Conserving resources for healthy communities
Conserving resources for healthy communities
Supporting Working Lands & Farm Futures
Carolina Land & Lakes is actively working to expand opportunities for working lands conservation easements that help farmers keep land in agricultural production while strengthening long-term farm viability. These easements are designed to protect productive farmland, support generational transfer, and provide financial flexibility for farmers through voluntary, landowner-driven agreements.
While dedicated funding for this initiative is still being pursued, we are laying the groundwork now — building partnerships, identifying priority agricultural landscapes, and developing projects that will be ready to move forward as funding becomes available. We welcome conversations with farmers interested in preserving their working lands, as well as funders and partners seeking to invest in long-term agricultural resilience, food security, and rural economies.
Carolina Land & Lakes is dedicated to assisting small business owners and farmers achieve their goals for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
We serve as an informed resource and connector to farmers, dairy producers, growers and small businesses, helping them become more energy efficient through free and low cost professional energy assessments and grants.
Carolina Land & Lakes works with the Energy Cost-Share Assistance Program (ECAP), designed to help small businesses and farms find grants for LED lighting, greenhouse insulation, solar PV, and more.
Carolina Land & Lakes believes that utilization of bioenergy complements fossil fuels and should be included in the mix of renewables like solar and wind. We support bio energy produced from locally sourced materials as a win-win for residents, industries, and farmers.
An example is Pellets for Pullets, where we use wood pellets made from leftover saw dust and shavings from a hardwood flooring plant. This bio mass could potentially come from local state and federal lands where forest regeneration and fire and forest conservation efforts require tree removal.
