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| May 14, 2013 |
| Amrican Farmland Trust Applauds Re-linking of Conservation Compliance to Crop Insurance Premium Assistance in Senate Farm Bill |
| Washington D.C.,—American Farmland Trust (AFT) applauds the Senate Agriculture Committee for its work on the 2013 Farm Bill and in particular the language that re-links conservation compliance to crop insurance premium assistance. AFT helped lead the coalition of 32 conservation, commodity and farm organizations that proposed the plan to re-link conservation compliance with crop insurance and oppose any further limits on crop insurance as it becomes the primary risk-management tool for America's farmers. |
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| May 7, 2013 |
| American Farmland Trust Supports Compliance Agreement, Urges Congress to Preserve Conservation Programs in 2013 Farm Bill |
| Washington, DC.— As both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prepare to draft a new five-year farm bill, American Farmland Trust (AFT), the U.S. farmland conservation organization, has spearheaded a non-partisan agreement by 32 leading agricultural and conservation policy groups that will re-link crop insurance premium subsidies to compliance while opposing limits to crop insurance. |
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| May 1, 2013 |
| Grant to Support Food, Farms, and Forests Day in the Snoqualmie Valley |
| Seattle, Wash.—American Farmland Trust has received a $40,000 grant from Wells Fargo & Company to support a Food, Farms, and Forests Day in Washington’s Snoqualmie Valley. During the fall event, volunteers will plant riparian forests on Snoqualmie Valley farms and learn more about sustainable farming practices over a lunch of locally grown food. |
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| April 26, 2013 |
| Saving Family Farms and Local Food in the Puget Sound Region Focus of Conference |
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Seattle, Wash.— A group of national and regional experts gathered in Seattle today to discuss how to save family farms and local food around Puget Sound.
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| April 25, 2013 |
| Cost and Risk Major Obstacles to Wider Specialty Crop Grower Adoption of More Efficient Irrigation and Nutrient Management Practices, Report Finds |
| Davis, Calif.—To save water, and to reduce water pollution and greenhouse gases, fruit and vegetable growers can change the way they irrigate and fertilize their crops. For years, government and private institutions –including American Farmland Trust (AFT) – have promoted these environmentally beneficial management practices (BMPs). But their use is not as widespread as it could be. |
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| April 5, 2013 |
| Lisa Bassani Joins American Farmland Trust as Working Lands Alliance Project Director |
| Windsor, Conn.—American Farmland Trust is delighted to welcome Lisa Bassani as Project Director for the Working Lands Alliance, a diverse coalition of farmers, conservationists, anti-hunger and healthy food advocates working to sustain local farms and stop the loss of Connecticut farmland. The Windsor-based Alliance is a project of American Farmland Trust. |
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| April 4, 2013 |
| Centre County Official Wins Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Local Heroes Award |
| State College, Penn.—Norm Lathbury of Centre Hall, Penn. was named winner of American Farmland Trust’s Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Local Heroes Award. The award, which is given in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association, recognizes outstanding efforts to protect farmland, promote environmentally sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land. |
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| March 21, 2013 |
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Centre County to Host Statewide Farmland Preservation Conference April 4
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| Washington, D.C.—Representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and American Farmland Trust will kick off a discussion of the economic and environmental challenges and opportunities related to protecting the Commonwealth’s farms during the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association’s (PFPA) spring conference on April 4. |
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| March 21, 2013 |
| No Farms No Food® Rally Participants Urge State Lawmakers to Protect Farmland, Support Next Generation of Farmers and Buy Food Grown in New York |
| Albany, N.Y.—Sixteen lobby teams met with over 70 New York State legislators last week at American Farmland Trust’s fourth annual No Farms No Food® Rally to urge them to protect farmland from development, aid the next generation of farmers in accessing land, and encourage state institutions—such as colleges, hospitals, and emergency food providers—to buy food that is grown in New York. |
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| March 13, 2013 |
| No Farms No Food Rally Participants Urge State Lawmakers to Protect Farmland, Support Next Generation of Farmers and Buy Food Grown in New York |
| Albany, N.Y.— Participants in American Farmland Trust’s fourth annual No Farms No Food® Rally urge Governor Cuomo and state legislators to protect farmland from development, aid the next generation of farmers in accessing land, and encourage state institutions—such as colleges, hospitals, and emergency food providers—to buy food that is grown in New York. |
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| February 14, 2013 |
| American Farmland Trust Supports Protect Our Prairies Act |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Farmland Trust (AFT) commends Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.) for today introducing the Protect Our Prairies Act, HR 686.
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| February 14, 2013 |
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5 Million Acres of Farm and Ranch Land Permanently Protected for Future Generations
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Northampton, Mass.— According to new data from American Farmland Trust’s Farmland Information Center, at least 5 million acres of U.S. farm and ranch land have been permanently protected by state and local purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs and private land trusts. PACE programs are publicly funded programs that buy conservation easements from willing landowners to keep land available for agriculture. Land trusts are private conservation organizations that protect natural resources by acquiring land and conservation easements.
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| January 17, 2013 |
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Report Finds San Joaquin Valley Communities Are Failing to Conserve the Best Farmland
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| Davis, Calif. — Despite their good intentions, local governments in the San Joaquin Valley are not doing enough to conserve irreplaceable farmland as cities continue to expand at low density over the most fertile land in the region, according to a new report by American Farmland Trust. |
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| January 9, 2013 |
| American Farmland Trust President Jon Scholl Stepping Down |
| Washington, D.C.— American Farmland Trust (AFT) President Jon Scholl announced plans to step down this summer after a five-year term as the head of the nation’s leading farmland conservation organization. |
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| January 8, 2013 |
80 Northeast Agricultural Professionals Selected for Farmland Advisors Training Program
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— Vanessa Johnson has spent the last two and a half years of her career at the Essex County Greenbelt Association in Massachusetts helping to protect the region’s natural areas and farms. Now, she is learning about new ways to help farmers lease and buy farmland as a way to stop the loss of farmland and support the next generation of farmers. |
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