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AFT: Farmland Loss Impacts Rural Urban Alike
AFT: Farmland Loss Impacts Rural Urban Alike
AFT: Farmland Loss Impacts Rural Urban Alike
American Farmland Trust recently released a multi-year study that indicates that if changes are not made, up to 25 million acres of farm land will be lost across the U.S. by 2040.  Addie Candib with AFT said their study looked at three different levels of urban sprawl and the impact it would have on the farm community: Business as usual will result in the loss of 18 million acres  “Runaway” spraw
AFT Releases Policy Priorities for 2023 Farm Bill
AFT Releases Policy Priorities for 2023 Farm Bill
AFT Releases Policy Priorities for 2023 Farm Bill
American Farmland Trust released its 2023 Farm Bill advocacy platform this week.  It’s a series of policy recommendations focused on supporting farmers and ranchers in protecting their land from development, combating climate change, and enabling a diverse new generation of farmers to better access land and build businesses. “The farm b...
AFT: Smarter Land Use Planning is Urgently Needed
AFT: Smarter Land Use Planning is Urgently Needed
AFT: Smarter Land Use Planning is Urgently Needed
According to American Farmland Trust, smart growth and investment in America's downtowns and main streets must occur now to secure the land that grows our food.  Earlier this week, the organization released its new report, Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future and the accompanying web mapping tool. AFT r...
AFT Awards over $1 million from the Brighter Future Fund to Farmers
AFT Awards over $1 million from the Brighter Future Fund to Farmers
AFT Awards over $1 million from the Brighter Future Fund to Farmers
American Farmland Trust recently announced that over 200 farmers would be receiving grants of up to $5,000 each through the Brighter Future Fund, and its regional subsidiaries. The grants will be used to help improve farm viability, enable farmers to access, transfer or permanently protect farmland or adopt regenerative agricultural practices ...
Ag Groups Release Guide on Virtual Engagement for Women
Ag Groups Release Guide on Virtual Engagement for Women
Ag Groups Release Guide on Virtual Engagement for Women
An updated guide offers tips and tools for effective engagement for online education, including hybrid settings for farm and ranch women. The guide, Reaching Women in Agriculture: A Guide to Virtual Engagement, was originally developed through a partnership with American Farmland Trust and the University of Vermont Extension ...
AFT Selects Land Transfer Experts to Help New Farmer Generation
AFT Selects Land Transfer Experts to Help New Farmer Generation
AFT Selects Land Transfer Experts to Help New Farmer Generation
American Farmland Trust announced its selection of a new national cohort of 48 leading experts in land transfer as partners in creating Transitioning Land to a New Generation. The project will build an adaptable, skills-based curriculum to help a new generation of farmers and ranchers navigate the legal, financial and interpersonal issues in accessing and transferring land ...
AFT Throws Support Behind The Ag Resilience Act
AFT Throws Support Behind The Ag Resilience Act
AFT Throws Support Behind The Ag Resilience Act
The American Farmland Trust is throwing their support behind the Agriculture Resilience Act introduced by Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree. AFT Policy Director Tim Fink said the legislation meets all three goals of the organization’s mission but does so in a voluntary form. “For o ...
Coalition Asks for Increased Conservation Funding
Coalition Asks for Increased Conservation Funding
Coalition Asks for Increased Conservation Funding
Seventy of the top agriculture, conservation, and wildlife groups delivered a letter to Congress last week asking for robust funding for conservation programs and technical assistance for the fiscal year 2022. In the letter, groups like the American Farmland Trust, the National Association of Conservation Districts, and many others called on House and Senate appropriators to provide necessary inc

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