The mission of American Farmland Trust is to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.
our history
As the nation's leading advocate for farm and ranch land conservation, AFT works with communities and individuals to protect the best land, plan for agriculture and keep the land healthy. The organization and the national farmland conservation movement have come a long way since 1980, when AFT was founded. Following are significant milestones in the history of AFT:
1979: The National Agricultural Lands Study sounds the alarm with the report Where Have the Farm Lands Gone?
1980: A group of farmers and conservationists concerned about farmland loss found AFT
