Farmland Access Fund Aims to Help Farmers Starting or Expanding

Helping to Preserve and Make Farmland Affordable One of the major barriers beginning and established farmers face is gaining access to good, affordable farmland. While small-scale farming in [...]

USDA Conservation Assistance to Protect Agricultural Lands in Arkansas Webinar 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. CT, Wednesday, March 31, 2021 Sponsored by the USDA – National Resources Conservation [...]

The Center for Arkansas Farms and Food Farm School at the University of Arkansas presents a virtual class on land access. Speakers include: NWA Land Trust – Farmland Preservation Programs [...]

NCAT opened registration for the inaugural Soil Health Innovations Conference, which was postponed last year. It will now be a virtual conference, scheduled for March 8 and 9, 2021. The [...]

The University of Arkansas Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) has started new programming to help both aspiring and established farmers gain skills or sharpen them. Please go to this link [...]

KUAF’s Ozarks at Large reporter Jacqueline Froelich focuses on the expansion of the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust’s Farmland Preservation Program that aims to help grow farmers by [...]

The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust announced an expansion of its Farmland Preservation Program. A $920,000 grant will support two integrated efforts to connect farmers to land and resources and [...]

Northwest Arkansas and its communities often make national “Best Places to Live” lists. Area residents, civic, and business leaders are proud to be recognized for the efforts taking place to [...]

The Division of Agriculture’s Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) offers two programs to prepare new and aspiring farmers for success in local food systems. The first Farm School begins in [...]

Farmland owners in Northwest Arkansas looking to lease or sell have a new resource to consider.  NWA Farm-Link helps connect and match farm seekers with farmland owners in addition to providing [...]