CREATING ACCESS TO FARMLAND. GROWING EQUITY.
Friends of the Copake Agricultural Center and Northeast Farm Access can now support specialized farmer education, agro-ecology and sustainable-farming research through tax-deductible contributions.
Distinct from equity investments, NEFA has arranged with Hawthorne Valley Association to serve as fiscal sponsor, and accept tax-deductible contributions to support upcoming NEFA projects. NEFA secured a $12,000 contribution for this work in 2015, and needs to match it reach our goals….
On December 17th, Farmland Renewal, LLC, completed acquisition of the final parcel planned for the Copake Agricultural Center in Copake, New York, and secured conservation in perpetuity of the Center’s approximately 180 total acres. The announcement from Bob Bernstein, Managing Director of NEFA, capped a successful first year for the Copake project, where three farm entities broke ground in early 2014….
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….
There have been a few articles published about NEFA recently that we wanted to share:
A New Model for Saving Farmland, John Townes, Hill Country Observer, April 2014
Farm Project Finds Common Ground, Diane Valden, Columbia Paper, March 7, 2014
Copake to Get New Agricultural Center, John Mason, Register Star, December 26, 2013
Farmers Lining Up for Copake Ag Center, David Lee, Register Star, November 5, 2013
Project Seeks to Up Access to Farming in Copake Center, John Mason, Register Star, August 31, 2013
