MCLEAN, Va., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gladstone Land Corporation (NASDAQ: LAND) ("Gladstone Land" or the "Company") announced today that it has acquired a farm in Marion County near Salem, Oregon, with 209 total acres and 206 farmable acres for $3.1 million. The property has water on site and will be farmed for blueberries. In connection with the acquisition, the Company has entered into a 15-year lease on the property with a subsidiary of Reiter Affiliated Companies ("RAC") the largest grower of berries for Driscoll, a leading global marketer of berries.

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"We are pleased to have RAC as a tenant as it further diversifies our tenant base," said Bill Frisbie, Principal of the Company's investment adviser.  "This is the first of many farmland acquisitions we expect in Oregon and is part of our strategy of geographic diversification across the United States.  We now own fourteen farms comprised of an aggregate of 1,959 acres located across four states and six growing areas that produce a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables."

About Gladstone Land Corporation:
Gladstone Land Corporation is an externally-managed real estate investment company that invests in farmland and farm-related properties located in major agricultural markets throughout the United States.  Gladstone Land seeks to purchase high quality farmland in the United States that is net leased to independent or corporate farmers with significant experience and resources.  The Company focuses on produce and berry farmland but will in the future look at farmland that grows commodity crops (wheat, corn and rice) as well as permanent crops (fruit and nut orchards and grapes).  

We are currently seeking to hire a representative in California to cover the west for us.  Owners or brokers who have farmland for sale in the United States should contact Gladstone Land at (703) 287-5839.

For further information on Gladstone Land Corporation, please visit www.gladstoneland.com. Information on the business activities of all the Gladstone funds can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com. For Investor Relations inquiries related to any of the monthly dividend paying Gladstone funds, please visit www.gladstone.com.

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SOURCE Gladstone Land Corporation