In 2001, a group of farmers, farm business owners, agricultural policy experts, environmentalists,
and conservation-minded philanthropists met over a common concern about the loss of
Connecticut’s family farms. Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) was created a few months later with a
concise mission to preserve Connecticut farmland for current and future generations of farmers.
CFT is now a nationally accredited farmland conservation organization, and the only nonprofit land
trust in Connecticut exclusively focused on farmland. Since 2002, CFT has protected more than
6,100 acres of farmland and helped our partners conserve over 1,500 additional acres. CFT also has
a robust Farmland Access program, working with beginning farmers around the state to get secure
tenure on farmland. CFT is a leader in Connecticut on farmland conservation and access, and its
growth in recent years has set the stage for more innovation.
