Farmland For All

Born out of the Vital Lands Initiative, the Farmland for All program focuses on offering multiple tools and strategies for conserving agricultural lands while enhancing equitable access for farmers and ranchers. Through extensive conversations with stakeholders, a path toward permanent land ownership – through tools like buy-protect-sell – was identified as a high priority for many farmers and ranchers. This fresh and creative approach to increasing land access for agricultural operators is in response to major shifts occurring throughout the agricultural industry – skyrocketing property prices, existing farmers getting older and looking to retire, a rapidly changing climate, and the systemic barriers to people of color having the access and resources needed to purchase land.