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LAND RETENTION

FSC Land Loss Prevention Services

Heirs' Property Relending Program

Heirs Property is created when a landowner dies without a will, or other forms of estate planning, for the transfer of ownership of land to another. Subsequently, heirs' property owners do not have clear titles to the land they own.

The Federation's agriculture mediation program, is designed to help individuals resolve disputes in a non-adversarial setting with confidentiality without going through litigation, appeals, bankruptcy, and foreclosure.

The Federation's agriculture mediation program, is designed to help individuals resolve disputes in a non-adversarial setting with confidentiality without going through litigation, appeals, bankruptcy, and foreclosure.

Black Land Loss Prevention

Land is one of the Black farmers' most significant and valuable assets.  Black farmland ownership peaked in 1910 at 16 to 19 million acres and has decreased to less than 3 million acres today. The causes of the loss of rural black land are numerous and complex, but none is more notable than heirs' property. 

 

Today, it is estimated that over 60% of all black-owned land is heirs' property.

 

For over five decades, the Federation has provided education and technical assistance to thousands of heirs land property owners across the South, intending to reverse the trend of Black land loss and encourage land-based economic development.  In support of this mission, the Federation established its Regional Heirs Property and Mediation Center in 2017 to coordinate a collaborative network of partnerships and resources to address the systemic problems associated with heirs' property throughout the Black Belt region. These partnerships provide rich research and advocacy opportunities on heirs' property issues.

 

The Federation of Southern Cooperatives, in collaboration with the Alcorn State University Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center, completed a research study entitled “Land Loss Trends Among Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers in the Black Belt Region.”  The primary goal of this study was to describe better the impact of heirs' property on Black farms and land loss, to recommend policies that could decelerate that loss, and to improve access to USDA programs for heirs' property owners. 

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

Email: info@federation.coop

MEDIA RELATIONS

Email: mediarelations@federation.coop

2769 Church Street

East Point, Georgia, 30344 ​​

Call Main: (404) 765-0991

Fax: (404) 765-9178 

RURAL TRAINING & RESEARCH CENTER

SOUTHERN REGIONAL AGRO-FORESTRY CENTER

ALABAMA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES

ALABAMA FIELD OFFICE

575 Federation Rd.

Gainesville, AL 35464

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PO Box 95, Epes, AL 35460

Call: (205) 652-9676

Fax (205) 652-9678

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Lake City, FL 32055

GEORGIA FIELD OFFICE

624 W Oglethorpe Blvd.

Albany, GA 31701

Call: (229) 432-5799

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LOUISIANA FIELD OFFICE

3717 Prescott Rd

Alexandria, LA 71301

Call: (318) 704-2423

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MISSISSIPPI STATE ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES

MISSISSIPPI FIELD OFFICE

233 E. Hamilton St.

Jackson, MS 39202

Send Mail:

PO Box 22786

Jackson, MS 39225

Call: (601) 944-0592

Fax (601) 354-2777

​TEXAS FIELD OFFICE

2002 W. Grand Pkwy North

Suite 305

Katy, TX 77449

Call: 713-634-7385

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