Land Trusts - Keeping Local Agriculture Alive

Peak Moment 50: Land trusts are an important part of the voluntary protection of working agricultural lands, which can also protect water quality, habitat, and beauty, not to mention food production expertise. Land trust veterans Cheryl Belcher and Dan Macon, himself a farmer, discuss the critical role of small scale food producers in the local economy and the challenges they face -- from misperceptions of farming to policies favoring big agriculture. [www.nevadacountylandtrust.org]

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People & Blogs

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• land
• trust
• local
• agriculture
• farmer
• farm
• preservation
• food
• production

[kendanielone]

Only a few land owners, many more people needed on the land. Sounds like a formula for medieval-like inequality & unrest to me.

[peakmoment]

That's one possibility, indeed. Can we imagine others? O.U.R. Ecovillage on Vancouver Island is exploring agreements where people working the land gain rights or work toward ownership. Surely we can find some creative ideas, like Community Land Trusts that own the land and the homeowners invest in and gain equity on their buildings. (Peak Moment #89, "Affordable Homes Forever.")

[possemordem]

yes. at 8.32 he sums it up nicely.

[ibis118]

I love this show!!!