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Opinion: In American Agriculture, Size Matters

Modern Farmer

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. They also face pressure from real estate development. million acres. In various settings, we can work to cultivate affection and fidelity.

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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Recently, these unassuming spaces are cultivating a new trend in home-grown businesses. The 800-square-foot basement and garage provide ample space for germination, cultivation and packaging, he says, with the vertical shelf configuration leaving plenty of room to grow. “I acre lot has ample space for the growing business.

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Op-ed: 4 Solutions to Make Urban Ag Policies More Equitable

Civil Eats

acre community park located in Seattle’s Central District. Up until 2013, many Black residents in Detroit were not able to cultivate food for their communities due to urban agriculture ordinances and zoning laws that prevented residents from operating urban farms on public city-owned land. But that land is also in demand.

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USDA Announces $300 Million in Awards to Support Access to Land, Capital, and Markets for Beginning and Undeserved Framers

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

In addition, over the last decade, farmland prices have doubled nationwide and risen far higher in areas with pressure due to real estate development or commodity prices. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black. This round of awards is the first-time funds have been distributed through the LCM program.

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Using Data to Originate More Ag Loans

Tillable

Cultivating Ag IQ: Using Data to Originate More Ag Loans Want this content in a PDF? The original consumers of these data sets were commercial and residential real estate lenders and equipment and automotive finance companies. and acres – this is the language of farmers and the language of agriculture.

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Q&A: Why Do Small-Scale Farmers Persist in Place?

Daily Yonder

Even by just raising three or four acres of tobacco, families could make a respectable return that helped their farm’s economic viability. The first is farmland loss from haphazard real estate development, the kind that leads to rural gentrification. We also raised burley tobacco until I was a junior in high school.

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California Will Help BIPOC Collective Cultivate Land Access for Underserved Farmers

Civil Eats

Just a few miles from California’s state capital, owner Nelson Hawkins has turned an abandoned half-acre lot into a hub of food production for the community. growers and owned more than 16 million acres of land. percent of all farmers and own fewer than 5 million acres. Today, they make up just 1.3