Transitioning Land to a New Generation - American Farmland Trust

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Transitioning Land to a New Generation

Transitioning Land to a New Generation brought together leading experts in land transfer to create an adaptable, skills-based curriculum. The Land Transfer Training curriculum is designed for agricultural service providers to support land seekers and landowners as they navigate the complex financial, legal, and interpersonal issues involved in a farm or ranch transfer.

This project builds on Farmland for the Next Generation – Land Access Training. 

The Land Transfer Training Curriculum is undergoing finishing touches and will be available in both Spanish and English in June 2024. 

Project Advisors

Our Educational Team provided their insight and perspective on what diverse landowners and land seekers need during farm and ranch transfers.

Meet our Project Advisors

Trainer Cohort

Our cohort of Trainers is tested draft curriculum with farmers, ranchers, and land owners in their communities.

Meet the Trainer Cohort

Project News

Click the links below to learn more about this project.

Upcoming Workshops
AFT Press Release
Farm Credit- Blog
Brownfield Ag News Media - Article and Interview with Julia Freedgood
Ag Daily- Article
Father and Son farmers side hug and smile in their nut production orchard.

Farmland for the Next Generation

Farmland for the Next Generation is an 8-part Land Access Training curriculum. Click here to to learn more about the project that developed it and find land access resources for beginning producers and agricultural service providers.

Farmland for the Next Generation: Land Access Training

This project was led by AFT's Farms for a New Generation Initiative and made possible with support from our funders.

Transitioning Land to a New Generation is funded by a Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) grant (Award # 2020-49400-33257) from the United States Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) with support from Farm Credit. Our 3-year project proposal worked to foster healthy communication skills between landowners and land seekers and continue to build a support network of ag service providers trained in land transfer skills.