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Copake Agricultural Center: Farmers on the land!
The Copake Agricultural Center is up and running! We are thrilled to have achieved the purchase of the town center farmland and two neighboring houses for our farmer families. Because a big part of the success of the project is the people, for May’s blog entry, we’re highlighting the Copake Agricultural Center farms and farmers.

Northeast Farm Access, LLC, brings together farmers and social investors to revive and transform sustainable agriculture—yielding not just abundant clean, local food, but also a new generation of successful organic farmers. Our innovative projects create long-term access to farmland while also growing farmer and investor equity. With investor support, we buy land, transition it to organic, and lease it longterm and affordably to intermediate-level farmers. (Read more)

Enabling the next generation of young farmers to enter and stay in farming is one of the great challenges of our time. To succeed, they need land, affordable capital and reliable markets. Northeast Farm Access helps meet these needs by bringing together social investors, expert farmers, and available farmland.”

— Fred Kirschenmann, President, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture

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