Conference Report: Community Connected Farms for Tomorrow: New Ways of Land Access for Communities and Farmers

Stroud (UK) 21st -23rd September 2009

Rural topic(s): Access to land

Date of publication: September 23, 2009

The documents presents the three-days discussions dedicated to:

exchanging information about national situations, practical approaches and “success stories” in order to understand them in a European context;
strengthening personal links between European ‘access to land’ activists and researchers, and to establish contacts to ethical banking institutions that are supporting community connected farming initiatives;
discussing the need for and agreeing on the next steps towards continuous practicalexchanges on a national and international level; placing ‘community connected farms’ on the European political agenda; formulating supportive joint research proposals; and organising a larger public conference for all those involved in community connected farming.

It was the first step of the CCF thematic workshop creation.