retiring farmers

Is That a Trophy Hunter Knockin’ at Your Door?

March 3, 2013
Brian DeVore
agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog
beginning farmers, commodity prices, crop insurance, farm transition, farmland bubble, farmland investors, farmland prices, federal farm policy, income disparity, income inequaliy, land inflation, Land Stewardship Project, Look Who's Knockin', Look Who's Knockin' play, new farming generation, real estate boom, retiring farmers

What with farmland changing hands at price levels that would make a Beverly Hills realtor blanch, one could be forgiven for jumping to an obvious conclusion: Farm Country is flush with cash…
Loving the Land Enough to Let it Go

February 12, 2012
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
beginning farmers, Carmen Fernholz, Farm Beginnings, land legacy, Land Stewardship Project, Look Who's Knockin', passing on the farm, retiring farmers, Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

While recording a recent LSP podcast interview with southwest Minnesota farmer Carmen Fernholz, I was reminded of how important it is that farmers identify closely with the land they’re producing a livelihood…
Sustainable Farming’s Most Critical Conversation

February 4, 2011
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture
agriculture's future, beginning farmers, Doug Nopar, Farm Beginnings, farm transition, generational transfer, Look Who's Knockin', LSP's Farm Beginnings, retiring farmers, sustainable agriculture

What is the most critical discussion that needs to take place to ensure a sustainable food and farming system long into the future? Is it one on policy, farming techniques, green technology,…