Financial Gift Announced Supporting Farmland Access, Ownership, and Equity in VT

Last week, the High Meadows Fund announced a $6 million leadership gift to the VT Land Trust: “[it will help to] diversify farm ownership, accelerate the economic viability of farming, and advance natural climate solutions and ecological health on Vermont farms… $2 million of this gift will seed the creation of a new fund to expand land ownership and access among people who have been historically marginalized or oppressed based on their race or ethnicity.” The announcement was made at the Clemmons Family Farm, and has raised some important questions from BIPOC leaders, such as Amber Arnold from the Susu CommUNITY farm in Brattleboro and Mia Schultz who leads the NAACP in Rutland.