Give Farmers Back the Land
Corporate mega-farms bought up America's soil. This bill buys it back—and puts it in the hands of beginning farmers, veterans, and families who'll actually work it.
Corporations Own the Land. Farmers Can't Afford It.
Land prices have tripled since 1990. Corporate consolidation has swallowed family farms whole. Beginning farmers can't get in the door. Soil compaction from 50,000-pound tractors is destroying the land's ability to grow food for the next generation. Meanwhile, the world adds a billion mouths every twelve years.
Average farmland prices have tripled since 1990. A beginning farmer with talent and a work ethic can't compete with a hedge fund.
Tractors have gone from 5,000 to 50,000+ pounds since 1950. That weight crushes soil structure, kills water infiltration, and reduces yields for decades.
World population is heading toward 9.7 billion. We need more farmers on more land using practices that don't destroy the soil—not fewer farmers on bigger machines.
When one corporation replaces 50 families, the school closes, the church empties, the diner shuts down, and the town dies. Consolidation kills communities.
Buy It. Break It Up. Give Farmers a Path In.
A new federal corporation buys industrial farmland from corporations that want to sell—at fair market value, no eminent domain, ever. Then it divides those mega-farms into 20–500 acre family parcels and offers them through rent-to-own, SBA loans, and forgivable loans for organic certification. By 2050, 95% of the land is back in farmers' hands.
Corporation Sells
Mega-farms of 5,000+ acres voluntarily sell at fair market value. Independent appraisals. No forced sales. Ever.
Land Gets Divided
Industrial tracts become 20–500 acre family parcels. Wells, roads, fencing, and irrigation installed. 15% preserved as scenic open space.
Farmers Move In
Rent-to-own: 50% of rent counts toward purchase. SBA loans at Treasury+1%. Forgivable loans up to $150K for organic certification.
They Own It
Within 30 years, the farmer owns the land outright. Scenic easements stay forever. The corporation dissolves. The land stays with families.
Three Ways In. All Doors Open.
Can't buy land outright? Rent it with half your payments counting toward purchase. Need a loan? SBA-backed at near-Treasury rates with 90% guarantee. Want to go organic? Earn a forgivable loan worth up to $150,000 that you never pay back if you get certified and stay certified for five years.
Rent-to-Own
Lease a parcel for 5–10 years. Rent capped at 4% of value. 50% of every payment is credited toward purchase. Purchase option at original value +2%/year minus your credits. Extensions up to 30 years.
50% rent creditSBA Small Farm Loans
90% guarantee. Up to $750K individual, $2M cooperative. Treasury+1% rate with up to 2% subsidy for organic commitments. 30-year terms for land. Covers everything: acquisition, transition, equipment, working capital.
Up to $750KForgivable Organic Loans
Hit USDA Organic? $50K forgiven. Advanced certifications? $75K. Regenerative Organic Gold? $100K. Demeter Biodynamic? $150K. Maintain certification for 5 years and you never pay it back.
Up to $150K forgivenFrom High School to Harvest: A Pipeline of Farmers
You can't hand someone 200 acres and say "good luck." This bill funds agricultural education at every level—high school garden programs, community college certificates, university degrees, and a Next Generation Farmer Corps with 12 months of hands-on mentorship. Bilingual instruction where needed. Veteran priority enrollment. Urban-rural exchanges so city kids know where food comes from.
🎓 Universities & Land-Grant Colleges
Undergraduate and graduate programs in regenerative agriculture, soil science, climate adaptation, small farm business, and Indigenous practices. 25%+ of funds for rural, veteran, and disadvantaged student scholarships.
$300M/year🔧 Community Colleges
6–12 month certificates and associate degrees. Hands-on training on working organic farms. Soil testing labs. Equipment operation. Organic certification process. Farm business planning. Bilingual where needed. Veteran priority + full tuition.
$150M/year🌱 High Schools
Ag science courses, school gardens, FFA chapters focused on organic farming, summer internships on working farms, urban agriculture programs, and urban-rural student exchanges connecting city kids with farm life.
$100M/year🌾 Next Generation Farmer Corps
Intensive training + 12 months mentorship with experienced organic farmers. Graduates get priority for rent-to-own parcels and all loan programs. Environmental stewardship, business management, community leadership.
$75M/yearFarm Equipment That Doesn't Crush the Earth
50,000-pound tractors compact soil so badly that water can't soak in, roots can't grow, and yields drop for decades. This bill funds research and manufacturing of equipment under 10,000 pounds, agricultural drones, electric and solar-powered tools, and precision systems that maintain full productivity on a fraction of the weight. Plus a 25% tax credit for farmers who buy soil-friendly equipment.
Agricultural Drones
Precision seeding, monitoring, pest detection, organic inputs
Lightweight Tractors
Under 10,000 lbs with full functionality
Electric & Solar
Zero-emission small farm equipment
Controlled Traffic
Permanent tracks confining weight to lanes
Precision Ag
Sensors and software for exact input application
Made in America
70% domestic content required. Manufacturing jobs.
Thousands of Years of Wisdom. Finally Respected.
The Three Sisters polyculture. Prescribed burns. Agroforestry. Regenerative grazing. Indigenous peoples developed all of it—millennia before organic agriculture had a name. This bill creates an 11-member Indigenous Agricultural Wisdom Advisory Council, funds tribal programs at $50M/year, protects tribal lands from any acquisition, and ensures no Indigenous knowledge is used without free, prior, and informed consent.
Advisory Council
11 members: 7 tribal representatives nominated by NCAI, 2 from tribal colleges, 1 from the Intertribal Agriculture Council, 1 from an Indigenous seed keeper organization. They advise on every aspect of the program.
$50M/Year Tribal Grants
Restoration of traditional practices, Indigenous seed preservation, training in traditional and modern sustainable agriculture, elder knowledge documentation, and tribally-owned organic farming operations.
Tribal Land Protected
The Corporation cannot acquire any reservation lands, trust lands, or treaty-right lands. Adjacent acquisitions require 180 days notice and government-to-government consultation. Tribes get first right of refusal.
Knowledge Stays Theirs
No Indigenous agricultural knowledge enters any program curriculum without the free, prior, and informed consent of the relevant tribal authority. Their wisdom. Their decision. Their intellectual property.
Farms That Feed the Soul, Not Just the Body
Every parcel divested under this bill carries a pastoral scenic easement forever—15% preserved as open space, hedgerows, wildlife corridors, and riparian buffers. No industrial feedlots allowed. Plus $25M/year for programs connecting urban families with working farms, agritourism, CSA shares, and farmer mental health services.
Scenic Easements
15% of every parcel preserved forever as open space, hedgerows, tree lines, wildlife corridors, or stream buffers. In perpetuity.
Urban-Rural Connection
Farm visits for city schools, agritourism, farm-stay programs, urban farmers markets, CSA shares, and community gardens linked to rural mentors. $25M/year.
Farmer Mental Health
Rural counseling, peer support networks, crisis intervention during ag emergencies, and transition counseling for beginning and retiring farmers. $20M/year.
Big Investment. Self-Sustaining by Year 12.
This is a $70.6 billion program over 20 years. But $30–40 billion comes back through land sales, and the Corporation becomes self-sustaining within 12 years. GAO biennial audits. Annual Congressional hearings. By 2050, 95% of the land is in farmers' hands and the Corporation dissolves.
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What This Bill Promises
Give Farmers Back the Land.
Family farms built this country. Corporate consolidation is killing them. This bill buys the land back and puts it where it belongs: in the hands of the people who work it.