Where We’ve Been

• Making Your Land Available for Agriculture Session, Lewiston-Auburn Region Farmland Access & Growing the Food Economy Conference, Auburn ME, March 2019
• Planning for the Next Successor on your Farm Workshop with Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Leominster MA, March 2019
• Community Conversations: Focus on Farmers with Bowdoinham Community Development Institute, Bowdoinham ME, March 2019
• Improving Agricultural Land Conservation in NH Workshop, NH Food System Statewide Gathering: Cultivating Our Collective Voice, Plymouth NH, March 2019
• Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference: Ensure Your Farm’s Legacy: Succession and Transfer Planning Starts Now Workshop, Sturbridge MA, February 2019
• NOFA-VT Winter Conference: Creative Options for Farm Access, Transfer & Conservation Workshop, Burlington VT, February 2019
• Transferring The Farm Workshop, Berlin VT, February 2019
• Farm Succession School, Warwick RI, December 2018 – February 2019
• Getting Started on Farm Succession Planning Workshop, NH Farm & Forest Expo, Manchester NH, February 2019
• The Future of Your Farmland Workshop with Mass Audubon, Middleboro MA, January 2019
• Planning for the Next Successor on your Farm Workshop with Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), Foxborough  & Amherst MA, January – February 2019
• Vermont Grazing & Livestock Conference: Current and Future Land Use: Understanding Easements, Opportunities and Limitations Workshop; Fairlee VT, January 2019
• 4th Annual Farmland Access & Transfer Conference, multiple workshops; co-hosted by Maine Farmland Trust and Land For Good, see gallery, Augusta ME, December 2018
• Business Succession in Maine’s Food-Based Economy conference: Dynamics of Generational Business Transfer Workshop, Portland ME, November 2018
• How to Lease Your Land to a Farmer Workshop with Greenbelt – Essex County’s Land Trust, Topsfield MA, October 2018
• Decision Making for Your Farm’s Future Workshop, Machias ME, October 2018
• NOFA-MA Summer Conference: Make Farmland Leasing Work for You & Your Farm Workshop, Amherst MA, August 2018
• Land Access Workshop for New Farmers, Lowell MA, July 2018
• Finding Farmland: Tools & Strategies for Affordable Land Access, Unity ME, July 2018
• Panel of Agriculture Support Programs, Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NEASDA) Annual Meeting, Newport RI, June 2018
• Best Strategies for Keeping Your Farmland in Production, Info Night & Farmer Mixer hosted by CT Farm Bureau, East Windsor CT, May 2018
• Saving Special Places Land Conservation Conference: Getting Started on a Farm Succession Plan Workshop, Alton NH, April 2018
• Succession Planning Assistance: Filling the Gap, Extension Risk Management Education National Conference, Milwaukee WI, April 2018
• Managing Transitions Through the Business Life Cycle, Extension Risk Management Education National Conference, Milwaukee WI, April 2018
• Navigating Your Farms Future: The Basics of Farm Transfer Planning Workshop, Westmoreland NH, March 2018
• NH Farmland Access Info Night & Farmer Mixer, North Hampton NH, March 2018
• MA Real Estate Professional Training: Tools & Resources for Working with Farms with Commercial Agricultural Potential, Greenfield MA, March 2018
•  Southeastern Massachusetts Agriculture Partnership (SEMAP) Food & Ag Conference: Land Access For Beginning Farmers Workshop, Dighton MA, February 2018
•  Yale Food Symposium: Food Security Requires Land Security Panel, New Haven CT, February 2018
• NH Farm Transfer Planning Workshop, Durham NH, February 2018
• Land Access Bootcamp, Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), La Crosse WI, February 2018
• NOFA-VT Winter Conference: Farm Succession Planning Workshop & Innovative Models for Land Access Workshop, Burlington VT, February 2018
• New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference, Manchester NH, December 2017
• Land Access for Farmers Workshop with New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, Lowell MA, December 2017
• Maine Farmland Access Conference, Augusta ME, December 2017
  
• Leasing Your Land to a Farmer Workshop, Montpelier VT, November 2017
• Leasing Your Land to a Farmer Workshop, West Lebanon NH, November 2017
  
• Farmland Access Info Night,  Bedford NH, November 2017
• Feast on This! Film Festival & Panel Discussion, Keene NH, November 2017
• NH Association of Conservation Districts’ Working Lands Conference: Increasing Farmland Access and Building Stronger Farms Through Conservation Workshop, Keene NH, November 2017
• Farmland Access Info Night, Haverhill NH, October 2017
• Common Ground Fair: Negotiating Leases Workshop & Farm Succession Planning Workshop, Unity ME, September 2017
• Changing Lands, Changing Hands: National Conference on farm & Ranch Access, Tenure, and Transfer, Denver CO, June 2017
• National Farm Viability Conference: Farm Transfer Planning Workshop; and Farmland Investment Companies: Innovative Partners for Land Access? Albany NY, May 2017
• Farm Succession Advisors Training, Manchester NH, May 2017
• Maine Real Estate Professional Training: Tools & Resources for Working with Farms with Commercial Agricultural Potential, Belfast ME, April 2017
• Farm Succession Planning Workshop, RI Land Trust Council, Tiverton RI, March 2017
• Assessing & Preparing Land for Farming Workshop, Short Course: Moving Onto Your Own Land by Young Farmer Network and Southside Community Land Trust, Providence RI, March 2017
• Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference: Farm Succession & Transfer Workshop, Sturbridge MA, March 2017
• NH Farmland Access & Transfer Info Night, West Ossipee NH, February 2017
• NOFA-VT Winter Conference: Farm Bill Primer and Listening Session, Burlington VT, February 2017
• NOFA-VT Winter Conference: New & Novel Land Financing Methods, Burlington VT, February 2017
• NOFA-MA Winter Conference: Farm Lease Clinic, Worcester MA, January 2017
• Build Your Network, Grow Our Future Conference, New Connecticut Farmer Alliance: Land Access Workshop, Bloomfield CT, December 2016
• Stone Barns Young Farmers Conference: Land Access Workshop, Pocantico Hills NY, December, 2016
• Municipal Land Leasing & Protection Workshop: A Focus on Farmland and Other Land, Greenfield MA, December 2016
• Vermont Farm Succession School, Randolph VT, December 2016
• New Hampshire Farm Succession School, Concord NH, December 2016
• Maine Farm Succession School, Augusta ME, December 2016
• Maine Land Access Conference sponsor, Augusta ME, November 2016
• New England Farmers Union Annual Convention, Windsor CT, December 2016
• Farm Ownership & Transition Workshop, Brunswick ME, November 2016
• Farmer Veteran Stakeholders Conference: Land Access Workshop, East Lansing MI, November 2016
• Connecticut Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, North Haven CT, November 2016
• Working Lands Alliance Annual Meeting, Hartford CT, November 2016
• It Takes A Region Conference: 2018 Farm Bill – Northeast Perspectives, Northeast Sustainable Agricultural Working Group (NESAWG), Hartford CT, November 2016
• Farm Transfer & Succession Planning Workshop, NH Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, Meredith NH, November 2016
• South County Landowners Workshop, South Kingstown RI, November 2016
• Making Land Available for Farming Workshop: A Planner’s Role, Southern New England American Planning Association Planning (SNEAPA) Conference, Worcester MA, October 2016
• Land Access Workshop, National Incubator Farm Training Initiative (invitation only), Cold Spring, NY, October 2016
• Rhode Island Non-Farming Landowner Workshop, Portsmouth, RI, September 2016
• Farmland Access & Tenure Workshop, Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME, September 2016
• Building Knowledge & Skills to Assist Farm Seekers & Transitioning Farmers, National Small Farm Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, September 2016
• USDA BFRDP Project Directors Conference, St. Paul, MN, August 2016
• Finding, Assessing, and Securing Farmland Workshop, Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) Summer Conference, Amherst, MA, August 2016
• NH Real Estate Professional Training: Tools & Resources for Working with Farms with Commercial Agricultural Potential, Bedford, NH, June 2016
• Planning For The Future of Your Land Workshop, Greenfield, MA, May 2016
• Farm Succession Planning Training for Service Providers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, May 2016
• Vermont Farmland Access Workshop, White River Junction, VT, April 2016
• Vermont Food Funders Network, Vermont Community Foundation, April 2016
• Keeping Farmland Affordable & Accessible for Farmers Workshop,  Saving Special Places, Alton, NH, April 2016
• Land Access, Farming in Community, Sirius Community, Shutesbury MA. April 2016
• Just Food? Forum on Land Use, Rights & Ecology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 2016
• Connecticut Land Conservation Council Conference, Middletown, CT, March 2016
• Slow Money Maine Gathering, Gardiner, ME, March 2016
• Gaining Access to Quality Farmland Workshop, CT NOFA Winter Conference, Danbury, CT, March 2016
• NH Real Estate Professional Training: Tools & Resources for Working with Farms with Commercial Agricultural Potential, Enfield, NH, March 2016
• Land Access and Leasing Workshop, SEMAP Annual Ag & Food Conference, Dighton, MA, February 2016
• Farm Transfer Planning Workshop, Suffield, CT, February 2016. slides
•  Access to Farmland Workshop, Litchfield Hills Farmer’s Forum, Litchfield, CT, January 2016
• Accessing & Assessing Land Workshop, NOFA Mass Winter Conference, Worcester, MA, January 2016
• Land is Your Legacy Panel, Maine Agricultural Trade Shows, Augusta, ME, January 2016
• Land Access Roundtable, 1st Annual Northeast New Farmer Gathering, Greenfield, MA, December 2015
• Land Access Project Phase 2 Launch Convening, Leominster, MA, December 2015
• Who Holds The Key To The Land? Workshop, NESAWG: It Takes A Region Conference, Saratoga Springs,NY, November 2015
• What Is The Food Movement? And What Is Your Next Move? NESAWG: It Takes A Region Conference, Saratoga Springs NY, November 2015
• Farm Succession Planning Workshop, New Milford, CT, November 2015
• Farmland Access Workshop, Yoder Family Farm, Danby, VT, November 2015
• Investing in Helping Farmers Find a Farm, Harvesting Opportunities Conference, Albany NY, November 2015
• Farm Leasing Workshops, Piedmont Environmental Council, VA, November 2015
• Farmland Access/Transfer Info Night, NH Audubon Center, Concord, NH, October 2015
• Farmland Access Workshop, Bread and Butter Farm, Shelburne, VT, October 2015
• Farmland Access Conference, Pineland Farms, New Gloucester, ME, October 2015
• Understanding Farm Leases Workshop, Common Ground Fair, September 2015
• Addressing Land Access, 2015 BFRDP Project Directors Meeting,  Reno NV, September 2015.
• Utopian Solutions, Land and Water Conference, Brown University, Providence, RI, September 2015
• CROPP Agronomy School, Bangor ME, September 2015
• Farmland Preservation in the Granite State, NH Audubon Society, August 2015
• Finding, Assessing and Securing Farmland Workshop, NOFA-MA Summer Conference, August 2015
• Digging Deeper Conference, Land Access Panel: The Precarity of Transition—Holding Ground for Sustainable Agriculture, Chicago, IL, June 2015
• Webinar Linking Food, Farmer, and Farmland Access, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Network, June 2015
• Pioneer Valley Grows Spring Forum, LAND: the foundation of a healthy food system, Holyoke, MA, April 2015
• Feeding The Future Conference, Connecticut College, March 2015
• Monadnock Farmland Access Info Night & Farmer-Landowner Mixer, Keene & Jaffrey, March 2015
• Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference, Farmland Access & Transfer Workshop, March 2015
• Farm Succession & Estate Planning Workshop, Essex County, March 2015
• Farm Business Succession Workshop, Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference, Sturbridge, MA, February 2015
• Farmland Seeker Forum, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project and Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership (SEMAP), Dighton, MA, February 2015
• Webinar: Tools for Finding and Assessing Farmland, New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, February 2015
• Webinar: Linking Farmers to Land: Alternative Land Access and Tenure, Food Secure Canada and Farm Start, February 2015
• Gaining Access To Quality Farmland, NOFA-CT Getting Started in Organic Farming Conference, New London, CT, January 2015
• Real Estate Training, Tools & Resources for Working with Farms with Commercial Agricultural Potential, Middlebury, VT, January 2015
• Beginning Farmer Resource Network Workshop, Maine Agricultural Trade Show, Augusta, Maine, January 2015
• Planning For The Future of Your Farm Workshop, NOFA-MA Winter Conference, Worcester, MA, January 2015
• New England Farmers Union Annual Convention, Portland, ME, December 2014
• Young Farmers Conference Leasing Clinic, Pocantico Hills, NY, December 2014
• Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills Workshop in partnership with MOFGA and Main Farmland Trust, Augusta, ME, November 2014
• Monadnock Farm and Community Coalition Farmer Mixer Night, Walpole, NH, November 2014
• Innovative Land Financing Mechanisms Workshop, Rutland, VT, November 2014
• Vermont Connection & Conservation, UVM Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, November 2014
• MOFGA’s Farmer to Farmer Conference, Farm Succession Planning Workshop, Northport, ME, November 2014
• Berkshire Farmland Initiative, Farmer-Landowner Mixer (North County & South County) Berkshires, MA, October 2014
• Food Day Fair, Monadnock Food Coop, Keene, NH, October 2014
• American Farmland Trust Conference, Land Access & Affordable Farmland Workshop, Lexington KY, October 2014
• New Economy Week: Who Owns Vermont? Montpelier, VT, October 2014
• Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance (NODPA) Field Days, Stonewall Farm, Keene, NH, September 2014
• National Land Conservation Rally 2014, Providence RI, September 2014
• Common Ground Fair, Unity ME, September 2014
• Farm Succession Information Night, Greenfield MA, June 2014
• Farmland Access in the Berkshires, Pittsfield, April 2014
• OUR LAND: A Symposium on Farmland Access in the 21st Century, Berkeley CA, April 2014
• Agrarian Trust Land Access Principles think-tank, Paicines Ranch CA, March 2014
• Seacoast Land Access Information Night and Farmer Mixer, Hampton NH, March 2014
• Land Financing Mechanisms: New & Novel Approaches to Consider, NOFA-VT Winter Conference, Burlington VT, February 2014
• Build Your Network, Grow Our Future, an event to strengthen Connecticut’s agricultural community, February 2014
• New Young & Beginning Farmer Rap Session, NH Farm and Forest Expo, February 2014
• Accessing Farmland in the Valley – Farmland Access Information Night, Greenfield MA, February 2014
•  Finding Land to Farm Workshop, NOFA-NH Winter Conference, February 2014
• Farm Transfer Issues: Passing Farmland to New Farmers,Western Mass Agricultural Commission Gathering #2, January 2014
• Beginning Farmers Resources Network, Maine Agricultural Trades Shows, January 2014
• Leasing and Leases for Farmers and Landowners Workshop, NOFA Massachusetts Winter Conference, January 2014
•  Gaining Access to Quality Farmland Workshop, NOFA-CT Getting Started in Organic Farming Conference, January 2014
• Member, Advisory Group, American Farmland Trust-Utah State University Non-Operator Landowner Project, 2013
• Co-organizer and presenter, Regional Land Access Info Nights, multiple locations in NH and MA, 2012 to present
• Presenter, Cooperative Farming, Young Farmer Conference: Reviving The Culture of Agriculture, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Pocantico Hills NY, December 2013
• Presenter, Land Access, Farmland Protection, Farm Profitability, and Keep Berkshires in Farming, Western Massachusetts Winter Agricultural Commission Gathering, Hancock MA, 2013
• Speaker and sponsor, Beginning Farmer Network of Mass. Fall Forum, Charlton MA, November 2013
• Presenter, Transferring the Farm, Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference, Sturbridge MA, 2013
• Presenter, Cooperative Lease Models, Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference, Sturbridge MA, 2013
• Facilitator, Farmland for the Next Generation of Farmers,Harvesting Opportunities in New York: Growing Local Food Economies & Protecting Farmland Conference, American Farmland Trust, Albany NY, November 2013
• Presenter, Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills For Farmers & Landowners, Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association and Maine Farmland Trust, 2013
• Land Access Workshop for Farm Seekers and Land Owners, Augusta ME, 2013
• Land Access workshops, NOFA summer conferences, Amherst MA, 2009 – 2013
• Maine Organic Farmer and Gardener Association (MOFGA) Farmer to Farmer conference, ME, 2012 – 2013
• Farmland Accessibility: A Community Issue, MOFGA Common Ground Fair, Unity ME 2012 & 2013
• Buying vs. Leasing Farmland Workshop for MOFGA Journey Person Program, Unity ME, 2013
• Connecting Farmers With Farmland, Nearing Lyceum , Blue Hill and United ME, 2013
• Finding Your Farm: From Basics to Action, 3rd Annual Young Farmers Conference, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Pontico Hills NY, 2012
• Access to Land, It Takes a Region NESAWG conference, Saratoga NY, 2013
• Leasing Your Land to a Farmer in cooperation with UVM Extension, Vermont Land Trust, Mad River Watershed Conservation Partnership and Small Step Farm, Waitsfield VT 2012
• Leasing Your Land to a Farmer workshops in collaboration with Maine Farmland Trust and Conservation Works, Bremen, Wells and Blue Hill ME, 2012
• National Farm Viability conference, Middlebury VT
• Massachusetts Land Trust conference, MA
• Women in Sustainable Agriculture national conference, VT
• NH Saving Special Places conference, NH
• Non-farming landowner workshops, 15 in all six New England states.
• Transferring the Farm workshops (multiple, 2004 – 2006)
• Massachusetts Association of Agriculture Commissions, MA
• Risk Management Strategies for Beginning and Small Farmers and Ranchers National Conference, 2007