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 : An Informational Workshop for Landowners and Farmers" on Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 1pm-4pm at Laudholm Farm, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd., Wells, ME. Light refreshments made with local ingredients will be served.

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

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 RSVP BY CLICKING ON THE "REGISTER NOW!" BUTTON BELOW.

QUESTIONS? Contact Erica Buswell, ebuswell@mainefarmlandtrust.org, (207) 338-6575.

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.

The workshop space is generously provided by the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.