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Working Lands Alliance

A Project of American Farmland Trust

  • Working Lands Alliance 2025 Annual Meeting and Luncheon

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  • CT Farmland Can’t Protect Itself.
    But We Can.

    The Working Lands Alliance was formed in 1999 with the sole purpose of preserving Connecticut’s most precious natural resource…

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  • Our Steering Committee is Hard at Work!

    Our Steering Committee is hard at work promoting farmland protection and access policies in Hartford. To learn more about our priorities:

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  • Working Lands Alliance is leading the way to pass the Option to Purchase at Agricultural Value in Connecticut

    This important legislation will increase farmland access opportunities for farmers across the state…

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  • Planning for Agriculture

    Working Lands Alliance – a project of American Farmland Trust – is excited to announce the 2020 release of two newly revised educational guides: Planning for Agriculture and Conservation Options for Connecticut Farmland. Learn More

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Click Here to Watch Our Video, “Unconventional Conservationalists: Connecticut Dairy Farmers’ Fight for Land Protection”

A Uniquely Effective Organization

A Uniquely Effective Coalition
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Good Policy Starts Here...

WHAT
Working Lands Alliance has a proven track record of initiating key legislation and policy...
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Together We Can Do More Than Apart

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We are the only group in CT who brings together all of the stakeholders in farmland preservation...
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Welcome to
Working Lands Alliance

The Working Lands Alliance is the statewide voice for farmland preservation efforts in Connecticut. Our alliance includes farmers, conservation and anti-hunger organizations, land trusts, local food advocates, and many others working together to protect Connecticut’s most precious resource – its farmland.

WLA is a project of American Farmland Trust. Founded in 1980, American Farmland Trust has helped win permanent protection for over a million acres of American farmland. AFT’s hard work and sound strategies unite farmers, environmentalists and policymakers.

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Working Lands Alliance
C/o American Farmland Trust
78 Beaver Road, Suite 2A
Wethersfield, CT 06109

Phone: 860-683-4230

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Photo credits:
Photo 1 on slider: Rebekah E. Butler
Photo 2 on slider: Jeremy Pollack