We will be in PA at the Pasa conference speaking on a panel following the film screening of the BBC Storyworks Commercial Production produced for The Farmers Land Trust with the incredible Annie Warmke and Atiya Wells!
thefarmerslandtrust.org
#FarmlandCommons #landaccess #farmsuccession
👀 Look what came up at Climate Week in NYC!
@farmerclara coming with the TRUTH!
Land and money is the biggest barrier for farmers.
And we are doing something about it.
Thefarmerslandtrust.org
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #landsecurity
Land prices are too high.
People who want to grow food for their communities can not afford farmland.
High mortgages are drowning mid-career farmers.
Landowners can help change this tide.
#bethechange #farmlandcommons #landtrust #farmlandtrust #agriculturetrust
Wildly successful for a farmer doesn't have to include buying and owning tons of land.
The Farmland Commons removes the barrier of high mortgages and lease rates, while also giving them the most agency for decision-making and control of their farms.
#FarmlandCommons #farmlandprotection
Farmers need land and capital.
We need to be giving land and capital to farmers.
We need to protect farmland for farming and then ensure farmers are the ones who get to use it in the lowest cost and fairest way possible.
We need to DO something about it.
And we are.
#FarmlandCommons
We created The Farmers Land Trust and the Farmland Commons because land justice in the form of ecological stewardship of Earth and equitable access to land isn't a lofty ideal; it's a fundamental right.
Thefarmerslandtrust.org
#climatechange #landaccess #farmlandcommons
Supporting aging, retiring farmers in transitioning their land in more just and Earth-focused, heart-centered ways is how we can best solve the burning issue of land access for new farmers who face huge barriers to land access.
#farmlandcommons #landtransition #landaccess #farmlandprotection
We can not keep treating land this way.
We need a cultural awakening for how land is treated and used.
Only then can we start to realize the full potential of humanity and Earth and the harmony that can flourish between the two.
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #farmland #revolution #farmlandtrust
This is the largest transfer of wealth the world has ever seen.
How this land is transitioned and who gets access and tenure to this land matters now more than ever.
Land transition is inevitable, land justice is not.
#FarmlandCommons #landaccess
It's not enough for young and beginning farmers and farmers of color to get land access. They need long-term, secure tenure to accompany that land access.
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #landreform #farmlandaccess #regenerativeagriculture
People who want to grow food and be good stewards of the land can not afford to buy land.
The historical and present-day injustices and inequities in land ownership are painfully obvious, yet we ignore their presence.
#landownership #farmland #landaccess #landjudtice #Commons #farmlandcommons
Small and mid-sized farms are where people connect with land and food. They are the places where community gets to see gardens, interact with animals, frolick through fields, splash in creeks, and connect with nature and what feeds and nourishes our bodies and souls.
#FarmlandCommons #farmland
There are a lot of retiring farmers who have land. And there are a lot of younger farmers who need land.
The moment we are in, the crises we face, and the future we want to see requires us all to show up differently-- putting some of our preconceived notions of how things should be aside, and working together in meaningful, impactful ways.
#FarmlandCommons
#farmland #agingfarmers #youngfarmers
👉🏽 The legal structure of a 501(c)(25) does not allow for the board to interfere with those on the land giving leaseholders more autonomy and independence than they would have if the land was owned by just a 501(c)(3).
Find out more at thefarmerslandtrust.org
#Commons #FarmlandCommons
Here are some specific reasons we advocate for land being owned in a Farmland Commons instead of by a 501(c)(3) nonprofit even if that nonprofit is going to give affordable, long-term access and tenure to farmers and ensure regenerative agriculture:
#Commons #FarmlandCommons
There is nothing new about holding land in common.
There is something new about doing it within the legal structures, market realities, and social norms we live within today.
Thefarmerslandtrust.org.
#FarmlandCommons #landaccess #landtransition #regenerativeagriculture
Whatever it is, everyone deserves to be able to feel it. Not just those who have enough money to buy land at the astronomical rates the real estate market is charging, and not just those lucky enough to inherit land from generational wealth.
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #foodsovereignty
Farming has one of the lowest income rates and one of the highest costs of operating, so most farmers can't afford to save for or to invest in retirement throughout their career.
Their retirement is in the land they own.
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #farmlandtransition #landtrust
The land needs people to speak up for it.
We need to be in reciprocity with land instead of being at odds with it.
#robinwallkimmerer #farmlandcommons #land #farmland
Sometimes, the biggest threat to farmland is a homeowner. Someone who wants the pastoral setting but who isn't a farmer.
#farmlandcommons #farmland #landaccess
It's time for land trusts to do more than solely conserve land. It's time for land trusts to go further and to use their power and positionality to foster human connection to land, and community resilience through land stewardship.
That's what we're here to do.
#FarmlandCommons #farmlandtrust
Working for you is great.
Learning from you is great.
Getting to be a part of the land you own and the community you have created is great.
But having a secure future there is what would make them stay.
#FarmlandCommons #landaccess #landtransition #conservation #communitlandtrust
ELK! We are talking about ELK, not PEOPLE. And Congress gave them LAND.
Imagine if hungry people,
Food insecure people,
People on food stamps,
People in food apartheids,
People in food swamps,
We're given land to grow food on.
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #conservation
The commoditization of land is a cycle that keeps the land getting more expensive each time and available to fewer and fewer people.
#farmlandcommons #landaccess #Commons #farmland #commodity #decommodification
