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Events

Farming on Conservation Land Mixer Event
March 26, 2026
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Framingham Friends Meeting House, Framingham, MA
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• A networking session connecting farmers with municipalities and land trusts that are interested in offering agricultural licenses or leases on their conservation lands. These landholders will share key details for your consideration, including acreage, water access, and other site information. Jae Silverman, Land For Good’s Massachusetts Field Agent, will give a short presentation, help facilitate the mixing, and be available to connect and answer questions. Free lunch provided. Hosted by Sudbury Valley Trustees.

Planning Your Woodland Legacy: Stewardship Across Generations
2026 Vermont Woodland Conference
April 11, 2026
10:15am – 12:00pm
Judd Hall, Vermont State University, Randolph, VT
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• The Vermont Woodlands Conference brings together forest landowners, foresters, loggers, and stewards for a full day of learning grounded in the real-world decisions that shape Vermont’s forests and the people who care for them. Join the morning stewardship session when Mike Ghia, Land For Good’s Vermont Field Agent, joins a panel on forestland and forest-based business succession planning. Conference hosted by Vermont Woodlands Association.

Find Your Future in Food Systems – Virtual
May 6, 2026
6:00 – 7:00pm
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• Are you an emerging food systems professional? Are you in career transition, seeking a job in community food work? The spring webinar series Finding Your Future in Food Systems meets monthly to provide participants with connections and insights to help them identify next steps in their careers. Rachel Brice, Land For Good Program & Development Manager, joins other speakers from a wide variety of sectors within the food systems profession. Hosted by the North American Food Systems Network, an association of community food systems professionals.

Northeast Farmland Access Network

In an effort to strengthen farmland access support, we are launching a peer network for early-career agricultural service providers who are currently providing, or want to provide, farmland access support to farmers. To shape this initiative, we surveyed service providers in the Northeast to help us tailor programming to your needs and priorities. Session topics will range from land tenure basics to financial readiness to “soft skills” like mediation and dealing with power dynamics. Topics will be guided by the participants of the network calls, as the sessions are designed to be interactive. 

Strong, diverse collaborations and partnerships are essential to improve land access programs and policies! Land For Good is working in collaboration with Farmland for a New Generation New York, Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, and New Entry Sustainable Farming Project to develop this network and offer space to connect, share, and learn. Registration is required for each session. Read more

Virtual drop-in sessions typically meet on the second Wednesday of the month from 2:00 – 3:30pm. Dates and session topics upcoming: 

• April 8th – We will address working with agricultural mediation, and how service providers can use, support, and refer to mediation as a tool in difficult land access situations. Register now
• May 13th – We will focus on group farmland access. New Entry Sustainable Farming Project will present their case studies on this topic. Register now

Farm Succession School

Every winter, we offer a Farm Succession School to help senior farmers and farm partners working toward retirement or farm transition. This is a three-day course that we bring to different states across New England. Learn the many aspects of succession planning, clarify vision and goals, talk with peers and advisors, and review the necessary documents to provide for a smooth transition. You do not need to have an identified successor to participate in this course. Read more

Registration is now closed.

Massachusetts
at Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) Office
42 Century Way, West Springfield, MA
January 26th,
February 23rd, and
March 23rd

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