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Holding onto Farmland, One Land Trust at a Time

Modern Farmer

Without farmland to grow crops or ranchland for livestock, we don’t eat. Conserving farmland underpins a stable local food supply. 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.

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Young Farmers joins American Farmland Trust, Farm Aid, and Climate Mental Health Network for discussion on Farmer Mental Health in a Changing Climate

National Young Farmers Coalition

In May, as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Carolina Mueller, Young Farmers’ Coalition Associate Director , joined Lian Zeitz of the Climate Mental Health Network and Caitlin Arnold Stephano of Farm Aid for an American Farmland Trust -hosted conversation on farmer mental health in a changing climate.

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How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access

Modern Farmer

Whenever issues arise, such as the roaming habits of free-range chickens, they all sit down “as humans” to talk them through and come to a solution together. Ranching on Public Lands Andr é Houssney runs Jacob Springs Farm , a regenerative ranch that produces dairy, beef, lamb, pork, chickens, and wheat in East Boulder.