Darby Weaver is a farmer and writer, growing biodynamic food and cannabis on her small farm in Wolcott, Vermont. She attended Sterling College in Craftsbury, Vermont where she received a degree in Sustainable Agriculture. She has been growing crops and raising livestock with her husband Elliot Smith for 16 years. As a writer for The Farmers Land Trust, Darby is passionate about using storytelling to uplift the work of communities reconnecting to the nourishment offered by regeneratively stewarded landscapes. Seeing nature as our ultimate teacher, Darby believes in transformation, and knows that the Farmland Commons model has the power to revolutionize modern land tenure and ownership. She sees this work as essential and recognizes that it can only be achieved through a de-colonized, community-centered approach that values the living spirit of the land and protects the rights of the people who share it.
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Designing Land Access with Deep Time in Mind: Moving Toward a Timeless Ethic of Land Stewardship
When we begin to act with deep time in mind, perhaps future generations will remember us not for what we took, but for what we tended, protected, and passed on.
September 16, 2025
De-Commodifying the Soil: Breaking the Speculation Cycle by Holding Land in Common
The gratitude I feel for the Earth and its endless wonders of regeneration returns to me and extends to people who are using whatever means they have to engage with the preservation of farmland and wild habitat, even in the face of the all-consuming, capitalist machine.
September 12, 2025