num_pages: 304
description: Americas farms are key to the preservation of vital ecosystems and a stable climate. Yet farmers and environmentalists have not always seen eye-to-eye about the best ways to manage agricultural landscapes. Since 1980 American Farmland Trust (AFT) has been bringing people together to work for healthy land and a healthy food system. No Farms No Food traces the development of this powerful coalition responsible for landmark achievements in farmland preservation and conservation practices. It all began with Peggy Rockefellers determination to stop the inexorable urban sprawl that was threatening the nations agriculture. From this humble start grew a small but astute organization and more importantly a formidable constituency of farmers and environmentalists united around a common cause. With leadership from AFT that constituency drove through Congress the first Conservation Title in the history of the U.S. Farm Bill; oversaw the development of agriculture conservation easement programs throughout the country; and continues to develop innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture. No Farms No Food takes readers inside the political and policy battles that determine the fate of our nations farmland. And it illustrates the tactics needed to unify fractured interest groups for the common good. No Farms No Food is both an inspiring history of agricultural conservation and a practical guide to creating an effective advocacy organization. This is an essential read for everyone who cares about the future of our food farms and environment. 
language: English
title: No Farms, No Food: Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to Transform American Agriculture
publisher: Island Press