Jefferson Land Trust’s “Selling Conserved Farmland and Advancing Viability” guidebook.
The purpose of this guidebook is to outline equitable, replicable models for transferring protected farmland in a way that sustains agricultural viability, ensures long-term land stewardship, and increases access for historically underserved farmers.
This publication focuses specifically on the “sell” stage of Buy-Protect-Sell (BPS) projects — a strategy used by land trusts and conservation partners to purchase, protect, and thoughtfully transfer farmland.
Below is the first section of Selling Conserved Farmland and Advancing Viability: A Practical Guide to the Final Stage of Buy-Protect-Sell Projects. To keep the file size smaller, all of the appendix files are available below.
Print Version PDF | Screen Version PDF
The documents below are the full Appendices: Example Resources and the individual Appendix files.
Appendix A: Project Timeline PDF | Zip File with an Excel file
Appendix B: Selection Committee Recruitment and Application PDF
Appendix C: Volunteer Equity and Access Fund PDF
Appendix D: Request for Proposal Examples PDF
Appendix E: Pre-Application Questionnaire PDF
Appendix F: Ranking Criteria Documents PDF | Zip File with two Excel files
Appendix G: Full Proposal Instruction Example PDF
Appendix H: Restrictive Covenant PDF
