2010 Annual Report - American Farmland Trust

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Saving the Land 

that Sustains Us 

American Farmland Trust (AFT) 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. As the vital 

link among farmers, conservationists and 

policy makers, we’re focused on ensuring the 

availability of the land that provides fresh 

food, a healthy environment and lasting 

rural landscapes. Since our founding in 1980 

by a group of farmers and conservationists 

concerned about the rapid loss of farmland 

to development, we’ve helped to save 

more than three million acres of farm 

and ranch land and led the way for 

the adoption of conservation 

practices on millions more. 

FRom the leAdeRship 

When we asked readers of 

our online newsletter to 

vote on a cover for this 

annual report, we had an inkling 

the cow would win. Many people 

love cows, and a pretty brown Jersey 

named Jet is hard to resist. 

Miranda Kaiser Jon Scholl 

Jet lives on a grass-based dairy 

farm in the Pacific Northwest, but she is part of a much larger story: one 

that includes consumers and farmers, animals and plants, the land and 

waterways and countless other resources nationwide. 

It is American Farmland Trust’s mission to make sure our farms, 

food and environment are as healthy and viable as possible. That means 

supporting farmers so they can make a living growing food, fiber and renewable 

energy for America and the world. It also means helping farmers 

have the resources they need to practice conservation on their land 

while resisting the siren’s call from developers. And it means building 

bridges between urban and rural residents while educating consumers 

and communities about the importance of American Farmland Trust’s 

longtime motto, No Farms, No Food.® 

As the nation’s leading advocate for farm and ranch land conservation, 

American Farmland Trust has been working hard to save the land 

and keep thriving farms in our communities for more than 30 years. We 

couldn’t have done it without your help. 

With your support in 2010, we continued our work in the corridors of 

Congress, state houses and town halls around the country to design better 

policies for farms, food and the land. We pioneered new programs to 

reward farmers for farming in ways that protect the soil, water, climate 

and wildlife. We collaborated with farmers, land trusts and communities 

on programs that protect agricultural land in perpetuity. And we 

educated tens of thousands of consumers on the importance of supporting 

famers, farmers markets and healthy food—while working to keep 

local food and farmland available for communities around the country. 

For more than 30 years, American Farmland Trust has worked to 

save our nation’s farms. Today—because of your support and that of 

many others—we are making significant progress. Working together, we 

can ensure a bright future for our nation’s farms, food and environment. 

Thank you for all that you do to save the land that sustains us! 

Sincerely, 

miranda kaiser jon scholl 

Board Chair President 

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In 2010, American Farmland Trust 

continued to make progress in 

preserving farmland, protecting the 

environment and strengthening communities. 

In a few of our highlights from the year, we: 

• Directed the California Ag Vision project, 

which brought agricultural leaders together 

to create a statewide agenda that addresses 

the many challenges faced by California’s 

farmers and ranchers. 

• Coordinated the New England Farm & 

Food Security Initiative, a critical effort to 

strengthen food and farming in the six New 

England states by better supporting agriculture 

while improving the region’s economy, 

environment and public health. 

• Organized a No Farms, No Food® Rally in 

New York's state capital that led to 

the creation of a New York 

Farm and Food Alliance 

to advocate for state funding and policies 

that protect farmland. 

• Launched a major new multi-year project 

in Illinois to help farmers reduce the fertilizer 

that leaves their farms and to monitor 

resulting water quality improvements in the 

Mississippi River Basin. 

• Published the Washington Guide to 

Environmental Markets for Farmers and 

Ranchers—a first-of-its-kind effort to 

educate farmers about emerging markets 

that could pay them for providing environmental 

benefits like clean water and 

renewable energy. 

• Worked with a group of Pennsylvania 

farmers to generate nitrogen credits via 

AFT’s BMP Challenge program and make the 

credits available to the Pennsylvania Water 

Quality Trading program, demonstrating 

how a successful environmental 

market can work. 

successes 

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successes 

• Performed the first major national 

analysis of farmland conversion 

and protection in five years using data 

from the newly released USDA National 

Resources Inventory. 

• Laid the groundwork for the first 

National Agricultural Landscapes 

Forum with The Farm Foundation and 

USDA to be held in early 2011 as part of 

a comprehensive effort to assess future 

demands on U.S. land resources. 

• Reached tens of thousands of consumers 

with our No Farms No Food® message 

through several recent campaigns, 

including our America’s Favorite Farmers 

Market Contest and Dine Out for 

Farms, a nationwide partnership with 

restaurants supportive of local farms 

and food. 

• Prepared for the upcoming debate over 

the 2012 Farm Bill by developing a 

strategic plan, exploring partnerships, 

planning farmer workshops and drafting 

papers on key issues and policy options. 

• Helped secure legislation that 

protects the federal estate tax exemption, 

resulting in less pressure for 

some families to convert farmland into 

urban uses. 

• Advanced the long-term dialogue on 

climate change by publishing studies, 

including one in partnership with the 

National Association of Wheat Growers, 

that confirm the beneficial net economic 

impacts for agriculture from climate 

legislation.

summary of activities 

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 

support and revenue fy 2010 

Contributions from 

Members and Donors $ 2,772,000 

Foundations (See Note 1) 1,795,000 

Corporations 30,000 

Governments 1,167,000 

Nonprofits and Other Organizations 368,000 

Bequests 712,000 

Interest and Other Income 2,928,000 

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) (See Note 2) 884,000 

Total Revenue and Other Income $ 10,656,000 

Notes: 

1. In compliance with FASB Statement No. 116 and 117, all 

written unconditional promises to give in the current 

and future years must be fully recognized in the year of 

notification. 

2. In compliance with FASB Statement No. 124, all investments 

in equity securities with readily determinable fair value are 

reported at their fair value. The net unrealized gains (losses) 

reflect the increase (decrease) in fair value in FY 2010. 

Additional financial statements are available upon request. 

expenses fy 2010 

State and Local Programs $ 4,619,000 

Research and Technical Education 53,000 

Federal and Public Policy 105,000 

Public Education 485,000 

Communication and Media Outreach 683,000 

Other Programs 147,000 

Total Programs 6,092,000 

Management & General 292,000 

Fundraising 1,345,000 

Membership 258,000 

Total Expenses $ 7,987,000 

net assets 

Beginning of Year $ 17,381,000 

End of Year 20,050,000 

Change in Net Assets $ 2,669,000 


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FrAmerS 

$50,000 and above 

John E. and Helen K. 

Cahill Fund of the Marin 

Community Foundation 

Thomas J. Gallo 

Gilman Ordway 

David Rockefeller 

Julia Harte Widdowson and 

Nigel Widdowson 

Anonymous (2) 

$20,000–$49,999 

The John P. McBride Family 

and the ABC Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Aram 

Shaw 

$10,000–$19,999 

Edward and Nina Bonnie 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher 

Buck 

Barbara O. David 

Elizabeth and Jesse Fink 

Sandra Frazier 

Neva Goodwin 

Nancy Hirshberg 

Governor and Mrs. 

Brereton C. Jones 

Helen Madeira 

Theodore and Denise Solso 

Stephen and Ann 

Stranahan 

Mr. and Mrs. John 

Winthrop, Jr. 

Matthew B. Winthrop 

Anonymous (1) 

$5,000–$9,999 

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse 

Bontecou 

Nina Brown de Clercq 

Antonio Elmaleh 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert French 

Coster and Alison Gerard 

Dorian Goldman and 

Marvin Israelow/ 

The Joyce and Irving 

Goldman Family 

Foundation 

Katja Goldman and Michael 

Sonnenfeldt/Joyce and 

Irving Goldman Family 

Foundation 

John and Vicki Hardin 

Mr. and Mrs. Loren A. Jahn 

Terry Jones 

Henry Lord 

Mary Waterman Lunt 

Mr. and Mrs. William 

Luyben 

Mary Mitsui 

William and Carol Palladini 

Fund of the 

El Adobe Corporation 

Robert Sajdak 

Mr. and Mrs. Constantine 

Sidamon-Eristoff 

Richard and Nan Walden 

Nancy Hamill Winter/ 

Hamill Family 

Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. John 

Winthrop, Sr. 

Anonymous (5) 

JOINerS 

$2,500–$4,999 

Elizabeth L. C. Beck 

Kathryn and Douglas 

Cochrane 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. 

Cooper 

Carol Gallun Craig 

Louisa and Robert 

Duemling 

Sally S. Greenleaf 

Lea Paine Highet 

Mr. and Mrs. George C. 

Hixon 

Miranda M. Kaiser 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen 

Kaplan 

Amy Longsworth and 

Douglas Horne 

Elizabeth Lurie 

Anne and George Mack 

John and Barbara 

Matsinger 

Frank R. Randall 

thank you! 

American Farmland Trust gratefully acknowledges the 

following individuals, foundations, corporations and 

organizations for their generous support during fiscal year 

2010 (October 1, 2009—September 30, 2010). 

The BArNrAISerS SOcIeTy 

The Barnraisers Society is a dedicated group of supporters providing 

American Farmland Trust with a high level of financial support 

and backing to advance our mission. 

David Scheuer 

Carla H. Skodinski 

Helen Swinton 

Serita Winthrop 

Anonymous (2) 

SAWyerS 

$1,000–$2,499 

Arthur A. Aleshire 

Dr. Alex Alexander 

Catherine H. Anderson 

The Applewood Fund at the 


Santa Cruz County 

Frances Armstrong 

Ann Axel 

Martin A. Bell 

Matthew Bender IV 

Keith Bishop 

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Black 

Mr. and Mrs. William Black 

Jabe Blumenthal and 

Julie Edsforth 

Allan and Marilyn Brown 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry 

Bruckheimer 

Molly Ross 

Magalen O. Bryant 

Mr. and Mrs. Ordway P. 

Burden 

Dorothy Campbell 

Dr. and Mrs. William 

Canady 

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas 

Carlile, Jr. 

John and Nancy Cassidy 

Robin and Lincoln Chesmer 

Adryon H. Clay 

Mr. and Mrs. Mel Coleman, 

Jr. 

William G. Coughlin 

Leslie H. Cox 

Albert Creighton, Jr. 

Dr. and Mrs. William B. 

DeLauder 

George P. Denny, III 

Jane Catherine Erskine 

Daniel Esty 

Nancy A. Farr 

Michael Fieldman 

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. 

Flanagan 

Dielle Fleischmann 

Richard and Barbara 

Friedenberg 

Jane Fulcher 

Anne Funkhouser 

Laura Lee Gastis 

Bruce Geller 

Dr. Shirley Gerken 

Gordon Gibson 

Arthur Glatfelter 

Dr. Amy Goldman 

Robert M. Goodman 

Helen Groves 

Agnes Gund 

Clifford Hall 

Steven and Jill Halme 

Virginia Hammerness 

Agnes R. Hayden 

Jane Henderson and Harry 

Lancaster 

Adena Herskovitz 

Laura Hill Hoenig 

Amanda Hopkins 

Samuel Huber 

Vito and Kathryn Ippolito 

Andrew and Marina 

Jacobson 

"I care deeply about the 

preservation of farm and ranch 

land because it truly is the 

land that feeds and nurtures 

us. American Farmland Trust 

is the premier visionary 

organization taking the leading 

role—from crafting policy to 

hands-on, grassroots action—to 

preserve this priceless asset 

for future generations." 

—mOlly rOSS of Castle 

Rock, Colorado, a longtime 

AFT supporter

Kent and Mary Johnson 

Jonathan and Julia Kagan 

Vance C. Kennedy 

Carl W. Kohls 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin 

Kohout 

Bill and Joni Kuckuck 

John Kukral 

Ann Gray Large 

Marta Jo Lawrence 

Mrs. Thomas Leboutillier 

Carol Lennon-Longley 

Eben Lothrop 

Martha Maguire 

Alice Mairs 

Ruby P. Maley 

Susan B. Matheson 

Elizabeth McCutcheon 

Craig and Julie McNamara 

Mrs. Henry H. Meyer Jr. 

E.A. Middleton, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. John O. 

Mitchel 

Mr. and Mrs. William F. 

Morrill 

Layla and W. Austin 

Musselman, Jr. Fund 

Mr. Michel Nischan/ 

Wholesome Wave 

Foundation Charitable 

Ventures, Inc 

Brian L. Olson 

Mr. and Mrs. George D. 

O’Neill 

Lyman Orton 

Elizabeth Bradford Borden/ 

The Katharine Bradford 

Foundation 

Lee Petty 

Mr. and Mrs. Tod Peyton 

Mary Predel 

Gretchen and Richard 

Regnery 

Mr. and Mrs. David 

Paynter/Grace Jones 

Richardson Trust 

Esther Rivinus 

Caroline Robinson* 

Rick and Regina Roney 

James A. Rose 

Sonya and Bill Sappington 

Ann Satterthwaite 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward 

Shapoff 

Raymond R. Simmons 

Abby R. Simpson and G. 

Todd Mydland 

Robert Martin Smith 

Audrey Sokoloff and Tim 

Hosking 

Elizabeth Steele 

Evelyn Casey Steen 

Gerald C. Stewart 

John B. Strasenburgh 

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Streek 

Lucy B. Stroock 

Peter G. Ten Eyck II 

Mr. and Mrs. Barton 

Thompson, Jr. 

Sandra van Heerden 

Michael H. Van Vranken 

Julie Foster VanCamp 

Anna Vinitsky 

Gwinn and Patricia Vivian 

Beth von Fischer 

* Deceased 

Jacquinot Weisenbach 

Jack Wetzel 

J.C. Whetzel, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. John P. White 

Lori Wilson 

Steve Wilson and Laura Lee 

Brown 

Robert and Carol Winthrop 

Grant Winthrop 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan 

Winthrop 

Bob and Susan Wood 

Anne Zinsser 

Anonymous (9) 

FUNDING 

PArTNerS 

Foundations, 

Corporations and 

Organizations 

The Abell Foundation 

Adams Legacy Foundation 

Altria 

American Agriculturist 

Foundation 

The Atticus Trust 

Badgerland Financial 

The Bancroft Foundation 

Bank of America 

S.D. Bechtel, Jr. 

Foundation 

Bernard Lievgoed Fund of 

RSF Social Finance 

BFK Foundation 

The Boeing Company 

Charitable Trust 

W.L. Lyons Brown 

Foundation 

The Peter and Carmen 

Lucia Buck Foundation 

The Bullitt Foundation 

The Florence V. Burden 

Foundation at the 

recommendation of 

Foundation Directors 

Ordway and Jean Burden 

The Helen Keeler Burke 

Charitable Foundation 

Bush Foundation 

“National parks are nice 

to look at but farmland is 

far more important to the 

future of our country and 

worthy of saving—and that’s 

what AFT is all about.” 

— VANce KeNNeDy of 

Modesto, California, a 

citrus grower and AFT 

supporter who has 

fought for decades to call 

attention to the vanishing 

farmland in California’s 

Central Valley 

Carmelite Communion 

CHS Foundation 

CHS, Inc. 

Claneil Foundation 

Community Foundation of 

Western Massachusetts 

Connecticut Department of 

Agriculture 

Connecticut Farmland 

Trust 

Sarah K. deCoizart Article 

TENTH Perpetual 

Charitable Trust 

The Geraldine R. Dodge 

Foundation 

Dupont Crop Protection 

The Dyson Foundation 

Edible Brooklyn 

Edible Buffalo 

Edible East End 

Edible Finger Lakes 

Edible Hudson Valley 

Edible Manhattan 

Edible Ohio Valley 

Fred L. Emerson 

Foundation, Inc. 

The Energy Foundation 

Farm Credit East 

Farm Credit Northeast 

AgEnhancement 

Farm Foundation 

The Farmer’s Cow, LLC 

Fund for the Future of 

Tides Foundation 

Gaia Fund 

Gavilon, LLC 

Google, Inc. 

Green Pastures Fund of 

the Berkshire Taconic 


Hahn Family Foundation 

Horizons Foundation 

The Iberdrola USA 


Isora Foundation 

Jones Family Farms LLC 

JPMorgan Philanthropic 

Services 

Vance Kennedy 

Cornelius King Charitable 

Trust 

Knobloch Family 

Foundation 

Larson Land Foundation 

The Lawrence Foundation 

Elizabeth Ann Lurie 

Foundation 

Macy’s Foundation 

Marisla Foundation 

George and Miriam Martin 

Foundation 

McKnight Foundation 

The Meadows Foundation 

MJPM Foundation 

The Moore Charitable 

Foundation 

The Curtis and Edith 

Munson Foundation 

National Fish & Wildlife 

Foundation 

New York Community 

Trust—World-Wide 

Holdings, Inc. Fund 

Organic Valley/CROPP 

Cooperative 

The David and Lucile 

Packard Foundation 

Park Foundation 

Peeled Snacks 

Rauch Foundation 

River Tavern 

Christine H. Russell 

Fund of the Columbia 

Foundation 

Sassafras Foundation, Inc. 

Seattle Foundation 

Sequoia Foundation 

The Stardust Foundation of 

Central New York 

Stonyfield Farm, Inc. 

Trumbull Grange #134 

Jane Smith Turner 

Foundation 

UMB Financial Corporation 

Very Alive 

Wallace Genetic 


Walton Family Foundation, 

Inc. 

Wells Fargo Foundation 


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“We love to support American 

Farmland Trust, an organization with 

a proven record of planting seeds that 

sprout positive initiatives to protect 

America’s farmlands. As we say in 

connecticut, ‘Grow agriculture and 

harvest food, health and jobs.’” 

— Terry JONeS of Shelton, Connecticut, 

farmer and long-time advocate 

for farmland protection and 

community development 

Terry Jones with daughter Gwyn at her wedding on family farmland 

The Margaret L. Wendt 

Foundation 

Anonymous (3) 

reAlIZeD 

BeQUeSTS 

American Farmland Trust 

gratefully acknowledges 

the following bequests and 

planned gifts received 

during fiscal year 2010. 

Jeremy J. Berge, M.D. 

Jane Blair 

Evelyn G. Davies 

Jack P. Fesi 

Barbara K. Girdler 

Perley Heaton Cummings 

Madeline M. Joiner 

Janice W. Krenmayr 

Mary F. Lee Campbell 

Margaret Moxon 

Estelle Smucker 

William Winans 

Anonymous (2) 

FArmlAND 

FOreVer SOcIeTy 

This group of farsighted 

American Farmland 

Trust supporters has 

included us in their wills 

or other estate plans. 


Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bahr 

Clark W. Bailey 

Mrs. H. Hood Bassett 

Anne Basten 

Barry Allen Benepe 

Gordon Bennett 

Helen Blackwood 

Betty E. Blumenkamp 

Michael J. Boone 

Larry T. Brown 

Roger H. Brown 

Vern A. Brusewitz 

Rachel E. Carpenter 

Karen Chaffraix 

Dorothy A. Corso 

Virginia Dalnodar 

John G. Davis 

Ruthellen Davis 

C. Vincent De Sepio 

Dorothea de Zafra Atwell 

Karen D. Dean 

Mr. and Mrs. William 

Dietel 

Ruth Duckworth 

Jane M. Dunham 

Anna E. Eddy 

Henry W. English 

William W. Farkas 

Judith Farrar 

Virginia A. Faust 

Eunice Feininger 

Virginia Lee Fox 

Sonya L. Franson 

Peter Frederick 

Gertrude Goldsmith 

Arlene Goranson 

Dr. Noel Gray 

Edna Grenlie 

Ken Grierson 

Stephen Mark Griffith 

Patricia Grose 

Eileen Gunning 

Nora Page Hall 

Gail S. Hammond 

Brenda Hauser 

Doreen Hlavaty 

Margaret A. Holfinger 

Dr. Mark D. Holly 

Helen M. Hoover 

Field Horne 

Clarice Hunter 

Richard L. Huttinger 

Elgin Jenison 

Peggy Johnson 

Soone E. Johnson 

Theresa Joseph 

Marion R. Kee 

Mrs. Richard B. Kemp 

Brent Biermacher King 

Chris Klein 

Gary and Pam Kleppel 

Suzanne P. Kloman 

Helen L. Knopp 

Steve Koontz 

Bruce G. Koprucki 

Earl Lambert 

Mr. and Mrs. George A. 

Lane 

Clay and Jeanette Leister 

Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. 

Lighthart 

Stewart Lindsey 

Arthur M. Longacre 

Dr. Layne Longfellow 

Ingrid A. Louiselle

Evelyn C. Lundstrom 

Mr. and Mrs. William L. 

Luyben 

Deanna Macek 

William MacLean 

Emily Malecki 

Ann Markham 

Audrey J. Marshall 

Patricia D. Matthias 

Dennis J. McArthur 

Mr. and Mrs. John P. 

McBride 

Susan T. McKenna 

R. J. McLaughlin 

John V. Meeks 

Sally V. Mills 

Alice N. Mills 

Richard E. Molyneaux 

Amelia L. Montjoy 

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ellis 

Moody 

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Moore 

David H. Morris 

Toni Lynn Muhoro 

Margo Murman 

John and Dee Nabozny 

Shannon C. Nelson 

Patrick F. Noonan 

Robert and Julia Northrop 

Dee Oudin 

Mary T. Pratt 

Mr. and Mrs. Ben G. Priest 

Dr. Paul F. Randel 

O.L. Rauch 

Jennifer Reed 

Betty Refior 

Betty Rhoades 

Gene Rozenboom 

Joan Samara 

Richard D. Schein 

Ralph Schrock 

Elsa Schultz 

Mrs. William C. Senshen 

Mrs. George L. Shoup 

Ellen Sieh 

Renee Skrzypchak 

Jessica Smith 

Meredith Sorensen 

Dr. Gregory C. Speer 

Linda Spurlin 

Leslie K. Stegman 

Charles Steininger 

Mary Strauss 

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Thomas 

Robert Thompson 

Charles Thompson 

Lise Thomsen-Jones 

William Tobin 

Doris Troxel 

John H. Tunstall 

Julie Foster Van Camp 

Rodney Varner 

Lowery Watkins II 

Dr. and Mrs. Donald L. 

Whitener 

Henry Wong 

Charles Yeiser 

Audrey S. Yingling 

Richard A. Zgodava 

Anonymous (13) 

“When I learned 

30 years ago about 


Trust, I immediately 

felt I had to be a part 

of it. crops and open 

space have always 

held a special place 

in my heart, and 

I deeply regret all 

Janice and Richard Scott 

the loss of these 

places to urban sprawl or second home developments. Supporting 

American Farmland Trust became my way of having 

a part in saving special spaces here locally as well as 

nationally. I am making a provision for a special gift either 

at my death or before to continue your great work.” 

— JANIce ScOTT of Oakland, California, who has given 

to American Farmland Trust for 30 consecutive years 


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Trust wishes to express 

gratitude to these 

extraordinary friends 

who have supported AFT 

since its founding in 1980. 

Mr. and Mrs. Emory W. 

Ackley 

Richard Albert 

Dr. Jack N. Alpert 

LeRoy Anderson 

Louis J. Appell Jr. 

Daniel Arguimbau 


Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Baldauf 

Harold A. Barfknecht 

Sidney Berkowitz 

Honorable & Mrs. Robert 

Black Jr. 

Todd Bodden 

Janet Bolling 

Eugene and Ora Bowers 

Captain and Mrs. Peter B. 

Bowman 

Edward F. Brown 

Susan K. Browne 

Mary B. Card 

Robert E. Carpenter 

Dr. Hugh Chaplin Jr. 

Mr. Theodore Chase Jr. 

Mrs. Jean A. Cleland 

Kathryn and Douglas 

Cochrane 

Richard U. Cogswell 

Mrs. Samuel E. Cohen 

Kenneth M. Cookson 

Edward F. Corwin 

Leslie H. Cox 

Reverend and Mrs. Andrew 

Daughters 

Alice DeKany 

Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge 

Elizabeth G. Dole 

James N. Donaldson 

Lydia L. Donaldson 

Edwin A. Dudley 

Mrs. Donald Duvick 

Joan D. Ensor 

Dr. J. Dixon Esseks 

Dean A. Eyre III 

Mrs. Ronald M. Ferry Jr. 

Ellen P. Fischer 

Anita H. Flanagan 

Elizabeth S. Ford 

Anne W. Gale 

Florence Gerstung 

Mr. and Mrs. John B. 

Gillett 

Frederick Goldman 

R. J. Grant 

Dr. James Wyche Green 

Dr. Karlene Gunter 

Jean P. Guyton 

William K. Habekost 

Eric Hamburg 

Catherine Hammond 

Carole Hansen 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. 

Harris Jr. 

Janece Hausch 

Margaret A. Hayes 

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin S. 

Henry 

William H. Herke 

Susanne W. Hewitt 

Jack and Barbara Hook 

Robert C. Houck 

Harriet S. Iglehart 

George H. Kidder 

Dr. & Mrs. Edwin M. 

Kistler 

Dr. and Mrs. Walter C. 

Klingensmith 

Suzanne P. Kloman 

Dr. Carl W. Kohls 

S. Victoria Krusiewski 

Dr. George H. Lauff 

Robert A. Lawrence 

Mrs. Robert J. Lewis 

John S. Livermore 

Jerry M. Lyle 

Mrs. J. Lynch 

Anne and George Mack 

Catherine Sharyn Magee 

Marilyn J. Magnuski 

Miss R. H. Mikkelsen 

Kate and Jack Mills 

Mr. and Mrs. Joel S. 

Mitchell Jr. 

Dorothy T. Morgan 

Howard L. Naslund 

Mr. and Mrs. George D. 

O’Neill 

Gerald Ottone 

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. 

Pallister Jr. 

Ruth R. Pease 

Robert Peterson 

Henry W. Pfeiffer 

Frederick A. Pratt 

Dr. and Mrs. Sylvan 

Raphael 

Ralph W. Rapp Jr. 

Rebecca Reiter 

Dr. Robert A. Resnik 

Gary L. Rose 

Mr. and Mrs. Max J. 

Rosenbaum 

Jane S. Sabin 

Arno G. Scheffel 

Frank Schnidman 

Tracy Schwarz 

Janice Scott 

Joan Wade Seidel 

Grover L. Shade 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward 

Shelley 

B. Harold Smick Jr. 

Jerry E. Smith 

Judy W. Soffler 

Mrs. J. E. Soleau 

Colonel Tyrone L. Steen 

Heather G. Sterner 

Everett C. Stuart 

Mrs. Jerome Styrt 

Richard H. Taylor 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert 

Terhune 

Lillian Thomas 

Dirk and Bonnie Walters 

Francis W. Warren Jr. 

Cheryl Westra 

Ruth B. Whipple 

Nancy Hamill Winter 

Christoph Witzgall 

Roger Wolf 

Donald M. Yoder 

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“American Farmland Trust and I go back a long way. I’ve been interested 

in farming since I was 8 years old. my mother used to take me across the 

street to a subdivision and we would take walks there at night. She showed 

me the houses that were being built and where the kitchens and bedrooms 

would eventually be, but the whole time she was talking I was thinking 

that this is wrong. It is farmland and it should stay farmland. That’s why 

I give to AFT, because I love farms and I want to see them protected.” 

— farmer BONNIe mITSUI of Cincinnati, Ohio, an AFT donor since 1986 

Bonnie Mitsui on her Ohio farm

BOArD OF 

DIrecTOrS 

chair 

Miranda M. Kaiser 

Wilsall, Montana 

New York, New York 

Vice chair 

Barton H. Thompson, Jr. 

Stanford, California 

treasurer 

Carla H. Skodinski 


Arthur A. Aleshire 

Scarborough, Maine 

Elizabeth Beck 

Washington, 

District of Columbia 

Mel Coleman, Jr. 

Broomfield, Colorado 

Dr. William DeLauder 

Bear, Delaware 

Iris W. Freeman 

Aiken, South Carolina 

Thomas J. Gallo 

Modesto, California 

Miley Gonzalez 

Las Cruces, New Mexico 

John Hardin 

Danville, Indiana 

Will Harte 

San Antonio, Texas 

Nancy Hirshberg 

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire 

Elizabeth Jones 

Midway, Kentucky 

Craig McNamara 

Winters, California 

August Schumacher, Jr. 

Washington, 


Truman Semans 

Durham, North Carolina 

Daniel Aram Shaw 

Woody Creek, Colorado 

Stephen Stranahan 

Perrysburg, Ohio 

Richard S. Walden 

Sahuarita, Arizona 

Dennis Wolff 

Millville, Pennsylvania 

SPecIAl cOUNSel 

Robert M. Morgenthau, Esq. 

PreSIDeNT’S 

cOUNcIl 

Thomas A. Barron 

Boulder, Colorado 

Edward and Cornelia Bonnie 

Prospect, Kentucky 

Anne S. Close 

Fort Mill, South Carolina 

Mary Ida and 

Marshal Compton 

Cincinnati, Ohio 

Diane Cooley 

Watsonville, California 

Joan K. Davidson 

Germantown, New York 

Philip Y. DeNormandie 

Boston, Massachusetts 

Louisa C. Duemling 

Washington, 


Daniel C. Esty 

New Haven, Connecticut 

Michael Fieldman 


Elizabeth Fink 

Wilton, Connecticut 

Dielle Fleischmann 

The Plains, Virginia 

Alphonse Fletcher 


Bob and Marie Gallo 

Modesto, California 

Douglas Horne 

Washington, 


Dr. Laurie J. Landeau 

Northport, New York 

Amy Longsworth 

Washington, 


Dan W. Lufkin 


Thomas L. Lyon 

Cambridge, Wisconsin 

Julie McNamara 


Patrick F. Noonan 

Arlington, Virginia 

Gilman Ordway 

Wilson, Wyoming 

William K. Reilly 

San Francisco, California 

Richard E. Rominger 


Molly Ross 

Castle Rock, Colorado 

Bob Sajdak 

Detroit, Michigan 

Nan Stockholm Walden 

Sahuarita, Arizona 

Jack Wetzel 

Aiken, South Carolina 

Douglas P. Wheeler 

Washington, 


Nigel and Julia Widdowson 

Millbrook, New York 

Frederic Winthrop, Jr. 

Ipswich, Massachusetts 

Jay Winthrop 


John Winthrop 

Charleston, South Carolina 


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