The American Farmland Trust (AFT) is an organization founded to preserve farmland and ranchland in the United States and to promote sustainable agricultural practices.
AFT is staffed by farmers, policy experts, researchers and scientists, and governed by a board of directors. Headquarters are in Washington, D.C., with satellite offices in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Washington state. AFT also runs the Farmland Information Center in Northampton, Massachusetts and the Center for Agriculture in the Environment in Dekalb, Illinois.
Read more about American Farmland Trust: Mission, History, Campaigns, Programs and Reports
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