Brian Brandt
Agriculture Conservation Innovations Initiative Director
Brian directs one of AFT’s national initiatives, Ag Conservation Innovations, which is focused on utilizing conservation finance and sustainability principles to support the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices. Over Brian's 25 year career at AFT, he has played a principal role in AFT’s efforts to engage the agricultural industry in developing environmental service markets in the Ohio River Basin and the upper Midwest and in the effort to develop innovative risk management tools to increase BMP adoption. More recently, Brian has led efforts to develop new markets for agricultural products, developed and piloted incentive frameworks to support farmer implementation of regenerative practices and the development of innovative stewardship training models for landowners, farmers, students and ag stakeholders. Brian is a part-time farmer and grew up on a hog and cash-grain farm in Ohio. He holds a Bachelor of Science in agronomy from The Ohio State University.
