You can read about the development and history of the Valley Community Land Trust through it’s Newsletter and press clipping archives. This living history is an interesting snapshot of one of the oldest Community Land Trusts in the country.
Newsletter Archive
1977
1978
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Press Clippings
1976 Article in the Morning Union – Community Group Looking for a Better Way 
1976 Article in the Hampshire Gazette – Back to the Land:Group Plans Holding Local Acreage in Trust
1976 Article in the Greenfield Recorder – Group Seeking to Form County Land Trust
1976 Article in the Advocate – Alternatives to Big Money Farming 
1981 Article in New Roots Magazine
NewRootsMagazineJulyAug1981
2008 Article in the Greenfield Record – A Different Way of Growing Things
2008 Recorder MaryMcClintock
2008 Article in the Shelburne Falls & West County Independent – Land Trust Receives New Funds to Help Recruit New Members
2008 October Independent Article
2009 Article in the Greenfield Record – Forum, tours focus on green homes, new communities
2009 06 05 GreenfieldRecorderArticle
2009 Picture with caption in the Shelburne Falls & West County Independent – EcoLiving Tour
2009 June WestCountyIndependent Tour Pic