Advocate for Agriculture
Farmland, clean water and a way of life. All three are dependent on a thriving agricultural community that is threatened by rising land prices and development. Safeguard these irreplaceable resources-our rural landscape and its family farms-by protecting regional farmlands and working landscapes.
Protect Working Landscapes
When we protect a farm, we preserve a way of life. For generations, people in the Catskills have appreciated the rural character of the region’s undeveloped landscape: a beautiful patchwork of farm and forestland stitched together by cool mountain streams. To work and live in an active farming community is to be a part of a vibrant landscape where farmers milk cows, grow hay and tap maple trees. Looking towards the future, Catskill farmers are growing new markets with specialty food crops like organic vegetables, grass-fed beef and poultry and farmstead cheese.
Conserve the Watershed
Through a unique agricultural conservation easement with the Watershed Agricultural Council landowners can permanently protect their farming and forestry livelihoods, and clean water. By donating to the Easement Stewardship Fund, you are supporting this practice and ensuring that the land is protected in perpetuity.
