​ American Farmland Trust Celebrates Legislative Victories for Farmland Protection

Washington, DC – American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement No Farms No Food, supports today’s passage of the House Farm Bill as an important milestone for farmland and ranchland protection and a vital step in the passage of a timely 2018 Farm Bill. The Farm Bill provides essential funding for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), along with other important conservation programs and beginning farmer programs.
AFT’s recent report, “Farms Under Threat: The State of America’s Farmland”, showed that the loss of farmland is serious and accelerating. Almost 31 million acres was lost to development between 1992…