Check out our new land access page!
Looking to stay up to date with NYFC’s work on land access for beginning farmers? Check out our new land access page where you will find links to our Conservation 2.0 report, land access working group,...
View ArticleLand Access Innovations Workshop for Land Trusts
Apply by this Friday, July 25th for NYFC and Equity Trust’s Land Access Innovations Workshop for land trusts. The one-day, in-person training is aimed at staff from a select group of land trusts that...
View ArticleDirt Works Incubator Farm: Building Land Access and Community in South Carolina
Beginning farmers are finding a new way to get on the land in South Carolina with the help of a local non-profit called Lowcountry Local First (LLF). In 2012, LLF welcomed farmers to South Carolina’s...
View ArticleNew York’s Young Farmers Ask Governor Cuomo to Support Land Access Legislation
Farmers, aspiring farmers, and organizations across New York State are rallying to urge Governor Cuomo to pass a bill that would improve land access for beginning farmers in the state. If passed, this...
View ArticleNYFC Takes a Step in Protecting Working Farmland with Land Access Innovations...
“Forty years of farmland conservation, and we are watching it unravel before our eyes.” That was the warning that John Halsey, president of Long Island’s Peconic Land Trust, delivered to a room full of...
View ArticleKentucky Conference and Young Farmer Visits
The Conference Last week I traveled to Lexington, Kentucky for the American Farmland Trust’s “Farmland, Food and Livable Communities” conference. The conference was the first of its kind to focus on...
View ArticleTell New York Governor Cuomo To Act Now on Land Access for Young Farmers
In August, we wrote a blog post about New York State legislation that would help beginning farmers across the state get access to viable agricultural land. The bill is now on the Governor’s desk – we...
View ArticleNYFC Releases “A Farmer’s Guide to Working with Land Trusts”
In 2010, NYFC was founded by a group of farmers who were struggling to find affordable farmland to start and grow their businesses. Five years later, we know that accessing farmland is still one of the...
View ArticleZoning and Other Boring But Important Stuff
Guest post by Ann Larkin Hansen When we bought our farm in the early ’90s, we were too ignorant about rural living to worry whether a large cattle feedlot, a stock car racetrack, or other incompatible...
View ArticleVermont Land Access Innovations Training
In April, the National Young Farmers Coalition and the Vermont Land Trust teamed up to host a two-day Land Access Innovations Training in Vermont. The training brought together staff from 26 land...
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