American Farmland Trust launched the Farming is Our Future initiative, which aims to elevate the approaches AFT has developed over decades.
We can’t afford to ignore the fate of our farmland. It sustains us, our loved ones, our friends and neighbors. We must save agriculture.
What’s at stake when we pave over, fragment, and otherwise fail to halt the devastation that farmland development can cause on our food system?
“When the land does well for its owner, and the owner does well by the land–when both end up better by the reason of their partnership–then we have conservation. When one or the other grows poorer, either in substance, or in character, or in responsiveness to sun, wind and rain, then we have something else, […]
Tim Fink, policy director for American Farmland Trust, has released a statement urging lawmakers not to forget about large swaths of the agricultural community when crafting stimulus measures.
AFT has selected its first group of certified Land Access Trainers from the Farms for the Next Generation initiative.
Farmers have long been stewards of the land, quite often serving as its most steadfast guardian, and the benefits of farmland conservation are numerous.
For the third year in a row, Farmland is providing grants to FFA high school student chapters working on animal care and agriculture projects worth $14,000.
For every package sold of the new Pure Farmland product line, Farmland brand will donate the cost of protecting one square foot of farmland, up to $140,000.
A leading brand of bacon, sausage, and ham, is proud to partner with the National FFA to support the future of agriculture. With every Farmland item purchased now through September 30, Farmland will donate $0.10 to FFA, up to $75,000. “Since 1959, Farmland has been partnering with local American farmers to provide our loyal consumers […]