Increasing Equitable Land Access & Justice

Ethan Miller, of Land in Common community land trust (LC), shares about work they have been doing to advance the community-driven goals and actions in the Local Foods, Local Places Action Plan for Lewiston-Auburn. Specifically, LC has been advancing Goal 4: “Increase equitable access, ownership, and preservation of land to grow food in Lewiston-Auburn”. They have particularly active in implementing Action 4.3: “Increase awareness among landowners and land seekers about organizations that support land access, land transfer, land preservation, and land justice.” They also have been working with Somali-Bantu Community Association and New Roots Farm to build a toolkit of land access resources for non-traditional farmers that can be shared widely.