‘They just need land’: young farmers struggle to find affordable acreage

Jordan Treakle, the national program coordinator at the NFFC, a coalition representing farmers, ranchers and advocacy organizations in 42 states, says that with so much land expected to change hands in the next decade, it's essential that it is passed to young farmers instead of investors or developers. 

"If 40% of agricultural land falls into corporate ownership as a speculative asset class or as a way to park money – rather than that land being used to support rural economies in our local food systems – I think that has big implications for national security, for our food security as a nation and the vitality of our local rural economy," he says…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/22/young-farmers-farm-land-cost