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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 @ 5:30 am1:00 pm

$25

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Land Access Innovations Training: Affordable Farmland Protection Strategies


This full-day, in-depth training is focused on innovative tools that land trusts, farmland preservation boards, and other land access leaders can use to help farmers gain secure, affordable access to land.

This training is part of a series of trainings that the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) has held around the country geared toward conservation professionals who are committed to exploring, or have already begun to incorporate, strategies for protecting economically viable working farms and keeping farmers on the land. The curriculum is focused on the use of enhanced agricultural easements and shared-equity land ownership, and will feature presentations from NYFC, Equity Trust, farmers, and land conservation professionals from around the country.

The training is designed with local partners to address the particular needs and challenges of Pennsylvania farmers, but all are welcome. The training coincides with the Land Trust Alliance Rally in Pittsburgh.

Goals:

  • Understand the context and challenges of secure land access for farmers.
  • Explore tools and strategies available to improve land access for farmers in Pennsylvania, such as easements with affordability and farmer ownership provisions, as well as the ground-lease model.
  • Develop next steps that participants plan to incorporate into their work.

Agenda includes:

  • Overview of farmer land access challenges [National Young Farmers Coalition & Margaret Schlass (One Woman Farm)]
  • Achieving an affordable purchase price with easement restrictions [Equity Trust, Columbia Land Conservancy, Vermont Land Trust]
  • Achieving affordable land access with split equity ownership or long-term lease [Equity Trust, Columbia Land Conservancy]
  • Legal considerations for this work [national perspective from Rick Monk, general counsel to American Farmland Trust / Pennsylvania perspective from Steve Schiffman, outside general counsel to Western Pennsylvania Conservancy]
  • Breakout sessions and audience questions

Can’t make the training, but will be in town? Join us for dinner! We’ll be meeting up around 6pm at the Federal Galley for an informal dinner following the training. All are welcome.

Facilitators

The National Young Farmers Coalition is teaming up with Equity Trust, American Farmland Trust, Pennsylvania Land Trust Association (PALTA), PASA, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Allegheny County Conservation District, and Allegheny Land Trust to offer this training.

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Registration for this event closed on September 28th.

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Land Access Innovations Training: Affordable Farmland Protection Strategies


Date: Wed, Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Time: 5:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location:
500 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, 15212


Cost: $25