Image: Good Free Photos, Barn on farmland at Prophetstown State Park, Indiana, CC0 Public Domain
A feature in the New Food Economy explores how the difficulty of finding farmland at an affordable price presents a barrier to new farmers in the United States. Two online tools have been developed to help farmers find land: Farm to Farmer, which matches farm owners to land seekers, and the Finding Farmland Calculator, which aims to demystify the costs of owning farmland.
Read the full story here. See also the Foodsource chapter An overview of food system challenges.
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