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(landforgood.org)  \nOhio Ecological Food and Farm Association, formed in 1979, cultivates a future in which sustainable and organic farmers thrive, local food nourishes our communities, and agricultural practices protect and enhance our environment. ([oeffa.org](oeffa.org))  \nLead author: Kathryn Ruhf is Senior Advisor at Land For Good where she was the director from 2004 to 2014. She has written, taught, presented, consulted, and counseled on farm access, tenure, and transfer for over 35 years.  \nContributor: Tim Biello, New York Program Specialist with American Farmland Trust.  \nEdited by Land For Good’s Equity and Racial Justice Working Group.  \nDesign: & Layout [SethGregoryDesign.com](SethGregoryDesign.com)  \n[Cover Photos:](Cover Photos:) ([Clockwise from top left](Clockwise from top left))[: OEFFA](: OEFFA), Lainie Raini, Shane Rounce  \nReviewers  \nJon Brown, Attorney, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University  \nJerry Cosgrove, Attorney, American Farmland Trust Bo Dennis, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association  \nAlexas Esposito, Traditional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and Healing (NY)  \nErica Frenay, Cornell Small Farms Program (NY) Zacariah Ismail, farmer (VA)  \nJim Hafner, formerly Land For Good (NH) Dishaun Harris, Root Life, LLC (CT) Tory McCagg, landowner (NH)  \nChrista Nuñez, The Learning Farm/Khuba International (NY)  \nOlivia Peña, VT RELEAF Collective  \nErica Powell, Equitable Access Program Coordinator, OEFFA  \nJuliana Quaresma, Viva Acres/Groundswell Center (NY) Vicki Rae, landowner (OH)  \nLainie Rini, formerly OEFFA Begin Farming Educator Heather Seely, OEFFA  \nBeth Stebbins, landowner (OH) Tia Stuart, farmer (OH)  \nAillaWasstrom-Evans, Attorney, The Prue Law Firm  \nProduction of this guide was supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant \\#2019-49400-30033 and \\#2021-49400-35642 .  \nJuly 2023. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, [visit](visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ or)[ creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ or)[ or](visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ or) send a letter to  \nCreative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA..  \nTable of Contents  \nLand Justice Guide  \nLand Acknowledgement 4  \nPreface 5  \nWhy this guide? Why now? Why you? 6  \nGuiding Questions 11  \nMethods for making farmland available 12  \nPart I: Retaining Ownership 14  \nAcknowledgement 14  \nInvitation 16  \nUse Agreement/License 17  \nLease 20  \nEasement 23  \nPart II: Transferring Ownership 27  \nSale 27  \nGift 30  \nDonation 32  \nBequest 33  \nSupporting Land Justice 36  \nYour next steps 37  \nFor service providers 37  \nGlossary 38  \nAdditional Resources 40  \n3 Table of Contents  \nLand Acknowledgement  \nLand Justice Guide  \nPHOTO CREDIT: TRUEST FARMS  \nLand For Good and Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association acknowledge the history of colonialism and slavery that has enabled us to occupy the land we call the United States today. We honor the Native communities who have stewarded this land for eons and continue to do so.  \nIndigenous peoples were intentionally separated from their land in different ways. The Northeast is primarily unceded territory, stolen and settled without consent by Europeans prior to 1776 . Additionally, between 1776 and 1887, 1.5 billion acres of land was taken from Indigenous nations in the U.S. either by executive o","cbCaihPofV7XUarm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihPofV7XUarm","pdf",3194003,44,"English","# Land Acknowledgement\n# Preface\n## Why this guide? Why now? Why you?\n## Guiding Questions\n## Methods for making farmland available\n# Part I: Retaining Ownership\n## Acknowledgement\n## Invitation\n## Use Agreement/License\n## Lease\n## Easement\n# Part II: Transferring Ownership\n## Sale\n## Gift\n## Donation\n## Bequest\n# Supporting Land Justice\n## Your next steps\n## For service providers\n# Glossary\n# Additional Resources","[{\"question\":\"Why does the guide emphasize “land justice” and historical context?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that farmland access and tenure are shaped by historic and contemporary factors, including colonialism, slavery, and systemic racism, which continue through restrictive policies. 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