What does the process for putting land in a farmer’s trust look like?
Regenerative Skills7 Marras 2025

What does the process for putting land in a farmer’s trust look like?

You may remember a handful of weeks back when I interviewed Kristina Villa about the work of the Farmer’s Land Trust, and how they’re helping to make farmland affordable as well as giving new options to retiring farmers to preserve the legacy of their farms. Today will be a continuation of that discussion but with a practical example. I’m joined today by both Ian McSweeny, the co-founder and co-director of the Farmer’s Land Trust along with Kristina, and also by Alex Tanke, a farmer specializing in tree nut breeding who is now in the process of setting his farm up as an agricultural land trust and working with Ian and Kristina along with other local stakeholders to make that happen. In today’s session we’ll take a deep dive into Alex’s case study of how he came to decide to put his land into a trust, and the process of doing so, which is still ongoing. Both he and Ian also explain the considerations and options that others can choose from and the expectations one should have before entering into a process like this. Because of the hurdles to creating an agricultural land trust in US the Carya Farmland Commons, the Trust that Alex has fully donated his 43 acre farm to create, they’re looking for donations to conserve the farm and turn it into a resource for the region and serve as an option for other farms to also be held as commons. They only need 20 or more people to donate $50 or more to reach their goal. So if you feel inclined to help them out by the end of this episode, you can go to thefarmerslandtrust.org/commons/carya to learn more and donate. Don’t worry, I’ve put all the links in the show notes for the episode to make it easy.

Carya Farmland Commons

Carya Farmland Commons financial sheet

Carya Farmland Commons donate link

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