New England LAND LINK
…helping farmers and farmland find each other
About New England Land Link (NELL)
NELL is a program to help farmers and landholders locate and transfer farms in New England. Finding and transferring farms are among the biggest challenges that New England farmers face. Since 1994, NELL has helped hundreds of entering and relocating farmers find farms. Through NELL, farm owners and managers have found farmers for their valued farm properties.
Farm transfer means passing a farm, farmland and/or farm business from one party to another. Transfer options include sale, lease, work-in and other tenure relationships.
Joining NELL
NELL offers a web-based listing of farm properties in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. This web page connects you to other linking programs and resources in New England, New York, and nationally.
Farm seekers: Check out dozens of available properties! Properties may be for sale, rent, lease, "work-in" or other tenure arrangement. Join the program, receive contact information for properties that interest you. You'll get updates with new property listings. Click here to view the property listings. Fee is $10/year.
Application Form for Farmers Looking for Land 
Farm property owners and managers: Are you looking to sell, rent, or lease your farm property? Are you looking for a farm manager or partner? NELL will post your description of your farm or farming opportunity on our website (without personal contact information). And, an announcement about your property will go to over 100 seekers in the program via e-mail. There is no charge to list your property.
Application Form for Farmland Owners and Managers
Publications
 Holding Ground: A Guide to Northeast Farmland Tenure and Stewardship
This comprehensive new guide offers models and mechanisms, other than outright ownership, for secure tenure on farmland in any U.S. region. Holding Ground opens doors to new tenure models and provides practical information to help you craft innovative, successful tenure agreements that address the needs of both parties -- and of the land itself.
Holding Ground contains simple explanations of tenure options, useful worksheets and insightful case studies to bring the concepts to life. There are annotated sample short- and long-term leases, stewardship standards and selected resources. There are chapters on:
- Principles and challenges of farmland tenure
- Short-term leases
- Long-term leases and other non-traditional tenure models
- Paths to ownership
- Farmland stewardship
- Negotiating, monitoring and enforcing agreements
Holding Ground is a publication of the Intervale Foundation (VT) and the New England Small Farm Institute, with contributions from eighteen authors including farmers, attorneys, and land use planners.
Holding Ground, 162 pp., is available for $20.00 plus $2.00 S&H. Bulk discounts are available. Click
here to order.
Farmland Transfer & Protection In New England: A Guide for Entering & Exiting Farmers
Information on farm transfer and secure tenure for the next generation of New England farmers. Useful for farm families and service providers involved in farmland access, transfer, and protection. Topics include:
- Getting on the farm: for entering farmers:
- Passing on the farm: for exiting farmers:
- Issues and opportunities for non-farming landowners
- Farm transfer and tenure arrangements
- Farm business arrangements
- Tenure without title
- Transfers between unrelated parties
- Farmland Preservation and farm transfer
- Land use planning to protect farmland
- Worksheets and sample documents
Farmland Transfer & Protection, 124 pp. Available for $10.00 plus $2.00 S&H.
Bulk discounts are available. Click
here to order.
Resources and other Linking Programs
These programs match farmers and farmland:
Contact Us: landlink@smallfarm.org
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