Saving Farmland

America has been losing more than an acre of farm and ranch land every minute to development. We’re working with communities, states and at the federal level to protect our nation’s farm and ranch land.
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Growing Local

At farmers’ markets, restaurants, grocery stores, school cafeterias and communities across America, people are searching for healthy food that’s grown on nearby farms. Meeting this demand will take more farms, more farmers and more farmland growing local food.
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Protecting the Environment

As the single largest user of land and water resources in America, farms and ranches can be a key part of the solution to the nation’s most critical environmental challenges, including water quality and climate change.
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The America’s Favorite Farmers Markets!™ contest is closed! Congratulations to each and every one of the farmers market managers and customers who made the contest happen though their participation. Over 50,000 people helped us reach our goal of making a national splash aboutfarmers markets and the farms they support! Check out the top twenty in each category.

Farm and Food Voices

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AFT In Your State

AFT has been instrumental in developing the many successful state and local policy initiatives that focus on farmland protection and local food systems.