AFT's Leadership

Working for clean water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions

Fighting for better policies

Advancing smart growth and better development practices

Promoting environmentally responsible farming practices

Connecting communities to local foods' markets

Learn About the Issues 

• Hot Topic: Renewable Energy
  Renewable fuels that are good for the environment
• Farmers growing greener
  Agriculture's role in climate change
  
• A low-carbon economy
  Harnessing farms and forests to offset carbon
• The land use connection
  Better planning for a healthier planet
• A plan for the future
  Presidential Climate Action Plan released
  
• Food: a frequent flyer
  Our food is traveling more than ever from farm to fork
• A warming world and our food supply
  A look at agriculture production in 2080

Farmers and Ranchers Making a Difference

Millions of New York City residents have clean drinking water, thanks to help from healthy farms in the Catskill Mountains and farmers like Tom Hutson. Hutson was one of the first farmers to participate in programs to reduce organic pollution in the Catskill/Delaware reservoir systems. more