Addresses issues of new farmers, farm succession, and training for the next generation.
Does a land value tax really improve access to land?
Denmark is often cited as a model—but its land tax does little to curb speculation or help new farmers. Discover what Europe can learn from the Danish case.
In the heart of the Vosges, the Runtzenbach family’s organic farm faces a generational crossroads. This intimate documentary follows their struggle to preserve a legacy that could shape tomorrow’s agriculture—one seed at a time.
In the context of the European Commission’s Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture, and its ongoing consultation on a new agricultural policy strategy to promote generational renewal, the European Access to Land Network has submitted the following contribution.… Read More »Ensuring a Future for Farming: A2LN’s Call for Structural Change in Support of Generational Renewal
Rurbans from Catalonia recently published a practical handbook on this topic “How our organisations can assist with non-family farm transfers?” Non-family agricultural and livestock farm transfers occur outside the family sphere, when the farm is transferred to somebody outside of… Read More »How can our organisations can assist with non-family farm transfers?
December 2019 by Kim Graham, Shared Assets A new report, ‘Reviving County Farms’, has been published by CPRE, the countryside charity for England, in collaboration with the New Economics Foundation, Who Owns England?, and Shared Assets. Owned by local authorities,… Read More »Reviving County Farms in England
September, 2018 Our organisations’ experiences in advising and supporting new farmers highlight the considerable hurdle of accessing land for farming. Access to land is now widely recognised as the number one obstacle to entering farming in Europe. Yet, the situation… Read More »Access to land for new entrants: innovative ways to enter farming and secure land
February 2017 Associació Rurbans-School of Shepherds has more than 7 years of experience in bringing together young people from different backgrounds who have strong vocation to receive training in organic sheep rearing. The paper is a result of the experience of… Read More »How to plan a viable small farm?
February 2017 Terre de Liens was established in 2003, in France to preserve farmland and facilitate access to land for organic and peasant farmers, particularly newcomers. In this paper they draw attention to the discrepancy between the demand and offer of… Read More »Newcomers in search of small farms
February 2017 This paper written by AIAB Lazio, Italy elucidates how in current socio economic environment, direct marketing or short chains prove to be a great alternative to the highly mechanised and extensively technical food market. With the ever increasing impact of… Read More »Small farms and short chains
June 2016 The Prince’s Countryside Fund commissioned The University of Exeter to research the viability of the small family farm in the UK. ‘Is there a future for the small family farm in the UK?’ explores the change that has… Read More »Is there a future for the small family farm in the UK?