As Virginia s farms continue to cope with unstable economic markets, one operation is blazing a new trail for a more equitable and economically stable agricultural model. Established in 2019, the West Virginia-based New Roots Community Farm aims to provide resources and opportunities, both for producers and consumers. Susanna Wheeler, farm director of New Roots, said the group develops and transfers land to the Agrarian Commons, a nonprofit which permanently preserves land and leases it out to other farmers. .
In an effort to ensure that more than 80 acres of farmland in Fayette County remains in agricultural use for the benefit of the community for generations to come, New
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