Is it worth investing in agricultural land for organic farm?

How close is the farm to your local markets and distribution channels? If you have to drive fifty miles before you reach your local farmers' market, is it worth the cost, energy and time associated with the distance? Are there other farms in your neighborhood that also have to make the commute? 3. read more

Nick Maravell has been farming organically and cultivating heirloom seeds on a leased 20-acre plot of land in Potomac, Md., for over three decades. Nick’s Organic Farm is an anomaly in wealthy, suburban Potomac, where McMansions dominate the landscape, and its location has made it possible for Maravell to cultivate heirloom breeds of organic soy and corn seeds native to the Chesapeake Bay region. read more

Land Values Tied to Commodities Like any other business, the value of farmland and the operation on it is highly dependant upon the value of the products it produces. read more

From 2002 through 2011, U.S. farmland prices rose 270 percent, says Jeff Notaro, New York-based CEO of Black Sea Agriculture, a limited partnership that invests in land in the Black Sea farm belt. “Demand is rising faster than food supply,” he says. read more