Jiff Martin is AFT’s New England Field Representative and Project Director for the Working Lands Alliance (WLA).
Martin’s prior experience includes working toward sustainable food and agriculture policy on behalf of Hartford Food System; conducting field research on food emergencies and trade economies in Eastern Africa for USAID; and teaching public school in New Orleans. She has also received the Merit Award from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation for grassroots advocacy.
Martin has a M.A. in Development Economics from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a M.S. in Food Policy from Tufts School of Nutrition. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan. Martin hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in 2001 and is currently devoted to community gardening, including small-scale retail of cut flowers in the Hartford city farmers' market.
