Name
The Farmers Land Trust: Land Access Through the Farmland Commons
Date & Time
Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Kristina Villa Ian McSSweeney
Description

Learn about the exciting work of The Farmers Land Trust, a national nonprofit organization working towards a more just and equitable future for farmland, farmers, foodsheds, and communities by focusing on farmland ownership, access and tenure, and equity. Through supporting communities, landowners, farmers, and other land trusts in the transition, stewardship, and protection of farmland, secure access and tenure can be conveyed to farmers and farmland can be decommodified into community ownership. Participants will learn through a dynamic and engaging presentation about the innovative Farmland Commons and the creative legal structures and tools used to create local Farmland Commons, the intricate ways the model works, the beautiful and transformative impact the work has on people and planet, and how they can do it, too.

 

Location Name
C110
Full Address
Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
Building C
Atlanta, GA 30313
United States
Session Type
Class/Lecture
Area of Region
Tennessee
Topics
Farmer Resources, Provider Resources, Land Access