Farmland for Farmers Tour, June 3rd 2019, Olympia/Tacoma area

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***UPDATED ON 5/24/2019: We have reached capacity of 40 attendees for this field trip. Folks responding as of 5/24/2019 will be added to a waitlist.

The form includes questions that will help the organizer make the trip as relevant as possible for attendees. All questions are optional (except your email address, which we need to communicate with you about the trip- and that is all we will use it for). Thank you!

More about the trip: Are you interested in helping farmers (including all people who farm, ranch, cultivate, raise, and harvest food) access land? You probably know that the following groups of farmers all experience barriers in accessing land:
Young farmers
Beginning farmers
Farmers without funds or access to capital
Farmers without access to family land
Farmers who sell to direct markets and engage in community-building
Farmers committed to environmental stewardship practices
Farmers that are Indigenous people, People of Color, immigrants, LGBTQ, and other

On our field trip to Washington state (Tacoma/Olympia area), we’ll take a big bus and visit:
Bush Prairie Farm (where we’ll meet the farmers and staff from Washington State Office of Farmland Preservation)
Kirsop Farm (where we’ll meet the farmers and folks from Scatter Creek Farm and Conservancy/South of the Sound Land Trust)
Four Elements Farm (where we’ll meet the farmers and folks from PCC Farmland Trust)
We’ll also meet farmers from Sweet Hollow Farm, a worker-owned cooperative
Got suggestions? Let us know!
Throughout the day we’ll discuss the strengths and challenges of a variety of alternative models of land access for small-scale, sustainability-oriented direct market farmers and food cultivators, including and beyond those seen on the tour itself, including:

Conservation, Working Land, and Affirmative Agricultural Easements
Option to Purchase at Agricultural Value
Incubators
Land trusts
Alternative leasing and funding models
Public land
Cooperative models
Land taxes & Reparations
And more

Costs and Mini-Grants
The tour is free and meals (breakfast, lunch and late afternoon snacks) are provided!
In addition, funds are available to support attendees who have to take an unpaid day off work, have to pay for childcare, have significant travel expenses, and/or who are low income, People of Color, immigrants, LGBTQ, etc. Let us know in the RSVP.
All those attending the tour are also invited to apply for a mini-grant of up to $1,000 to support access to land initiatives. You can do so in the RSVP.

Details of day
The field trip is Monday June 3rd, 2019.
Bus departs and returns from 506 SW Mill Street, Portland State University. (Plenty of transit and biking access, paid parking garages and lots nearby.)
Plan: Meet 8:15am, leave 8:30am sharp (breakfast provided on bus) & Return by 7pm (estimate; will depend on traffic)- stay tuned for final plans.

Who is eligible to attend?
We especially welcome farmers who have barriers accessing land, people involved with organizations that work on the issue of land access and on local food systems more broadly, food distributors and retailers, policy makers/decision makers, activists, members of the media, and students/scholars.
Space is limited, so RSVP ASAP!

Trip Organizer/For Further Information
Megan Horst, Professor of Land Use Planning & Food Systems at Portland State University, Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
For questions about the trip, contact Megan Horst at mhorst@pdx.edu or (503) 725.5946.

Funding and Support
This field trip is funded as part of a larger project to identify and amplify alternative access to land strategies for sustainable farmers in the Pacific Northwest. Funding comes from the Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes. Support for the project comes from Oregon Community Food Systems Network Access to Land team, Rogue Farm Corps, Nehalem Farmland Trust, National Council Of State Agricultural Finance Programs, and others.
Stay tuned for project report and online profiles of other innovative access to land cases!

Email *

Name (First Last)

Would you like to attend the all-day tour on Monday, June 3rd? Estimated time is 9am-6pm.

Yes

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Which of the below categories best describes you? Select all that apply.

Farmer, rancher, harvester, grower, gardener, etc. (We are using the word "farmer" broadly!)

Employee, volunteer, or board member of a farming or food-focused organization

Activist or community organizer

Other

What best describes either yourself (if you are a farmer) or the kinds of farmers/growers you work with/want to serve, etc. Select all that apply.

New or beginning farmer (been farming less than 10 years)

Young farmer

Farmer without access to land

Farmer without access to capital

Immigrant and/or refugee

Farmer supporting local and regional food systems (e.g. through farmers markets, CSA, etc)

Farmer engaged in sustainable production/management practices

Farmer trying to serve community (e.g. providing produce to low income households)

Farmer of color

Veteran farmer

LGBTQ farmer

Other:

What organization, farm, etc. (if any) do you belong to? If you belong to more than one, please identify all.

Which type of farmland access examples and tools do you want to learn more about on this toor? Select all that apply.

Incubators

Easements, including Conversation, Working Land and Affirmative

Option to Purchase at Agricultural Value

Land Trusts

Public/government interventions

Alternative leases

Alternative funding

Land taxes

Reparations

Other:

Please share any examples of land access models or in the Pacific Northwest we should know about. We are trying to collect a wide range of examples. Include the name and any information to help us learn more.

The tour will include some meals (exact details forthcoming). Do you have any particular food needs or preferences?

Vegetarian

Vegan (dairy free and meat free)

Gluten-free

Other:

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Funds are available to support attendees who have to take an unpaid day off work, have significant travel and/or childcare expenses, and/or who are low income, People of Color, immigrants, LGBTQ, etc. Let us know if funding would make it easier for you to attend.

Apply for a mini-grant! Tour participants are invited to apply for a mini-grant up to $1000. In a paragraph, tell us how your organization would use the funding to increase access to land for farmers, or increase your organization's capacity in addressing this challenge. Provide as many details as possible (though just one paragraph, please). We will follow up with additional questions and offers of technical assistance as relevant. Grant awardees to be announced on or shortly after field trip.

Please use this space to elaborate upon any of the times you answered "other" above if you'd like. Also, let us know anything else about your interest in this trip, questions you would like to address during our time together, or travel needs.

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