Radically reimagining land ownership and governance for a sustainable food transition

Lin Batten; Naomi Beingessner

Radically reimagining land ownership and governance for a sustainable food transition

Lin Batten
, Naomi Beingessner

Land and Environmental Governance

University of Strathclyde

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Abstract

Several pioneering farmers and growers in the Netherlands have started to change the way they ‘own’ agricultural land, and have embarked on a collaboration with researchers to collectively reimagine ways in which agricultural property is used under the law. This essay explores how these examples from the Netherlands could inspire agricultural property relations in Scotland, a country with both the most concentrated private land ownership in Europe, and a unique legal infrastructure for recognising community ownership.

Original language	English
Media of output	essay
Place of Publication	TABLE
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2026

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