As someone actively searching for farmland for farm purposes, one thing farmers could do when they decide to sell is actually consider use with their buyers and the price they put on it. Pricing it at 6-15 times the price of 10 years ago based on what developers will pay will also price people who want to actually farm it out of the market.
Humans are greedy when they’re dealing with faceless numbers from people they don’t know. They might care that you want to use it for farming purposes if you showed up at their door and talked to them about it, but otherwise they’re just trying to sell to whoever for as much as possible.
I’d like to agree on that, but the reality is they won’t even bother talking to anyone. Everything goes through the realtor, they don’t seem to ever want anyone to show up without. On the way back from an outing with the kids, we swung by one and just parked on the street and looked and talked. The owner happened to be outside, and we got “You’ll have to talk to the realtor if you want to see anything” then he just straight up went inside.
If I could find a better option for finding the sorts of farmers mentioned in the article who want people who will work the land and not just tear it up, I’d use it. I have yet to find one though.
Solar power aquaponics.
Geothermal/Greenhouses/aquaponics. Yes a greenhouse is techincally solar, heck throw a few cells and a battery bank up to run the pumps/fans.
Exactly. Use a 10th of the area.
And you can grow items you could never consider growing in the northern climates!
I’m sure you seen this but others might like it too:
Oranges in Nebraska:
