The American Farmland Trust is a peach of an organization!
The American Farmland Trust is an amazing resource for land information, environmental inititives and farming issues. Please visit their site & donate to this very important organization. South Carolina has benefited from their educational programs, the farm to table program-that gets local grown fresh produce into school cafeterias and they published a Landowners Guide for the State with all of the benefits and programs available to farmers from all possible sources- see what AFT has and can do for your state. This organization is working on the front lines of renewable energy, sustainable farms and environmental issues that affect us all: "No farms, No food"!
'no farms, no food' - Exactly! what is renewable energy again?
Kara- Thanks for the comment. Check-out the AFT website and find out about wind energy, bio fuels and other ways nature provides renewable energy sources. Afterall, once you burn a fossil fuel it is gone.
Jane, I "clicked" your link and went to The National Farmland Trust site. Very interesting.
Bill Roberts
Bill, thanks for finding out about AFT. They can be an amazing resource for any agricultural clients you may have.
Thanks for the link! I'm going to be sharing it with the folks at my Central Texas Food-Centrics Meetup and see if I can generate some interest in supporting this (and the farmers and ranchers who grow our food).
Tricia, The farm to school lunch program has been a booming success, good luck & thanks for the comment.
If you don't think we need farmers, don't talk with your mouth full. Thanks for the link!
Andrew, Thanks for taking the time to read & comment. AFT has a lot of great programs and information for everyone- No Farms, No Food- Keep growing!
I loved my Uncles Farm and it is a good place to visit.
Carol, Thanks for bringing this post back-up. With the current world situation, local farming will become more important than ever!
Carol,
Thanks for the post. It is easy to forget all the great resources we have at our hands and AR is a resource that leads to all the others.
Sabrins, thanks for reading this post! The farm to school program is wonderful.