BLACK OREGON LAND TRUST
We ensure that Black communities have secure and affordable land access, protected ecosystems, and earth stewardship skills to create thriving futures through unprecedented change.
What is a Land Trust?
A land trust is an organization which acquires land to meet community needs through conservation, farming, and housing. A land trust sees land as a public good, rather than something to be privately owned. There different types of land trusts, namely conservation trusts and community trusts. BOLT is a community land trust focused on providing agricultural land to Black farmers and land stewards. Through BOLT, we are centering the importance of land access and security, while shifting the language of privately "owning" land, to collective land stewardship, with responsibility and accountability to community and the earth.