Progress 09/15/24 to 09/14/25

Outputs
Target Audience:Audience Emphasis Limited resource producers Small farms Specialty crop producers Urban producers Participants Served Record the total number of unique participants who participated in your program: Total Number of Participants: 584 Enter the actual cumulative number of participants who as a result of your program: Started Farming: Target - 0, Actual - 7 Helped prepare to start farming: Target - 75, Actual - 261 Improved farming success: Target - 63, Actual - 165 Changes/Problems:Some subawardees have been unable to contribut to completion of project deliverables (La Plata Open Space Conservancy, Veterans to Farmers). We have developed new partnerships with organizations including conservation districts and additional land trusts and will be redistributingpartner allocated funds in our final project year. Since we are unable to teach a secondin-person land access course with Veterns to Farmers, we intend to host an online version of this course next year. We were unable to host a workshop with Rio Grande Farm Park this year, as our planned workshop did not generate the interest necessary and needed to be cancelled. We will try again to next year. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Delivery Total Meetings: 23 Total Meeting Participants: 351 Total Webinars: 3 Total Webinar Participants: 27 Total Website Visits: 0 Total Online Course Participants: 0 Meetings 3/8/2024: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 20 3/8/2024: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 20 4/6/2024: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 2 5/9/2024: Glenwood Springs, CO -- Number of Attendees 30 5/17/2024: Alamosa, CO -- Number of Attendees 7 5/18/2024: Montrose, CO -- Number of Attendees 17 6/14/2024: San Luis, CO -- Number of Attendees 10 8/30/2024: Hesperus, CO -- Number of Attendees 23 8/31/2024: Hesperus, CO -- Number of Attendees 16 9/2/2024: Denver, CO -- Number of Attendees 5 1/25/2025: Dolores, CO -- Number of Attendees 10 2/6/2025: Sterling, CO -- Number of Attendees 2 2/18/2025: Grand Junction, CO -- Number of Attendees 13 3/7/2025: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 32 3/11/2025: Fort Morgan, CO -- Number of Attendees 1 3/25/2025: Denver, CO -- Number of Attendees 30 5/12/2025: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 7 5/20/2025: Gunnison, CO -- Number of Attendees 12 5/22/2025: Gunnison, CO -- Number of Attendees 30 6/19/2025: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 5 7/24/2025: Canon City, CO -- Number of Attendees 19 8/24/2025: Salida, CO -- Number of Attendees 13 9/5/2025: Herperus, CO -- Number of Attendees 27 Webinars 8/13/2024: Number of Attendees 9 8/20/2024: Number of Attendees 9 8/26/2024: Number of Attendees 9 How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Promotional Materials Colorado Land Link Brochure BFR Landseekers and Landholders Last Uploaded: 11/14/2024 Colorado Land Link Postcard BFR Landseekers and Landholders Last Uploaded: 11/14/2024 Database Postcard Landseekers and Landholders Last Uploaded: 12/14/2025 Database Flyer Landseekers and Landholders Last Uploaded: 12/14/2025 Colorado Land Link Brochure - Updated Landseekers and Landholders Last Uploaded: 12/14/2025 What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Steps Steps taken to help participants Throughout the second year of this project, Guidestone staff continued to meet bi-weekly to discuss project plans and deliverables. Other steps included outreach to land trusts and other statewide organizations to schedule land access workshops, workshop preparation, travel and delivery, 1-on-1 consulting with landseekers and landowners, in-person site visits across the state, resource support, and technical assistance for landseekers and agricultural landowners. This year, we added database moderation activities and developed succession planning resources for retiring producers to ensure the programs continued relevancy. We will continue the project for the next year as designed, working to strengthen relationships with partner organizations across the state to ensure long term program strength.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Outcomes: What Producers Learned, Achieved, Applied Result 1. Increase web traffic to Colorado Land Access Database 110% over 3-year period Producer action: Develop, Topic: Access to land When measured: End of grant period Estimated Number: 68, Actual Number: 0 How verified: Track monthly visits to Land Link Database at end of grant period, aiming for 110% increase from 32 monthly visits starting metric Result 2. Increase total number of public land listings by 10% each year Producer action: Develop, Topic: Access to land When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 60, Actual Number: 33 How verified: Track # new land listings/year annually in September Result 3. Connect 21 beginning farmers and ranchers to suitable land access opportunities each year over 3-year period Producer action: Implement, Topic: Access to land When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 63, Actual Number: 69 How verified: Track landseeker/landowner introductions annually in September Result 4. Increase reach of marketing and resource support materials by 500 agriculturally involved persons Producer action: Develop, Topic: Marketing plans and strategies When measured: End of grant period Estimated Number: 500, Actual Number: 0 How verified: Measure number of newsletter subscribers and social media followers at beginning and end of 3-year grant period Result 5. Reach 25 agricultural land holders each year via 10 land access and transfer workshops over 3-year period Producer action: Understand, Topic: Transferring the farm When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 75, Actual Number: 74 How verified: Track number of landowners who attended land access workshops over 3-year grant period Result 6. Increase Land Link membership by 50%, adding 94 farmers over 3 years Producer action: Develop, Topic: Access to land When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 94, Actual Number: 110 How verified: Measure Land Link landowner and landseeker membership at beginning end of 3-year grant period. Result 7. Substantially increase knowledge of land access in 75 individuals Producer action: Understand, Topic: Access to land When measured: End of grant period Estimated Number: 75, Actual Number: 443 How verified: Track number of individuals served by land access workshops and 1-on-1 consultations over 3-year grant period Result 8. Provide 100 hours of 1-on-1 consultation with beginning and underserved producers over 3 years Producer action: Understand, Topic: Mentoring, apprenticeships, and internships When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 100, Actual Number: 52 How verified: Track number of hours Land Link staff consulted with beginning farmer/ranchers annually over 3-year grant period Result 9. Deliver a total of 9-10 land access workshops to beginning and underserved producers over 3-year period Producer action: Understand, Topic: Access to land When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 9, Actual Number: 11 How verified: Measure number of land access workshops delivered over 3-year grant period Result 10. Deliver 2 8-week courses in conjunction with Veterans to Farmers Producer action: Understand, Topic: Access to land When measured: Annually in September Estimated Number: 2, Actual Number: 1 How verified: Track number of 8-week courses delivered to Veterans to Farmers Result 11. Provide compensation to 10 BFR's and underserved producers for providing presentations to land owner network over 3-yr period Producer action: Implement, Topic: Access to land When measured: End of grant period Estimated Number: 10, Actual Number: 3 How verified: Track number of BFR's who presented at landowner workshops over 3-year period Result 12. Provide speaker honoraria for 4 BFR presenters each year at AgriSummit, totaling 12 presenters over 3-yr period Producer action: Develop, Topic: Access to land When measured: End of grant period Estimated Number: 12, Actual Number: 11 How verified: Track number of BFR presenters compensated for AgriSummit sessions on land access over 3-year grant period

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Progress 09/15/23 to 09/14/24

Outputs
Target Audience:In the first year of Guidestone's project,Expanding Land Access through Education, Matchmaking, and Network Development, Colorado Land Link hosted 14 in person workshops across 7 counties, reaching 154 attendees, including 53 landseekers and 23 landowners. During the first year of the grant period, 10 landowners registered and submitted land postings with Colorado Land Link, and 26 individuals became registered landseekers. 18 of whom received 1-on-1 consultation with Land Link staff. We also provided consultation to 9 registered land listers, 8 prospective land listers, and 7 prospective landseekers. Land Link facilitated 25 conversations between landseekers and landholders, and 2 landseekers found a match through our program, signed lease agreements, and began production on land they found through Colorado Land Link. Between our target audiences includiveof landseeker and landowner workshop attendees, registered and prospective landseekers and landholders, we provided direct service toa total of 214individuals during our first grant year. Additionally, we reached 1,101newsletter subscribers, 492 Instagram followers and 215 Facebook followers through our marketing and outreach efforts. Changes/Problems:Our only major project change was a personnel change. Starting in January, Guidestone hired a new Land Link Director, who was responsible for managing this grant and executing all relevant programming. It was somewhat challenging to build the relationships and make the introductions necessary to accomplish project goals, but we were successful nonetheless. With the staff transition and onboarding, we decided hold off on hiring a second staff person for the program, whose salary would have been partially funded by this grant award. We redirected personnel funding for a Land Link Coordinator to fund websitedevelopment costs for the new Land Access Database through Tamarack Media. The budget change request was submitted in September 2024 and approved in October 2024. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?All 154 attendees of 14 Land Link workshops received training on land access topics, including land loss and land transfer, utilizing Colorado Land Link and the Land Access Database, finding creative solutions to land access, preparing for land access, financial readiness for land access,finding and assessing land, and leasing and purchasing land. Additionally, 1-on-1 consultation with landseekers and landholders included technical assistance and resource support. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Guidestone reports annual accomplishments to its supporter network at the end of each fiscal year. We've also shared success stories through quarterly newsletters and a local news station feature to be aired in December 2024. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We plan to continue hosting workshops for landseeker and landowners as outlined in the grant proposal, taking lessons from year one to improve the value of our educaitonal programming in year two. We hope to recruit more next generation and beginning producers to participate in workshop offerings next year by distributing honoraria through grant funds. We will be launching a new and improved Land Access Database and marketing its services to our Land Link network to increase its utilization. We will continue to invest in social media marketing efforts and grow our collaborative network of support organizations to grow our audience and improve the value of Colorado Land Link to its users.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? To (1) expand awareness and utilization of the Land Access Database as a primary land access resource, Guidestone added 10 properties to the Land Access Database and provided database access to26 new, registered landseekers in the project's first year. We visited 4 sites to ensure database postings were high-quality and appropriate. To (2) establish a collaborative network of ag land holding organizations and land trusts and (3) improve opportunities for viable agricultural careers through improved technical assistanceand resource support,Colorado Land Link partnered with 10 organizations to market and facilitate 14 workshops across the state to share land access opportunities with154 landseekers and land holders. Ag landholders-serving organizations included Keep it Colorado,Sangre de Cristo Acequia Association,La Plata Open Space Conservancy, andSalida Sunrise Rotary.Beginning farmer support organizations including the Rio Grande Farm Park/San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition, Valley Food Partnership, Fort Lewis College's Old Fort Farmer-in-Training Program, and National Young Farmers Coalition, the Treehouse Collective, and Veterans to Farmers. We also shared job opportunities, funding opportunities, and land access opportunities 1,101 newsletter subscribers, 492 Instagram followers and 215 Facebook followers. To, (4) provide direct funds to next generation producers for conference participation, we provided $400 honoraria to 4 next generation produer speakers to host land access and beginning farmer workshops at Guidestone's 2024 AgriSummit conference.

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