Guide to Regenerative Grazing Leases: Opportunities for Resilience

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CHAPTER 4. Into the Next Generation (Continued) Regenerating Land and Communities How else are today’s landholders using their land to regenerate human communities? Christine Pielenz and Bill Laven founded Potrero Nuevo Farm on 300 acres in Half Moon Bay with a goal of providing free and healthy produce to people in need while building healthy soil. With their nonprofit partner, Abundant Grace Coastside Worker, Potrero Nuevo Farm grows, harvests, and donates over 20,000 pounds of fresh, organic produce to low-income residents in the area. TomKat Ranch manages cattle on their Pescadero, CA property to uphold shared ecological values and model regenerative grazing practices. Peninsula Open Space Trust holds an agricultural conservation easement on the land, protecting it from development and ensuring a future of healthy soil and productive agriculture. Community Land Trusts and Agrarian Commons Some ranch owners facing the end of the line envision a future of affordable land access by regenerative, working farmers and ranchers, and cannot find a viable path to do so within the private real estate market. Whereas conservation land trusts generally hold easements in partnership with private landowners, community land trusts were formed as nonprofit landholders, in which long-term or lifetime tenure is conveyed to qualifying members of the community. The Agrarian Commons, organized under umbrella organization Agrarian Trust, holds clusters of agricultural properties in trust for their communities—supporting regenerative land stewardship, local food production, and equitable access for working producers. IN SUMMARY There is an urgent need for landholders to take the bull by the horns—to proactively begin transforming land tenure, access and stewardship practices. Landholders are in a unique and empowered position to align the management of their land with their values and directly impact the health of their communities, ecosystems, and even the planet as a whole. By working creatively with the next generation, landholders can see their land be honored and cared for, support the regeneration and transformation of the ranching industry, and build a diverse and equitable system of ecological, economic, and community resilience. © Copyright 2022 California FarmLink and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation 53
Worksheet Common Regenerative Grazing Goals By Stakeholder Who are the active stakeholders on your grazing land? Try doing this worksheet together. How will you learn or envision the goals of the silent stakeholder groups? These are some goals commonly held by regenerative practitioners. Add your own! Try comparing your top five with those of the other stakeholder groups. Grazing Lessee and Livestock Landholder Wildlife and Ecosystems Neighbors, Public and Land Trusts Increase forage production Improve forage quality and diversity Improve animal health Improve livestock/wildlife relationship Reduce cost of/ dependence on chemical inputs Reduce soil compaction Improve soil fertility Enhance soil microbiome health Increase water infiltration Increase soil water holding capacity Improve water quality Decrease flood risk Improve aquifer recharge Increase plant and animal diversity Support wild pollinators and beneficial insects Manage invasive plants Increase prevalence of native plants Decrease fire risk Minimize social conflict Support the local economy Improve beauty of the property/ surrounds Support the next generation Copyright 2021 California FarmLink and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation 54
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