Project Overview
The goal is to dismantle a significant barrier to the establishment and sustainability of farm operations for beginning farmers -- difficulty in acquiring land -- through innovative tools and resources for farmland access, transfer, and succession. To increase instances of successful farmland transfer in Georgia we have started to: (1) Improve the functionality of GAFarmLink -- a statewide land matching web platform -- through an investment in software and collaborative advertising efforts with statewide partners, and (2) Provide 1:1 assistance to farmers to create business and/or succession plans and connect them to resources for farmland transfer. We have begun strengthening GAFarmLink by integrating the best practices approaches of 1:1 support for farmers and delivery of tailored training to increase successful farmland transfer to beginning farmers. We have conducted outreach to statewide farm resource providers to increase GAFarmLink recognition and usage through this network and planned to hold expos to connect farmers to resource providers in their region. We will help farmers access legal assistance for land tenure issues including estate planning, lease drafting, and title clearing. Outcomes include farmers gaining knowledge in farmland access, succession; ability to navigate local, state, and national farm business resources; development of succession plans; and increased GAFarmLink usage by land seekers, landowners, and resource providers. Long-term outcomes include growth in number and success of beginning due to an increase in successful farmland transition and succession; and more secure long-term access to viable farmland for these farmers due to the preservation of working farmland across the state through farmland transfer.
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