Grantee Profile: American Farmland Trust

For continued support of efforts to stimulate creation of environmental market institutions for Washington State agriculture.

Regions

• Washington

Program Areas

• Ecosystem Services

AFT Pacific Northwest Field Office

To investigate the potential for ecosystem service markets to serve as an incentive for improved farming practices and farmland conservation in Washington State.

Regions

• Washington

Program Areas

• Ecosystem Services

AFT Pacific Northwest Field Office

To support AFT's Northwest representative who will conduct outreach, advocacy and public education about the newly created state Office of Farmland ProtectionÍs draft policy recommendations to prevent loss of farmland.

Regions

• Washington

Program Areas

• Inactive Programs

AFT Pacific Northwest Field Office

The grant supports the Pacific Northwest Field Office's outreach and organizing campaign to prepare for the 2007 reauthorization of the federal Farm Bill.

Regions

• Washington

Program Areas

• Inactive Programs

AFT Pacific Northwest Field Office

The grant supported the Pacific Northwest field office's research, constituent outreach, and policy development in Washington State to inform a national effort to bring about fundamental reform of farm policy.

Regions

• Washington

Program Areas

• Inactive Programs

AFT Pacific Northwest Field Office

The grant supported a project to educate Northwest farmers about Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements, and to encourage use of this tool to prevent urbanization and degradation of Northwest farmland.

Regions

• Washington
• Idaho
• Oregon

Program Areas

• Inactive Programs

AFT Pacific Northwest Field Office