I’m interested in how MCLT and/or TPL could be helpful for aquiring land or easements for permanent use as community gardens. A community garden land trust of sorts. any direction on who to ask about this or connections to local TPL or MCLT folks would be appreciated. thanks,
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Interesting idea, Bill. Maybe an agricultural land trust fits in here. What is the vehicle for acquiring and securing arable land? A land trust draws speculative value off of good soil by way of conservation easements. Dale Bonar, ED of Maui Coastal Land Trust alluded to and Keone Kealoha from Kaua’i said today that MCLT [...]

I’m thinking of a model that has multiple growers per acre
vs dividing the acre among multiple growers. That could
scale out as cooperative model that could include benefits
from moderate scale. Bill G.