Research Theme A
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• community farms
  • Whitmuir Community Farm (West Linton, near Lamancha, Scottish Borders)
  • The Community Farm (Chew Magna, Bristol)
• conservation / land trust properties;
  • FarmStart (e.g. their work with Ontario Farmland Trust)
    • protected farms in Ontario
  • La Fiducie Protec-Terre de la ferme Cadet-Roussel (The Protec-Terre Land Trust)
  • Transition Incentives Program of the USDA Conservation Reserve Program
  • Community Farm Land Trusts (UK)
  • Scottish Land Fund
  • Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS)
• successful rent-to-own / mentorships;
  • FarmStart (e.g. their incubator farms)
  • Better Planet Investments
• sharing land / land-barter / joint ownership;
  • Landshare Canada (COG)
  • Landshare UK
• intentional communities;
  • Whole Village
  • SILC [Sustainable Intentional Living Community] in Guelph
  • Transition St Asaph and Cittaslow Mold (community groups participating in the Welsh Government Pathfinder programme)
• private, municipal, institutional or greenbelt properties w long-term rental agreements or special arrangements
  • Just Food urban food and sustainable agriculture hub on NCC greenbelt land
  • Black Creek Community Farm – a project of Everdale, FoodShare, Afri-Can Food Basket and Fresh City Farms
  • Land for Good  (New Hampshire)
• zoning / land use regulation
  • FarmON Alliance recommendations for Provincial Policy Statement
    • urban ag. as appropriate land use
    • planning and support for mid-scale, locally-oriented infrastructure
    • limit irreversible consolidation of farmland;
      • protect small-scale farm properties
  • NFU 2010 report “Losing Our Grip” (.pdf)
    • land ownership restrictions
    • differential taxation rates
    • mechanisms for farm family intergenerational land transfers
• The Land Institute in Alberta is looking at pilots of conservation easements and ecosystem services programs
• Land Partnerships (UK) – “Using land to unlock business innovation”
• Cornell University: Northeast Beginning Farmers Project

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