K-12 Programs Sustainable Communities take time and good thinking to build.
Sustainable agriculture is one facet in the wider concept of sustainable communities.
Agriculture needs people in cities and towns and the people in towns and cities need agriculture. Sustainable community and sustainable agriculture are inseparable concepts. Thus, we offer links to the other facets of sustainability that one should become familiar with as they study the agricultural piece of the puzzle. AFT is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1980 to protect our nation's farmland. AFT works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.