Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Legal Strategies of Land Acquisition and Transfer for Beginning Farmers

Date: Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Start: 1:00 pm End: 4:00 pm

Location: Johnson County Extension office, Iowa City, Iowa

Contact: Jason Grimm, Iowa Valley RC&D Food System Planner, (319) 270-3890, jason.greenarch@gmail.com

Are you a beginning farmer trying to find land to start a new farming business or just expand a existing business? Come and listen to a expert from the Drake University Agricultural Law Center. The workshop will cover different forms of purchasing, leasing, and renting land. Land transfers and financing opportunities will be discussed as well.

Related information

This workshop is part of a beginning farmer series planned by the Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development in partnership with Practical Farmers of Iowa. All six workshops are meant to help beginning farmers answer the important questions and make sound decisions as they start a new farm business.

The workshops are part of the Local Food Producer Education and Training Program of the Iowa Corridor Food and Agriculture Coalition. The Coalition is a diverse group of organizations, agencies, and community members from the Iowa Corridor Region that includes Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Tama, Poweshiek, Washington, Cedar and Jones counties.

There is a fee for the workshops and attendance is limited so please register ahead.

Event flier and registration information [PDF]