An act relating to establishing an Agricultural Land Transfer Assistance Program

H.386 establishes Vermont's Agricultural Land Transfer Assistance Program within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to help current farm owners plan land transfers and connect with new farmers. The program provides a free succession planning toolkit with financial resources, legal templates, and farm-specific education, plus an online land portal matching sellers with buyers committed to farming. It also creates a Land Transfer and Succession Board to guide implementation and trains "land transfer navigators" to assist both sellers and prospective farmers through the process. This directly affects Vermont farm owners seeking to sell or transfer land and new farmers aiming to purchase agricultural land, aiming to maintain farmland for agricultural use.