120,000 family businesses are expected to close or transfer ownership in the next three years. There is a gap between family farms and the value they bring to food systems and meeting local people’s needs, especially in relation to household food insecurity as experienced by people forced to use food banks.

This session will unpack challenges facing family businesses, hear from a pioneer in democratic land ownership, explore meaningful ‘exits’ and creative succession approaches for family farms, and discuss how this contributes to land reform. The session will also gather ideas for tools to enable simple transfer of farms to democratically-owned ventures that can improve the role of farms in food security.

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