Leasing
Sunbow Farm
- Farmers: Yadira Ruiz and Nate Johnson (junior farmers); Harry MacCormack and Cheri Clark (senior farmers)
- Method of Access: Lease
- Acreage: 15 acres
- Location: Corvallis, Oregon
- Year Founded: 1972
- Affordability Tools: Lease, LLC, living trust
- Farm Operation: Vegetables
Temple-Wilton Community Farm
- Farmers: Lincoln Geiger (dairy), Anthony Graham (vegetables), Benjamin Meier (cheesemaker)
- Method of Access: Long-term leases, fee simple
- Acreage: 200 acres
- Location: Wilton, New Hampshire
- Year Founded: 1986
- Affordability Tools: LLC, nonprofit status, land trust, conservation easements, rolling 99-year ground leases, community fundraising
- Farm Operation: Diversified operation, including raw milk and cheese, biodynamically grown vegetables, pastured broiler chickens, laying hens, pigs, grass-fed beef and veal
Urban Edge Farm
- Farmers: Chang and Ger Xiong, Christina Dedora, Ben Torpey, John Kenny, Michele Kozloski, Garmai Mawolo, Choua and Kia Xiong
- Method of Access: Long-term lease, public lands
- Acreage: 50 acres
- Location: Cranston, Rhode Island
- Year Founded: 2004
- Affordability Tools: Farm incubator, conservation easement, collaborative arrangement, public lands
- Farm Operation: Organic vegetables, eggs, flowers, herbs
Wahl Ranch
- Farmers: Wahl siblings
- Method of Access: Percentage interest in partnership-owned land
- Acreage: 2,000 acres
- Location: Oregon
- Year Founded: 1874
- Affordability Tools: Rolling lease, legal multi-member partnership, federal conservation programs
- Farm Operation: Ranching
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