Andrew Branan

Location: Hillsborough, NC

Andrew Branan has worked around the Southeast US with farmers and landowners on farm succession issues since 2002. He currently serves as Executive Director of the North Carolina Farm Transition Network. For that organization he delivers educational programs targeted at producers, landowners and their professional advisors related to developing long-term plans for keeping land in agriculture and other legal issues related to farming. He also works directly with farm families on developing their farm succession planning. He earned dual degrees in Management Economics and History from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia (where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa), and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law. A member of the bars of North Carolina (active) and Virginia (associate), his law practice experience includes estate planning, business formation and land use issues. He formerly served as Southeast Project Specialist for American Farmland Trust. He also serves as an advisor to the North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund and Mount Olive College’s Lois G. Britt Agribusiness Center. He serves on the board of the International Farm Transition Network, and is a member of the American Agricultural Law Association. He is currently working to publish the second edition of Planning the Future of Your Farm: A Workbook on Farm Transfer Decisions. He is also the author of Zoning Limitations and Opportunities for Farm Enterprise Diversification: Searching for New Meaning in Old Definitions, published by the National Agricultural Law Center.

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Custom Workshops and Education Events Mar 07, 2009
Farming Agreements, Leases and Contracts Mar 29, 2006
Incubator Farms Feb 09, 2009
Farm Management and Other Employment Mar 08, 2009
Planning the Future of Your Farm: A Workbook Supporting Farm Transfer Decisions (2d Edition) Mar 07, 2009
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Clay County - An Introduction to Farm Preservation Feb 06, 2010
12th Annual Orange County Ag Summit Feb 05, 2010
Keep the Farm - Wake County Jan 26, 2010
Planning for the Next Generation - Franklin County Annual Update Jan 08, 2010
Farm Succession Workshop - Currituck County Jan 25, 2010
Farm Opportunity
F10 Mar 27, 2010
F09 Mar 27, 2010
F06 Nov 10, 2009
F05 Oct 26, 2009
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Land Conservation Tools Mar 27, 2006
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Planning the Future of Your Farm: A Workbook Supporting Farm Transfer Decisions (2d Edition) Jan 08, 2010
Asheville RLAU Registration Flyer Sep 10, 2009
Estate Planning Questionnaire Mar 14, 2009
Business Entity Questions Mar 14, 2009
Rural Lands Update 2008 Course Materials Jan 20, 2009
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Print Resources Mar 07, 2009
Planning Resource Library Mar 07, 2009
News Jan 20, 2009
Mary Beth's Folder Jan 05, 2009
Noah Rannells Folder Jan 01, 2009
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Clay County poster image 020610 Feb 06, 2010
Orange County Ag Summit Flyer 2010 Feb 05, 2010
SSAWG Conference Logo 2010 Nov 03, 2009
American Indian Tribal Conference flyer Nov 02, 2009
Buncombe Madison KTF Flyer image Oct 27, 2009
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Members Jan 05, 2009
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USDA opens CRP land rush (Successful Farming) May 16, 2010
Fewer than 1% of US farms are organic, USDA says (WSJ) Feb 05, 2010
Rebel with a cause: beware those sincere conservation easements (Flavor Magazine, VA) Feb 03, 2010
North Carolina moves forward to champion local food economy (release) Jan 29, 2010
Taking emotions out of estate planning (Successful Farming) Jan 25, 2010
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