“Retiring farmers find a new way to pass on their land”

March 24, 2026

Central State University Webinar Series: A New Way to Transition Farmland

March 25, 2026

“A Legal Innovation That Lets Communities Own Their Farmland”

How The Farmers Land Trust is seeding a new kind of commons

Most community ownership models have a controller. One nonprofit holds the land, sets the terms, manages the leases. The community benefits, but the structure still concentrates power at the top.

The Farmland Commons model works differently — and the difference lives in a little-used corner of IRS code.

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