Webinar: Farm Legacy and Estate Planning: Strategies for Risk, Resilience, and Culture
Channel: Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
Date: 2020-10-03

Of all farmers in the U.S., only 4% are farmers of color. This number could drop even lower as farmers of color face monumental challenges in acquiring and retaining farmland. Beginning with the colonization and land theft from Indigenous people to the loss of millions of acres of Black-owned land since the 1920s, both racial and economic barriers to land ownership persist. To add to these impediments, too many farms are vulnerable to loss due to the aging of the principal farmer with no clear succession plan nor the proper legal instruments to keep their families on the land.

In this webinar, we listened to and witnessed stories of legacy farms across the South. We explored tools to bolster farm resilience and strategies needed to ensure a successful transfer of the land to the next generation.

This webinar is a part of a series continuing through November 2020, and is funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.