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Notes from OUR LAND: A symposium on Farmland Access in the 21st Century – Part I

Posted by dennisjdennis on May 07, 2014

“If there is a fight of our times it is a struggle over land.” – Anuradha Mittal This quote comes from the opening talk by Anuradha Mittal at OUR LAND: A Symposium on Farmland Access in the 21st Century. I had the opportunity to attend this two day symposium which brought scholars and community organizers together to create dialogue and advance solutions for addressing farmland access. The symposium was hosted by the Agrarian Trust, an organization initiated in 2013 in response to the growing land access challenges faced by beginning farmers across the United States. The mission of the Agrarian … Continue reading Notes from OUR LAND: A symposium on Farmland Access in the 21st Century – Part I