About Us

Community Farm Land Trust (CFLT) is a membership based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving farmland and to keeping it farmed forever.

Our Mission

Promoting vibrant local food and farming systems through community supported farmland preservation strategies, educational outreach, and partnerships that increase opportunities for farms and farmers to flourish.

Our Vision

Abundant, productive, sustainable local farmland providing healthy food for our community and contributing to a vibrant, viable farm economy.

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Preserving Farmland

Keeping viable, working farmland protected and in production. 

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​Lifetime Leases

CFLT uses the Community Land Trust Model to preserve farmland. This means that after we buy or receive farmland as a donation, we offer farmers 99-year Agricultural Ground Leases. Farmers receive secure land tenure and the land remains in active farming forever. Farmers who have purchased or constructed housing or improvements on leased CFLT land can capture a fair value return on those investments by selling these to the next farmer.

Agricultural
​Conservation Easements

Agricultural Conservation Easements with an Option-to-Purchase can be a useful first step in protecting farmland
forever. In the right circumstances, CFLT can help landowners acquire compensation for permanently removing
development rights from their farm property and for accepting a permanent farming requirement on the land. The Community Farm Land Trust works with the owner to steward the farmland.​

Seeking Farmland

CFLT seeks farms that will produce food for our region, now and in the future.