Resilient Agriculture West
Mission Area: Promoting Sound Farming Practices
Resilient Agriculture West
Resilient Agriculture West is an American Farmland Trust initiative that works to increase climate resilience of Western farmers and ranchers.
Avoided Conversion
Climate change mitigation refers to reducing climate change by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions or enhancing the storage of carbon dioxide in soils, forests, and oceans. The Climate and Farms Under Threat teams at American Farmland Trust are working to estimate the mitigation benefits of conservation easements on agricultural lands that are under threat of development to non-agricultural uses and part of a buffer zone around already developed areas.
AFT-Cargill Soil Health Training Videos
American Farmland Trust and Cargill partnered to produce educational videos for use by corn and soybean farmers interested in adopting soil health practices, such as cover crops, reduced tillage, and nutrient management.
Old Homestead Alpacas
Elaine; owner of Old Homestead Alpacas in Walla Walla deals with wind that is a significant challenge to the flower subscription that she offers from the flowers she grows. She will use the Brighter Future Fund award to put up a strong chain-link slat fence on the property line that will more effectively stop the winds.
Three Dogs Seed Farm
In Northern Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Dani Fegan of Three Dogs Seed Farm is saving culturally important and climate-adapted seeds of foods, plants, and medicines for her community’s food sovereignty and security. She used the Brighter Future Fund grant money to have a groundwater well drilled on the property.
Bodega Bay Ranch
California Ranch at Bodega is using prescribed fires and grazing as ways to mitigate uncontrolled fires more effectively, cheaply, and in the case of grazing, create an economic benefit. Learn more and how AFT’s Brighter Fund farm grant assisted in a water system to safely handle these prescribed burns.
Sweet Jones Farm
Meet Quincy with Sweet Jones Farm LLC, a family owned and operated, mixed produce Louisiana farm. They sell directly to consumers through CSA, service. Quincy is using the Brighter Future Fund award towards supporting 10 families grow their own food with raised beds, vegetable seedlings, and guidance on how to care for the plants.
Solar Leasing: A Guide for the Pacific Northwest
Read American Farmland Trust’s guidebook that provides agricultural landowners with the tools and skills to make informed decisions on solar leasing, and to better anticipate production losses and avoid costly legal conflicts.
Regenerate Virginia
Regenerate Virginia outlines an action plan to tackle the issues of farmland loss and land access head-on. Proposing a suite of initiatives that would protect hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable agricultural acres over the next two decades, the plan aims to secure the foundation of farming—land—in the Commonwealth.
The Synergies of Soil Health Systems for Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Carbon Sequestration: Modeling Key Cash Crops Across the USA
AFT is partnering with Regrow and USDA ARS to link OpTIS with DNDC. Aiming to equip farmers, crop advisors, policy makers, and conservation planners with the best science to date demonstrating that agriculture can play a significant role in mitigating climate change, improving water quality and overall farm resilience.