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2021 – 2022
Cows at By George Farm and Creamery, a participant of the Ag of the Middle Accelerator program. Photo by Nolan Calisch
Ecotrust was a supporting partner in American Farmland Trust’s Farmland for the Next Generation in the Pacific Northwest 2022 training series. This program aims to give agricultural service providers in Washington State the foundational skills and expertise needed to provide impactful technical assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers around finding, assessing, and securing land to farm.
Ecotrust’s role included setting the stage for the training series by presenting on systemic barriers to land access that Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) farmers; LGBTQ+ farmers; and immigrant and refugee farmers face as beginning farmers. We did this by interviewing farmers among these audiences and integrated their perspectives into the curriculum. Main themes from the research were also compiled and shared with other trainers in the program to support their development and delivery of other parts of the training series.
We also developed a land access decision-making tool based on the present-day creative land access models reference list compiled by American Farmland Trust.
Chickens at Wapato Island Farm, a partner of Ecotrust. Photo credit: Jason Hill
Marigolds grown by Silva Family Farm, a participant of the Ag of the Middle Accelerator program. Photo credit: Roland Dahwen
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We would also like to extend our gratitude to the producers who generously shared their lived experiences to help us to develop and shape this training.
Ecotrust Project Team & Services
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Resources
PRESENTATION
A more visual representation of the themes specific to systemic barriers to land access and the role of service providers
TOOL
A tool developed by Ecotrust based on the present-day creative land access models reference list compiled by American Farmland Trust
