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- EIN 02-0530711
- (603) 357-1600
- Po Box 625 Keene NH 03431-0625 USA
- www.landforgood.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Environment, Land Resources Conservation
Mission: Ensure the future of farming in by putting more farmers more securely on more land in new england and beyond. Each year we help thousands of farmers, landowners, professionals and communities navigate the complex challenges of farmland access, tenure and transfer. Our innovation, education, direct service, advocacy and collaboration are directed to support the interrelated goals of three programs: 1. Our farm seekers program fosters farming opportunities by helping farm seekers acquire farms and farmland. 2. Our farm legacy program ensures meaningful legacies by helping transfer farms to the next generation or operator. 3. Our working lands program increases land stewardship by helping landowners make land available for farming. Through this work, we are transforming how farmers get on to, hold, and transfer farmland. We believe that any strategy to improve land access and tenure security for beginning and established farmers must make land more available and affordable, in ways that are
Programs: We help farmers and farmland owners access, care for and pass on working farmland and farm businesses. In 2017, we provided over 390 new cases of direct technical assistance to farmers, landowners, professionals and communities. Approximately 350 farm seekers and 150 transitioning farm families were trained through 26 educational events. Our educational materials and tools were used by 5,000 registered resource users and our website had 118,000 new users. Our annual impact survey for 2017 gathers data from all the people we first served over a 12-month period in 2016-17. It showed that 39% of farm seeker respondents gained more secure farmland tenure (signed/renewed a lease or purchase land) within that time period. And, 71% of transitioning farmer respondents took concrete steps to transfer their farms and 21% started a farm transfer plan.