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How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access

Modern Farmer

Whenever issues arise, such as the roaming habits of free-range chickens, they all sit down “as humans” to talk them through and come to a solution together. Investing in Real Estate as a Means to Farm Jamie and Doug Wickler were engineers, but the 2008 crash made them reconsider career paths.

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Holding onto Farmland, One Land Trust at a Time

Modern Farmer

But real estate developers can afford it. Since 2018, they have been producing and selling free-range chicken eggs and meat on the farm’s idyllic 40 acres. That can be a significant sum, something that young or new farmers may not be able to afford. (A

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