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The SADC is working on a new project to enhance leasing resources for New Jersey farmers and landowners.

The project is part of a USDA Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) grant with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ). The project will apply to all types of farms - both organic and traditional. For the project, the SADC is:

• Researching other states’ leasing guides and sample documents;
• Surveying/interviewing NJ farmers and landowners to get feedback on their leasing and contract situations;
• Collecting lease and contract samples from NJ farmers and landowners; and
• Developing a new informational resources (a leasing guidebook) using the feedback, research, and samples collected

The guide’s target audiences per the grant will be beginning farmers and landowners (who are looking to either access farmland or to make it available), but the published guide will be useful to all farmers.

The project team is reaching out to farmers and landowners this winter and spring to collect feedback from the agricultural community (see the overivew memo).

To share your feedback on your current or past leasing experiences (or to comment on what you are looking for in the future), please contact us at (609) 984-2504 or click below to do a quick survey online.

• Share your feedback - give us a call or do the quick survey online
  • Survey for landowners (who are making their land available)
  • Survey for farmers (who have accessed land through a lease/contract)

Thank you for your help!