Regenerative Farmers Need Land
According to the 2022 survey by National Young Farmers Coalition, 83 percent of new farmers report that “one of their farm’s primary purposes for existing is engaging in conservation or regeneration.”...
View ArticleAgrarian Trust Selected as Provisional Recipient of USDA Increasing Land...
The funding allocated to Agrarian Trust and its partners will go towards providing technical assistance and securing land for farmers who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) in Texas,...
View ArticleMeet Fran Miller, Agrarian Trust’s Newest Board Member
Fran Miller loves to grow garlic. She plants it every year, pressing the cloves into the earth at the end of fall, gathering the scapes in early summer, and curing the bulbs through the early fall. The...
View ArticleAgrarian Trust Welcomes New Leadership!
We're thrilled to announce that LaShauna Austria and Jean Theron Willoughby have joined Agrarian Trust’s team as Interim Co-Directors. The post Agrarian Trust Welcomes New Leadership! appeared first on...
View ArticleAgrarian Trust attends 2023 Indigenous Peoples’ Summit
August 9th has been designated by the United Nations as the international day of the world’s indigenous people. On this day people across the world work to raise awareness and […] The post Agrarian...
View ArticleCelebrating Okra Fest 2023: A Conversation with Cam Terry
We recently had an opportunity to connect with Cam Terry, a farmer in Roanoke, Virginia who is currently raising funds with Agrarian Trust and Central Virginia Agrarian Commons to acquire […] The post...
View ArticleGeneralizing Ostrom’s Core Design Principles and Putting Them to Use: An...
Presenters: Drs. David Sloan Wilson and Paul Atkins Co-founders, ProSocial World In 2013, David Sloan Wilson, Elinor Ostrom, and Michael Cox published an article titled Generalizing the Core Design...
View ArticleGiving Tuesday 2023
It’s the end of the growing season in the Northern half of the country, and for many farmers, that means preparing for the winter. The last of the harvest needs […] The post Giving Tuesday 2023...
View ArticleChangemaker Profile: Renard Turner and the Central Virginia Agrarian Commons
A Q&A with Renard Turner, co-owner and operator of Vanguard Ranch and founding board member of the Central Virginia Agrarian Commons. The post Changemaker Profile: Renard Turner and the Central...
View ArticleFarmland for Farmers Act: A Conversation with Fran Miller
For many new and beginning farmers, buying land to farm is a long, and challenging process, involving raising funds, acquiring land, and then setting down roots to do the difficult, […] The post...
View ArticleWhat’s new at Agrarian Trust
In just a few years since launching our first commons projects around the country, we’ve seen what LOVE, LAND, and A LOT of community support can do. As fellow commoners, we’re delighted to amplify the...
View ArticleSave the Date: Indigenous Peoples Summit 2024
2024 Indigenous Peoples Summit Themes: Culture, Climate Change, and Survival Landback and Sovereignty Indigenous Economic Alternatives and Self-Sufficiency Save The Date Thursday, September 12th –...
View ArticleLetter from a Land Donor
This spring, there are cattle grazing the land we donated to Agrarian Trust for the Central Virginia Agrarian Commons (CVAC). The cattle will be followed by Indigenous corn and squash from Guatemala...
View ArticleHow we catalyze the commons 🌱
Agrarian Trust Summer Newsletter | June 2024 Whether the solstice found you basking in the sun or keeping cool in the shade, we trust you’ve been enjoying the bounty of local farms. It’s been […] The...
View ArticleExciting Land Rematriation Updates
Agrarian Trust and an Indigenous collective are raising funds to support the long-term viability of a land rematriation project within the ancestral homelands of Nipmuc People in an area known as...
View ArticleWe’re hiring! Grow the commons with us 🥕
We're excited to announce that Agrarian Trust is growing! I hope you'll take a look at these new roles on our team and consider sharing with your colleagues and networks. We've reached a pivotal moment...
View ArticleRequest for Proposals: Agrarian Trust Seeks Legal Consultant to Support...
We're excited to announce that Agrarian Trust is growing! I hope you'll take a look at these new roles on our team and consider sharing with your colleagues and networks. We've reached a pivotal moment...
View ArticleOnward, and Upward: A Victory for Community Ownership
We're excited to announce that Agrarian Trust is growing! I hope you'll take a look at these new roles on our team and consider sharing with your colleagues and networks. We've reached a pivotal moment...
View ArticleRequest for Proposals: Agrarian Trust Seeks Web Designer for Site Redesign,...
We're excited to announce that Agrarian Trust is growing! I hope you'll take a look at these new roles on our team and consider sharing with your colleagues and networks. We've reached a pivotal moment...
View ArticleRequest for Proposals: Agrarian Trust Seeks Grant Writer to Support and...
We're excited to announce that Agrarian Trust is growing! I hope you'll take a look at these new roles on our team and consider sharing with your colleagues and networks. We've reached a pivotal moment...
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