American Farmland Trust Hires Mitch Hunter

American Farmland Trust Welcomes Mitch Hunter
as Federal Agriculture and Environmental Policy Analyst

CONTACT:

Jennifer Morrill: 301-792-6238 (cell), jmorrill@farmland.org

Washington, D.C., July 30, 2010 —Mitch Hunter has joined the American Farmland Trust (AFT) as Federal Agriculture and Environmental Policy Analyst. He will be working closely with Dennis Nuxoll, AFT’s Managing Director of Federal Policy, on issues such as the 2012 Farm Bill, clean energy and climate legislation.

Hunter worked with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), covering agriculture and environmental policy. He comes to AFT from Harvard University’s Office of Sustainability where he helped implement a greenhouse gas reduction goal for the school.

Hunter’s interest in agriculture stems from childhood summers spent on his grandparents’ farm in Illinois. He has also worked on western ranches, including the Deep Springs College Ranch. Hunter attended Deep Springs College before transferring to Harvard University. There, he completed his degree in Government, and wrote his senior thesis on the farm bill.

Mitch Hunter can be reached at 202-378-1220, or via e-mail at mhunter@farmland.org.

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American Farmland Trust is the nation’s leading conservation organization dedicated to saving America’s farm and ranch land, promoting environmentally sound farming practices and supporting a sustainable future for farms. Since its founding in 1980 by a group of farmers and citizens concerned about the rapid loss of farmland to development, AFT has helped save millions of acres of farmland from development and led the way for the adoption of conservation practices on millions more.

AFT’s national office is located in Washington, DC. Phone: 202-331-7300. For more information, visit www.farmland.org.