I've brought the topic of land affordability up recently, so this piece carries on the conversation. You can see it here in Boulder County, Colorado just as well as anywhere. It is definitely a bit disillusioning when you want to see local and regional food systems be able to grow only to discover more and more obstacles the deeper you look.

There are definitely a number of initiatives underway on addressing the land issue, but one of the major challenges that I see are the sheer number of nonprofit organizations and government funded programs that are trying to work on it. Is there really no creative way to balance a reasonably profitable (that is a loaded term) business model that doesn't need to be subsidized? I ask the question somewhat rhetorically, because I believe we can, but I'm still new to the agricultural space :)