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.
France uses a dense set of local rules and institutions to shape who can buy, lease, and farm agricultural land. A new DEFIBIO project note outlines how tools like SAFER’s market oversight, the control of farm structures, and regional SDREA priority rules interact in practice. Together, they influence everyday access to land, from pre-empting sales to assessing farm takeover applications and regulating company share acquisitions under the Sempastous Law.
Exploring the Links Between the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Land Issues The report “Exploring the Links Between the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Land Issues” offers a critical examination of how CAP policies since the 1960s have… Read More »New Report on CAP from Terre de Liens (France) now in english
Safer explained (March 2024) This video provides an insightful look into how France regulates rural land sales, featuring the work of Safer. It explores the history of land regulations, the shift from preemption rights to share deals, and the role… Read More »Regulating Rural Land Sales in France
Terre de Liens, the French civic movement promoting access to land for peasant, organic farmers, just released its first report on The State of Farmland in France. This report provides a comprehensive overview of the many pressing trends deteriorating the… Read More »New advocacy report: the State of Farmland in France, Terre de Liens
A case study by Terre de Liens in Alsace region/France Many churches across Europe are landholders and real estate owners. Over an 8-month period in 2021, Terre de Liens Alsace explored how to accompany and advise religious communities with agricultural… Read More »Engaging with religious land owners: a budding partnership opportunity
Guide de la propriété foncière agricole responsable This “Guide de la propriété foncière agricole responsable” is a handbook designed to engage with and support private owners of farmland. It aims to raise awareness of private owners, and provide information and… Read More »Handbook on responsible farmland ownership (France)
4 documentaries on Land Machtching Platforms What is a Land Matching Platform? Here is not an answer but several. In the frame of a European project we met persons involved in different projects. Come an meet them, here and now.… Read More »Land Matching Platforms in Europe
April 2017 With small farms disappearing at a fast pace, it has become extremely important for everyone to understand how crucial the small farms are to agriculture. Small farms contribute not only towards the local jobs and rural activities, but… Read More »Small farms in Europe – viable but underestimated
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