Farmland Access Hub

03/24/2025

The new Farmland Access Hub newsletter is out! Learn more about what's going on in the world of farmland access and transfer in the Upper Midwest!

03/15/2025

What a powerful day advocating for small farms, farmland access, farm to school, local foods and sustainable agriculture 🧡

11/04/2024

The Farmland Access Hub's quarterly newsletter is here! Read about land access successes, challenges, and resources here! https://wix.to/ZQf45QO

By Bonnie WarndahlVincent Kimaiga immigrated to Minnesota from Kenya in 2008. He had been growing tomatoes, collards, and various herbs in community gardens with his wife and parents for years—mostly for their own consumption—but in 2021, when Kilimo Minnesota co-founder Moses Momanyi suggested ...

09/09/2024

We would like to extend an immense THANK YOU!!!! to Lakewinds Food Co-op for supporting Renewing the Countryside with their round-up at the register Community Giving Round Up Program! This August, Lakewinds shoppers contributed over $15,000 to support farmland access through RTC and the Farmland Access Hub! These invaluable funds support more farmers achieving land tenure to grow food for our own communities right here in the Upper Midwest.

Thank you Lakewinds Food Co-op for offering this program and for helping us keep farmland in farming and farmers on the land! 👏👏👏

09/09/2024

Did you secure land—or develop/strengthen a lease—with the help of a Farmland Access Navigator? We want to share your success story! If you're a farmer who has gained land tenure or strengthened your tenure agreement with the help of the Farmland Access Hub, please consider reaching out to Bonnie Warndahl at [email protected] for an interview. Storytelling is impactful and helps us help others!

(Farmers will be compensated for participating in an interview and article).

08/09/2024

The owners of Whetstone Farm have used two FSA loans to access the land they are farming on. Join us next Wednesday in Amery to learn how and why they did it!

07/31/2024

Curious about self-directed IRA's to invest in farmland for farmers? Learn about the upcoming webinar in the Hub's (now quarterly) newsletter plus much more! https://wix.to/OAuBwax

Quarterly Farmland Access Hub Newsletter—July, 2024By Bonnie WarndahlI wanted to begin our shift into quarterly newsletters with a “Hub Member Profile” and Shelly Rothman, Farmland Access Navigator and executive director of Foxhead Regenerative Agriculture Project (or FoxRAP) obliged. I have b...

05/31/2024

May Newsletter, 2024—Farmland Access Hub

The 2024 National Farm Viability Conference—A Field Trip to “Wild and Wonderful West Virginia!”

04/17/2024

What's going on in Farmland Access in the Upper Midwest? Check out the April issue of the Farmland Access Hub newsletter to find out!

April 2024—Farmland Access Hub Newsletter

03/13/2024

Check out the March issue of the Farmland Access Hub newsletter!

The Full Equation: Addressing Farmland Access from All Angles—Farmland Access Hub February/March 2024