Farming On Other People’s Land

The FOOPL Project

At the 2019 AGM, AFSA announced the creation of FOOPL – a new channel to help grow new growers, support young farmers, and facilitate access to land for aspiring growers all over Australia. FOOPL also references that all non-indigenous Australian farmers are farming on other peoples’ land – First Peoples’ Country.

FOOPL activities support and encourage new farming ventures on existing farms and underutilised land, including support for young and new farmers to develop skills and tools for successful farm enterprises. FOOPL supports actions which:

  • share knowledge, resources, expertise and skillsets;
  • enhance and strengthen local food communities;
  • enable young households achievable access to land and accommodation;
  • reduce structural social inequalities;
  • produce healthy food at the local level; and

Through FOOPL, AFSA also supports growing more growers through:

  • documenting and disseminating successful land sharing and share farming enterprises;
  • creating training and mentoring programs in agroecology and collaborative decision-making;
  • the provision of microloans and small grants;
  • networking amongst small farmers and landholders; and
  • identifying performance indicators of successful land sharing and share farming ventures.

Farming On Other People’s Land

Guiding Principles for a Landshare Farming Agreement

Note: these principles are provided for discussion purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice. Please contact AFSA’s LDF legal advisor if you need tailored advice in relation to a landshare farming arrangement.

Note: these principles are provided for discussion purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice. Please contact AFSA’s LDF legal advisor if you need tailored advice in relation to a landshare farming arrangement.