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Taking a Risk on the Farm Proves Economically Rewarding, Environmentally Beneficial 21 Mar 2013 | 12:15 am
Three years before the Maryland Department of Agriculture revised nutrient management regulations a BMP Challenge crop adviser, Don Moore (AET Agricultural Consulting) took the initiative and partnere...
A Vision for California Agriculture: An Interview with Edward Thompson, Jr., California Director, American Farmland Trust 20 Dec 2012 | 01:24 am
What brought you to this kind of work and has kept you engaged for your 32 years with American Farmland Trust (AFT)? I started out as an environmental lawyer at the Environmental Defense Fund back in ...
Preserving Clean Water and Viable Farms in the Mid-Atlantic: An Interview with Jim Baird, Mid-Atlantic Director, American Farmland Trust 20 Dec 2012 | 01:23 am
What brought you to American Farmland Trust (AFT) and has kept you engaged over the past five years? I don’t have a farm background but I did overseas work for a long time in sustainable agriculture a...
Protecting Farmland by the Acre—and the Inch—in the Midwest: An Interview with Mike Baise, Midwest Director, American Farmland Trust 20 Dec 2012 | 01:09 am
What first brought you to American Farmland Trust (AFT) and what has kept you engaged in your first year with the organization? I grew up on a grain and livestock farm in central Illinois and worked i...
Planning for Food and Agriculture in New England: An Interview with Cris Coffin, New England Director, American Farmland Trust 20 Dec 2012 | 01:01 am
What brought you to American Farmland Trust (AFT) and has kept you engaged in your work over the past 11 years? I was first introduced to AFT when our former president, Ralph Grossi, along with AFT Sp...
Spreading the No Farms No Food® Message in New York: An Interview with David Haight, New York Director, American Farmland Trust 20 Dec 2012 | 12:57 am
What brought you to American Farmland Trust and what has kept you here for 13 years? I grew up in a very rural part of Upstate New York in a community that was dominated by dairy farms and apple trees...
Advocating for Farmland Forever in the Pacific Northwest: An Interview with Dennis Canty, Pacific Northwest Director, American Farmland Trust 20 Dec 2012 | 12:48 am
What brought you to at American Farmland Trust and has kept you engaged during your two years here? I’ve actually known about the organization since the early 1980’s and I’ve had a pretty strong inter...
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Today is World Soil Day. The observance dates back to its original recognition in 2002 by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite...
American Farmland Trust Recognizes World Soil Day 5 Dec 2012 | 06:18 pm
Today is World Soil Day. The observance dates back to its original recognition in 2002 by the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite...
Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl Reminder to Continue Investment in Farmland Conservation 17 Nov 2012 | 02:53 am
“Out of the long list of nature’s gifts to man, none is perhaps so utterly essential to human life as soil.” – Hugh Hammond Bennett, first chief of the Soil Conservation Service Award-winning filmmake...
