{"id":10491,"date":"2026-04-22T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/projecten\/public-agricultural-land\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:58:11","slug":"public-agricultural-land","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/projects\/public-agricultural-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Agricultural Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10491\" class=\"elementor elementor-10491 elementor-10331\" data-elementor-post-type=\"project\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8024cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8024cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-634a52a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"634a52a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-204c7215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"204c7215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the same time, the pressure is high. Over the past few decades, public agricultural land has increasingly been sold off, often to the highest bidder, leading to consequences such as rising land prices and reduced long-term security for farmers. Agricultural land is also being taken out of agricultural use more quickly, which complicates local food strategies.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is precisely where an opportunity lies: public agricultural land can act as a lever for <strong>sustainable agriculture, local food supply and climate adaptation<\/strong>, whilst also creating space for <strong>social and participatory models<\/strong> such as CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), care farms and community-run pick-your-own gardens.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming years, UCSIA intends to focus on the leverage function of these public agricultural lands. In particular, we want to pay attention to the potential of <strong>land owned by church councils and public social welfare centres<\/strong>. To this end, we are bringing together key stakeholders \u2013 public and church owners, civil society, experts and farmers \u2013 to build and share expertise.<\/p>\n<p>Together, we want to work towards a shared vision and offer support to public landowners (including church councils) in the <strong>sustainable, future-oriented ownership and management<\/strong> of their land, with a focus on <strong>agriculture as a common good<\/strong>: land that serves the community and the long term.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A lever for a just transition.<\/strong> Public agricultural land constitutes a heritage that has developed over time. By public agricultural land, we mean land owned by public authorities, (semi-)public institutions, church councils and public social welfare centres. <\/p>\n<p>For centuries, these lands contributed to food security, stable incomes and a social safety net. Today, they are once again at the centre of attention, as they touch on major questions: who has access to agricultural land, how do we organize a sustainable food supply, and how do we keep space free for agriculture in an increasingly constrained landscape?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10465,"template":"","topic":[31,34],"class_list":["post-10491","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-religion-and-society","topic-ethics-and-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Public Agricultural Land - UCSIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How can we make clever use of public agricultural land to create a more sustainable society, greater biodiversity and more social justice?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/projects\/public-agricultural-land\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Public Agricultural Land - 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