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Delmarva Farmland Strategy Project
AFT initiated the Delmarva Farmland Strategy Project to bring new tools to communities that are struggling to accommodate change and growth while retaining a profitable agricultural sector. Included in the project is a suite of low-cost studies using each community's financial, land use and economic records and statistics to bring a local perspective to decisions about land use, fiscal and economic issues. These tools can change the dialogue in a community from speculation to projection and from emotion to analysis. more
Delaware Is Saving Farmland
 Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program is the state’s farmland protection program. There are now 129,163 acres in 519 Agricultural Preservation Districts and district expansions in Delaware. The program has been successful in striking a balance between two important goals: preserving a critical mass of crop and forest land and open space to sustain Delaware's number one industry and quality of life, and providing landowners an opportunity to preserve their land in the face of increasing development pressures and decreasing commodity values. More Information: Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program
The Apple as Planet Earth
Do you know how much of the earth is suitable for farming? Watch this short animated presentation and learn why protecting our farmland is so important.
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A new farm bill, what’s in it for Delaware?
Energy and environmental policies are a priority for President Obama’s Administration. At the heart of these issues lies American farmland. Agriculture can be part of the solution if the correct policies are enacted. Read our 9 for ’09 policy recommendations and ask President Obama to engage agriculture in these critical issues.
Contact Us
Jim Baird
Mid-Atlantic States Director
1200 18th Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
(p) 202-378-1235 (f) 202-659-8339
jbaird@farmland.org
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