Commons Land was co-founded by the Commons Land Circle and emerged from our lived and learned experiences of farming and ranching, community organizing, education, cooperatives, land management and resource conservation, property law and land transition, indigenous governance models, facilitation, real estate, community capital, harm reduction, conflict mediation, coalition building, social charters and startups. 

Rainbow Research

Twin Cities Agricultural Land Trust

Sharing Our Roots

Land Stewardship Project

Ecological Design

Kilimo MN

With fiscal sponsorship by Shared Capital Cooperative and legal counsel by the law offices of Lathrop GPM and Lind, Jensen, Sullivan & Peterson. 

Board of Directors

Dr. Samuel Leguizamon Grant, Co-founder

Moses Momanyi, Co-founder and Farmer

Josephine Trople, Co-founder and Farmer