protecting farmland forever
Commons Land offers permanent affordable access to farmland for emerging and BIPOC farmers in Minnesota.
FARMLAND IS SLIPPING FROM COMMUNITY HANDS.
Rising land costs, consolidation, and historic inequities make it increasingly difficult for farmers to access land and build lasting livelihoods.
A new (old) way of holding land
We use a community land trust model to remove farmland from the speculative market and place it in permanent community stewardship.