Talk:American Farmland Trust

96.255.171.145 (talk) 19:28, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Missing information
I clicked the Farm Bill facts external link and it is not working. AFT released a report in 2018 about the loss of farmland in the U.S. . They have a program with learning circles for women landowners. Haf&#38;haf2017 (talk) 15:13, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

NPOV issue
Came across this article and it sounded like a PR release, added NPOV tag and just saw previous comment from 6 years ago, it's still apt. -138.26.14.10 (talk) 03:06, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Puff piece
It's disheartening to see this article descend to the level of a publicity brochure. It looks like the text was lifted straight from an AFT web page. The article needed to be expanded, but not with such cheesy language. (See: Neutral point of view.) The article would also benefit from more historical information. After thirty years, someone must have written about AFT besides AFT. — ℜob C. alias ᴀʟᴀʀoʙ 21:36, 3 January 2011 (UTC) Haf&#38;haf2017 (talk) 15:13, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Expand
There is a wealth of excellent info online. Dozens of mentions in the NYTimes alone. This article needs to be expanded desperately. Thriley (talk) 01:34, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Proposed revisions from AFT (to make article more accurate)
American Farmland Trust is a nonprofit organization in the United States that works 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. Its headquarters are in Washington, D.C., and it has regional offices throughout the country. AFT also runs the Farmland Information Center, an online collection of information on farmland and ranchland protection and stewardship established as a public-private partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

A group of farmers, ranchers, and conservationists, including Margaret (Peggy) Rockefeller, Patrick Noonan and William K. Reilly, founded AFT in 1980. Norm Berg, former chief of the Soil Conservation Service (now the Natural Resources Conservation Service), was an AFT senior advisor for 25 years. Otto C. Doering III, a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, and Jim Moseley, former USDA Deputy Secretary, serve on AFT's board of directors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.171.145 (talk) 18:31, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

AFT was one of the first agricultural land trust in the nation, and is the only one with a national scope. In 1985, AFT protected Wolfe’s Neck Farm with an agricultural conservation easement.
 * ✅: Cleaned up all citations and updated Lead and History with the information that was struck through. Will continue to work on this. Heartmusic678 (talk) 17:31, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Heartmusic678

AFT has played a direct role in establishing state farmland protection programs nationwide. In 1994, with AFT’s help, Peninsula Township, Michigan, created the first publicly funded farmland protection program in the Midwest.


 * I couldn't find the above detail with the given citation. I will look for another source to confirm this part of the edit proposal is accurate. Heartmusic678 (talk) 20:29, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Heartmusic678

In 2000, AFT helped launch Smart Growth America.

AFT has helped to create state and local land trusts throughout the country, including the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust in 1995 and the Texas Agricultural Land Trust in 2006.

In 2012, with the Electric Power Research Institute, AFT launched the first water quality trading program in the United States to reduce runoff in the Ohio River basin,  receiving the U.S. Water Prize for this work.

AFT leads Farm to Institution New York State, which connects New York farms to publicly funded institution in the state.
 * ✅: Researched and formatted citations, added the above History details. Still working on this. Heartmusic678 (talk) 17:51, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Heartmusic678

AFT promotes farming practices that improve soil health as a way to bring about multiple environmental benefits including carbon sequestration. AFT was a primary player in building agricultural support for the failed Waxman-Markey Bill of 2009. In 2017, AFT become the first impact partner of the United States Climate Alliance. In 2020, AFT released the CaRPE Tool, a tool to assess the carbon sequestration potential of farms it developed in concert with USDA.

In 2020, AFT launched the Farmer Relief Fund, which provided grants of up to $1,000 to small and mid-size direct-market producers. In 2020, AFT became a national sponsor of the Leopold Conservation Award.96.255.171.145 (talk) 19:40, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅: Formatted and verified citations in addition.Heartmusic678 (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2021 (UTC)Heartmusic678

Federal Policy
AFT has helped to shape U.S. farm bills since 1985. AFT published the report, “Soil Conservation in America: What Do We Have to Lose?” in 1984 and was a leading member of the conservation coalition that played a significant role in the development of the Food Security Act of 1985 which established the Conservation Reserve Program. Work by AFT contributed to the improvement and expansion of federal agriculture programs in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, including the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Reserve Program. In the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, AFT led an advocacy effort that increased funding for the Agriculture Conservation Easement Program (the successor to the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program); by $2 billion over 10 years.
 * ✅: Added information after researching and formatting citations; made minor language edits. Heartmusic678 (talk) 15:06, 28 May 2021 (UTC)Heartmusic678

Campaign
In August 2020, AFT launched the campaign "Farming Is Our Future." AFT's goals are to double the amount of permanently protected farmland and reduce current loss by 75%, adopt regenerative practices at scale so that agriculture captures more carbon than it emits, and help 600,000 new farmers and ranchers get started and succeed, all by 2040.

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 * ✅: Updated heading and succeeding paragraph, per edit request. Cleaned up first citation. The second sentence is a direct quote that needed a citation. Heartmusic678 (talk) 19:52, 26 May 2021 (UTC)Heartmusic678