographic information about the Vermont’s environmental features and sites. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
GranitView.
New Hampshire’s Statewide Geographic Information System of topographic maps including soils, flooding hazards, water resources, and more. University of New Hampshire.
NewEnglandFarmlandFinder.org. Free website to post or search for farm properties for sale or lease, covering all six New England states. New England Farm Link Collaborative.
New England Farm Link Program Guide.
Explains New England’s four farm link programs (Vermont Land Link, Maine Farm Link, Connecticut Farm Link and New England Farmland Finder) and what they offer.
New England Farm Link Collaborative. Collaborative that builds awareness, farmer and landowner readiness, and connections among farm seekers, farmers and landowners of all types in all New England states. Connecticut Farm Link, Maine Farm Link, Land For Good, Vermont Land Link.