Historic Woolsey Farm Welcomes New Farmer Couple
The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT) and the City of Fayetteville are pleased to announce Arkansas native Daniel Evans will operate a diversified vegetable farm on approximately five-acres [...]
Local Farms and Conservation Easements 101
The Northwest Arkansas Land Trust is supporting local food, growing farmers and saving farmland! Learn about how conservation easements can help farmers access land by reducing the cost to [...]
Leasing Land to help local Farmers
NWA Farm-Link is a free service provided by the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust that connects farmers looking to lease or purchase land with landowners interested in leasing or selling land. The [...]
NWA Farm-Link Seeker Featured in Magazine
Arkansas Farm Bureau includes a story about the NWA Food System in its Arkansas Agriculture Spring 2021 edition, which is mailed to 43,000 farms and ranchers across the state. Farm seeker Frank [...]
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 [...]
Listen and Learn about Programs to Grow Farmers and Save Farmland
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 [...]
NWA Family Farms Focus of Expanded Program
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 [...]
Loss of Arkansas Farmland Documented in Recent Report
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 [...]
Options for Local Farmer Training Growing
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 [...]
Helping Farmland Owners Connect
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 [...]
