All Case Studies
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
Windswept Farmstead Cooperative LLC and Dickey Hill Farm
- Farmers: Eric and Alison Rector (senior farmers); Noami Brautigam and James Gagne (junior farmers)
- Method of Access: Transitional ownership via LLC, lease
- Acreage: 18 acres
- Location: Monroe, Maine
- Year Founded: 1990
- Affordability Tools: LLC and lease
- Farm Operation: Dickey Hill Farm produces organic vegetables and grass-fed beef; Eric and Alison raise chicken and pork and produce artisanal cheese and yogurt
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