LAND ACCESS

Organizations

American Farmland Trust

www.farmland.org

1150 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20036

202-331-7300 (fax) 202-659-8339

Contact: info@farmland.org

American Farmland Trust works with farmers, planners and policy makers to ensure a regionally diverse structure for agriculture and more favorable economic conditions to keep farmers and ranchers on the land. Since most land use decisions are local, they work to create farm-friendly communities, demonstrate model approaches, educate partners and enact policies at all levels of government to support family farmers and keep land available and affordable for farming.

Center for Heirs Property

1535 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite D Charleston, SC 29407

(843) 745-7055

Contact: Preservationinfo@heirsproperty.org

A non profit that offers legal education and direct legal services to help families reach agreement, clear title to family land and probate estates. Clients can receive the legal services necessary to resolve heirs’ property issues including title searches, preparing documents, scheduling land surveys, requesting hearings, and providing full representation in court.

Coastal Conservation League

www.coastalconservationleague.org

328 East Bay Street, PO Box 1765, Charleston, SC 29402

843-723-8035 (fax) 843-732-8308

Contact: info@scccl.org

Rural land conservation is a priority for the Conservation League and is achieved by public and private land protection through easements, zoning ordinances and by support of rural land uses.

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Equity Trust, Inc.

www.equitytrust.org

PO Box 746, Amherst, MA 01004

413-256-6161

Contact: administration@equitytrust.org

Equity Trust is a national organization that provides counseling on land tenure issues (by phone, email, and on site) to farmers, land trusts and others; promotes alternative approaches to farm ownership through presentations, workshops, and publications; provides model documents (in electronic form and on paper) for alternative approaches to farm ownership; and helps adapt these models to particular local situations – through document- review, phone and email consultations, and on-site technical assistance.

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Lowcountry Open Land Trust

https://lowcountrylandtrust.org/

43 Wentworth St., Charleston, SC 29401

843-577-6510 (fax) 843-577-0501

A local land conservation and organization that is focused on protecting ecologically, agriculturally, and historically significant Lowcountry lands. Principal tool for protection has been voluntary conservation easements donated by private landowners. Works to design easements that preserve the landscape and protect wildlife habitat, water quality and historic resources, while promoting traditional uses such as agriculture.

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TIP Net (Transition Incentives Program), Farm Service Agency

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/transition-incentives/index#:~:text=TIP%20provides%20landowners%20and%20operators,own%20land%20or%20rent%20land.

1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0506

Contact: oip@ftc.usda.gov

FSA has developed this website to provide a tool to connect retired or retiring land owners or operators with beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers who are interested in the Transition Incentives Program. Retired or retiring owners or operators with expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts can receive up to two additional annual rental payments if they sell or lease the CRP land to beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers who are interested in bringing the land into production using sustainable grazing or crop production methods, including transitioning to organic.