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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 [...]

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 [...]

It is with pride and gratitude we share this story about NWA Farm-Link seeker Cody Murphree. He was one of the first seekers to contact us about the program, and to sign up. Learn more about [...]

Maebrie Cruce is a recent University of Arkansas graduate. During her last semester, she was an intern at the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust and she attended one of the NWA Farmlink networking [...]

The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust and NWA Farmlink are proud to be supporting this Walton Family Foundation initiative to build a food system in Northwest Arkansas that can serve as a national [...]

“If we are to have any real hope of maintaining the quality of life that so many of us associate with the small towns and rural communities of Arkansas, we should be committed to fostering [...]