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Please use a new browser like Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Microsoft Edge to improve your experience. Special Collections Search our collections All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Clear Filters Filters Sort All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Search My Results Clear Filters Relevance All Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Search My Results Clear Filters 16 results Sort by Relevance Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Publication Reports and Guides New York Greener Fields: Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in Farming in New York New York State has made a strong commitment to fighting climate change, establishing a goal of reducing statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 percent by 2050. This report has found that keeping land in farming and promoting good stewardship of the land—while encouraging new development in cities, village... View More Published: May 2017 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Sanaz Arjomand and David Haight Publication Reports and Guides California Greener Fields: California Communities Combating Climate Change American Farmland Trust’s California Greener Fields project promotes keeping land in farming and managing land sustainably as essential to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the state. This fact is especially important considering California's goal of reducing statewide GHG emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Resear... View More Published: August 2018 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: American Farmland Trust Publication Reports and Guides California Soil Health Case Studies American Farmland Trust (AFT) and partners developed these compelling and easy-to-read two-page soil health economic and environmental case studies featuring “soil health successful farmers.” They can be used by farmers and the greater members of the farm conservation community to learn about the costs and benefits... View More Published: December 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Justin Bodell, Brian Brandt + 14 Authors Media Webinars Connecticut Smart Solar Siting in New England Webinar Series American Farmland Trust, Acadia Center, Conservation Law Foundation, Vote Solar, and Vermont Law School partnered for a four-part webinar series sharing outcomes from our joint two-year project seeking to reduce conflicts over the siting of solar facilities. View More Date: September 23, 2020 Author: Emily Cole Publisher: American Farmland Trust Publication Reports and Guides National A Guide to Water Quality, Climate, Social, and Economic Outcomes Estimation Tools: Quantifying Outcomes to Accelerate Farm Conservation Practice Adoption This guide provides outcomes quantification information that could be useful to managers of projects funded by NRCS, the USEPA, state and local programs, and corporations with supply chain sustainability goals. The guide features seven water quality tools, three climate tools, one social tool, and three economic tools that can be... View More Published: December 2020 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Michelle Perez, PhD and Emily Cole + 1 Author Publication Reports and Guides California Soil Health Farmer Profiles AFT developed these Soil Health Grower Profiles to increase adoption of soil healthpractices among farmers by providing evidence of economic and environmental benefits. AFT recognizes that many growers are hesitant to adoptregenerativepracticessuch as cover cropping and compost application,due to uncertainty about costs,... View More Published: June 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Paul Lum Publication Reports and Guides National Evaluating the Untapped Potential of U.S. Conservation Investments to Improve Soil and Environmental Health There is increasing enthusiasm around the concept of soil health, and as a result, new public and private initiatives are being developed to increase soil health-related practices on working lands in the United States. In addition, billions of U.S. public dollars are dedicated annually toward soil conservation programs, and yet, it i... View More Published: November 2020 Author: Andrea Basche, Katherine Tully + 1 Author Media Webinars New York Designing Solar Land Use Laws that Protect Productive Farmland Learn about designing solar land use laws that protect productive farmland in New York through a webinar hosted by American Farmland Trust in July 2019. View More Date: March 8, 2021 Author: Samantha Levy, George Frantz + 1 Author Publisher: American Farmland Trust Load More We Are Here to Help Need help finding the right information or resource to help save farmland? Farmland Protection Directory Find a land trust or public program to protect your farm and ranch land. Directory Ask an Expert Have a question? Need help? Send an email or call to speak with FIC staff We Can Help Browse by State Search reports, laws, statistics and sample documents for your state. State Resources x Help Us Improve This Site
Special Collections Search our collections All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Clear Filters Filters Sort All Content All Content Data/StatisticsLawsMediaPublicationsSample DocumentsToolsWebpages Search My Results Clear Filters Relevance All Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Search My Results Clear Filters 16 results Sort by Relevance Relevance Alphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-ANewest to OldestOldest to Newest Publication Reports and Guides New York Greener Fields: Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in Farming in New York New York State has made a strong commitment to fighting climate change, establishing a goal of reducing statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 percent by 2050. This report has found that keeping land in farming and promoting good stewardship of the land—while encouraging new development in cities, village... View More Published: May 2017 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Sanaz Arjomand and David Haight Publication Reports and Guides California Greener Fields: California Communities Combating Climate Change American Farmland Trust’s California Greener Fields project promotes keeping land in farming and managing land sustainably as essential to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the state. This fact is especially important considering California's goal of reducing statewide GHG emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Resear... View More Published: August 2018 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: American Farmland Trust Publication Reports and Guides California Soil Health Case Studies American Farmland Trust (AFT) and partners developed these compelling and easy-to-read two-page soil health economic and environmental case studies featuring “soil health successful farmers.” They can be used by farmers and the greater members of the farm conservation community to learn about the costs and benefits... View More Published: December 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Justin Bodell, Brian Brandt + 14 Authors Media Webinars Connecticut Smart Solar Siting in New England Webinar Series American Farmland Trust, Acadia Center, Conservation Law Foundation, Vote Solar, and Vermont Law School partnered for a four-part webinar series sharing outcomes from our joint two-year project seeking to reduce conflicts over the siting of solar facilities. View More Date: September 23, 2020 Author: Emily Cole Publisher: American Farmland Trust Publication Reports and Guides National A Guide to Water Quality, Climate, Social, and Economic Outcomes Estimation Tools: Quantifying Outcomes to Accelerate Farm Conservation Practice Adoption This guide provides outcomes quantification information that could be useful to managers of projects funded by NRCS, the USEPA, state and local programs, and corporations with supply chain sustainability goals. The guide features seven water quality tools, three climate tools, one social tool, and three economic tools that can be... View More Published: December 2020 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Michelle Perez, PhD and Emily Cole + 1 Author Publication Reports and Guides California Soil Health Farmer Profiles AFT developed these Soil Health Grower Profiles to increase adoption of soil healthpractices among farmers by providing evidence of economic and environmental benefits. AFT recognizes that many growers are hesitant to adoptregenerativepracticessuch as cover cropping and compost application,due to uncertainty about costs,... View More Published: June 2024 Publisher: American Farmland Trust Author: Paul Lum Publication Reports and Guides National Evaluating the Untapped Potential of U.S. Conservation Investments to Improve Soil and Environmental Health There is increasing enthusiasm around the concept of soil health, and as a result, new public and private initiatives are being developed to increase soil health-related practices on working lands in the United States. In addition, billions of U.S. public dollars are dedicated annually toward soil conservation programs, and yet, it i... View More Published: November 2020 Author: Andrea Basche, Katherine Tully + 1 Author Media Webinars New York Designing Solar Land Use Laws that Protect Productive Farmland Learn about designing solar land use laws that protect productive farmland in New York through a webinar hosted by American Farmland Trust in July 2019. View More Date: March 8, 2021 Author: Samantha Levy, George Frantz + 1 Author Publisher: American Farmland Trust Load More We Are Here to Help Need help finding the right information or resource to help save farmland? Farmland Protection Directory Find a land trust or public program to protect your farm and ranch land. Directory Ask an Expert Have a question? Need help? Send an email or call to speak with FIC staff We Can Help Browse by State Search reports, laws, statistics and sample documents for your state. State Resources x Help Us Improve This Site
