Modern Farmer
APRIL 8, 2024
Situated in Olympia, Washington along the shores of Puget Sound, the fertile land and waterfront views make the farm an ideal spot. The ATF predicts that more than 300 million acres of farmland and ranch land could change ownership within the next two decades, with some of it transitioning out of agriculture use permanently.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 19, 2023
The tribe only owns roughly 27,000 acres of its 120,000-acre reservation, after U.S. In the past five years, three Nebraska tribes—the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska—have bought a combined 3,000-odd acres of farmland that was once theirs. But that reality is starting to change.
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Civil Eats
AUGUST 7, 2023
Land access is consistently cited as the biggest barrier to success faced by young, beginning, and under-resourced farmers, especially in urban and suburban areas where real estate is more expensive. But Jon Berger, the incubator’s farm manager, said the challenge can be more complicated than finding a patch of ground.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 15, 2024
Basements and garages have long been fertile ground for innovation, with a host of well-known companies including Apple, Amazon and Harley-Davidson tracing back to humble residential roots. Given the cost of Long Island real estate, the space efficiency is “one of the great benefits of [farming] microgreens,” says DiLillo.
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
This particular case centered around whether tribes had to pay local and state taxes on ancestral land that they bought back on the real estate market. In 2022, the state and the federal government agreed to return more than 1,000 acres to the Onondaga Nation.
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Since we had land—and we also had a good relationship with the local Farmer’s Cooperative, which generously donated seeds, plants, and fertilizer—a garden felt like a good way to support the community. Even by just raising three or four acres of tobacco, families could make a respectable return that helped their farm’s economic viability.
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 24, 2023
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
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