Farming is a bridge between people and the natural world. When the land is depleted, our communities suffer too. That’s why we believe wholeheartedly in farming that rebuilds soil, keeps water clean, supports habitat and…
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As King County’s population and urban density has grown at an incredible speed – farmland, especially that with high quality soil – has become much harder to secure. In addition…
On March 11, 2021, Congress approved the $1.9 trillion dollar emergency COVID relief package known as the American Rescue Plan, designed to fund vaccinations and provide immediate relief to families…
In June of 2016, we launched the Our Farms, Our Future campaign with the ambitious goal of raising $26 million in five years to protect Puget Sound farmland. Though we…
For more than seven years, Washington Farmland Trust has worked with landowners and partners in the Buckley Plateau to lay the groundwork for conservation in this rapidly developing agricultural community.…
Lily is a vegetable farmer and landowner in Enumclaw, Washington who has served on all sides of the land access spectrum – searching, buying, leasing, and now matching farmers and…
After a year of heartbreaking loss and isolation, destruction caused by climate change, a national reckoning with systemic racism and police brutality, and a historic election, these can feel like difficult…
Over the last 10 months, COVID-19 has pushed us to adapt to so many new ways of living and working. Though not without its challenges, we at Washington Farmland Trust…
What an unforgettable year it has been. With 2020 nearly in our rearview mirror, we are spending time reflecting on all that we were able to accomplish during such trying…