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Podcast: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food
Episode: 339 Ian McSweeney and Kristina Villa - You can’t address food security, soil carbon sequestration or climate change without first tackling the crisis of land access
Description: Why land tenure and security are key to the future of food. We’ve touched on the massive issues of land tenure, access, and security on the podcast before, but never enough. In many regions, land prices have been rising steadily for the past 50–100 years, becoming entirely disconnected from the land’s productive value—especially for those wanting to farm using regenerative agroecology. This has made land increasingly inaccessible for the next generation of farmers. Exacerbating the problem is the aging farmer population. In the U.S., the average age of farmers is 62, which means most are nearing...