New England
American Farmland Trust has been on the ground in New England since 1985 – working to expand support for farms and farmland from Maine to Rhode Island.
Protecting New England’s threatened farms and farmland has never been more important.
Farming has an enduring and vital presence in the six-state region – from the dairy farms and maple sugarhouses of Vermont, to the cranberry bogs of Massachusetts, and blueberry fields of Maine.
But in the last 60 years, New England has lost 80% of its farmland.
Due to population growth, development, and sprawl from our cities, the land left to produce food in New England is small—just 5%.
At AFT, we are working to save the land—for our economy, way of life, and ability to feed ourselves.
