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One farmer s barter for Hudson Valley farmland
The creative lengths TransGenerational Farm has gone to fight rural gentrification
Lacey Seidman
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“We’re seeing this almost rural gentrification happening,” says Jayne Henson, who has used creative means to find affordable land for her farm, TransGenenerational Farm, like bartering for acreage to grow upon. “The issue of development in the Hudson Valley has always been a problem for farmers, but it’s becoming more and more exacerbated with property values and everything just skyrocketing to where rural folks who live in the area can’t really afford it.” Steph Mossey
Farmers in New York are getting older, fast. And despite increasing demand for locally grown food, attracting new and younger farmers to take up the mantle from the state’s aging farmer population has proven difficult.