Farmers Combat Climate Change in New York
State: New York
Farmers Combat Climate Change in New York
AFT’s Farmers Combat Climate Change project in New York aims to elevate the role of farmers and farmland to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Landowners and Farmers Partnering for Clean Water in the Great Lakes
Nearly 284 million acres of U.S. land—or 31 percent of the nation’s land in farms— are owned and rented out by “non-operating” landowners—landowners who do not farm—many of whom are women. This dynamic can make the decision to implement conservation practices a complicated one for both farmers and landowners.
Protecting Farms in New York
AFT works to protect farmland in New York through advocacy and informing planning for agriculture.
FarmStory
Real stories about the challenges farmers face in their efforts to keep their land in agriculture, day to day and generation to generation.
Quantifying Economic and Environmental Benefits of Soil Health
To provide the economic evidence that soil health practices work, AFT is interviewing “soil health successful” farmers who have adopted one or more soil health practices on their operation.
Women for the Land
AFT helps women farmers and landowners protect their land and embrace conservation.