Leasing Your Land to a Farmer: An Informational Workshop for Landowners and Farmers 

Land For Good and Maine Farmland Trust invite you to "Leasing Your Land to a Farmer: An Informational Workshop for Landowners and Farmers" on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 12:30pm to 4pm.

This workshop is for private landowners interested in making their land available to farmers for agricultural production and farmers interested in leasing issues.

12:30pm - 1:30pm   Farm tour with farmer-tenant, Bob Sullivan at Mitchell Farm, 621 Front Ridge Rd., Blue Hill, ME
 2pm                         Panel discussion at Blue Hill Library, 5 Parker Point Rd., Blue Hill, ME

Topics will include:

• Assessing your land and understanding the needs of farmer-tenants
• Crafting a lease suitable for both parties
• Legal, financial, tax, insurance, liability and other considerations
• Finding a farmer and maintaining good communications
• Resources to support the landowner, including the new handbook, "Leasing to a Farmer"

Presenters: Pete Westover, Conservation Works LLC, Jo Barrett, Land For Good, and Erica Buswell, Maine Farmland Trust.

Please click on the link below to register.
Questions? Contact Jo Barrett, jo@landforgood.org; (207) 266-1985.

PLEASE RSVP by selecting the "Register Now!" button below.

This workshop is a collaboration of Land For Good's Land Access Project, Conservation Works LLC, and Maine Farmland Trust. It is supported in part by the USDA/NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant #2010-03067.