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Farmland Conservation When farmers retire or pass away, sometimes the land is donated to a church or college, and it continues to be farmed chemically. More often it is sold to the highest bidder, typically a developer or an absentee landlord with no connection to the community and no feel for the value of the land as farmland. Through our Farmland Conservation program, The Land Connection provides owners and inheritors of farmland with individualized options, including the opportunity to put an agricultural easement on the property to guarantee that it remains as productive farmland for future generations, to make the land available for sale or lease to new or existing organic farmers, or to make a tax-deductible farmland donation to our organization.
We conduct a full appraisal of the land, to determine the agricultural value and the full development value. The owner may then donate the land to us at full development value or donate the development rights to us. In either case The Land Connection impresses an agricultural easement on the property to ensure that it will remain farmland in the future. For land we have acquired, we then make it available for purchase at the lower, agricultural value. The farmer who acquires the land can then economically produce healthy food for generations to come. When we have the financial capacity to do so, we will purchase land that is not available for donation. We then apply the same appraisal and easement impression process. Proceeds from land sales that The Land Connection receives are placed into a revolving fund, to acquire additional land and support our ongoing mission. For more information on our Farmland Conservation program, contact the Director of Farmland Programs, David Miller, at 847-570-0701. |
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