Rural Voices Seminar Series - Series 12

The 12th session of the Rural Voices series featured Alice Martin-Prvel, from Terre de Liens and the European Access to Land Network, who presented the European handbook inviting local governments to imagine the different roles they may take on with regard to land, no matter if they are landowners or not. This discussion introduced concrete ideas, tools, and field-based examples to inspire and enable many authorities to take action across Europe and trigger an interactive discussion on how we can protect farmland locally and make it work for the public good. Local action is key to a regenerative future. Land and access to farmland is an important element for building healthy local communities one that often has been overlooked in the past by political decision-makers. But land can be used for actively shaping policy and strengthening local economies.