Project
Land Access and Farming: Models of collective land ownership
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Description
Our focus is on challenges of increasing land commodification and development pressures faced by rural farming communities that seek to increase access to, protect, or collectively manage land. We aim to increase land access among urban communities for food growth. In many neighborhoods, land is being bought, sold and leased by outside investors, which displaces local residents and harms the environment. The student will research existing land trust models in similar communities, identifying what worked and what didn’t, conduct interviews with local land trust organizers and community members to gather insights on their experiences, and analyze local laws and policies related to land ownership and cooperatives to identify potential obstacles or opportunities for collective land ownership in the community.