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American Farmland Trust (AFT) is a non-profit organization in the United States with a mission to protect farmland, promote environmentally sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land. AFT is staffed by farmers, policy experts, researchers, and scientists, and governed by a board of directors.
Jennifer Lester Moffitt (born 1980) is an American organic farmer and government official from California who served as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the United States Department of Agriculture in the Biden administration; she was the first woman to hold this position.
Dennis C. "Denny" Wolff (born September 9, 1951) is an American farmer, non-profit founder, and former public official who was the 2018 Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania's (newly re-drawn) 9th Congressional District.
The number of easements within state programs, which comprise nearly half the nation’s protected acreage, has grown by about 20% over the last five years, according to the American Farmland ...
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Peggy Rockefeller plaque at Stone Barns Center. Margaret Rockefeller was the sole founder of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and was its chair for a number of years. [9] The Trust has conserved around 66,000 acres and many buildings in Maine and works towards keeping wildlife habitats, establishing public access to the coast, and providing educational support. [10]
According to the Agriculture Department, foreign ownership of U.S. land has nearly doubled in the past decade to over 40 million acres. The most recent Agriculture Department report, released with ...
Clayton Keith Yeutter, ONZM (/ ˈ j aɪ t ər /; December 10, 1930 – March 4, 2017) [1] was an American politician who served as United States secretary of agriculture under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991 before serving as counselor to the president in 1992.