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Building Successful Land Partnerships for Silvopasture, Solar, and Public Land Models

Summary

This guide focuses specifically on what we learned from the time and resources we invested in partnerships that didn’t pan out - and what we’d recommend to others facing similar challenges. We spent several months working with both farmers and landowners of all kinds to prepare for a potential land lease partnership. At the end of our three-year grant period, we had confirmed all 15 of the partnerships we had set out to reach in the grant - but we had also invested significant time and energy into non-viable partnerships that did not become full contracts. This guide is intended to highlight the common issues that arose in private silvopasture, solar company, and land trust environments and for farmers, with potential solutions to help others avoid the same challenges.