New York Agricultural Land Trust (NYALT)

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About NYALT

nyalt The New York Agricultural Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2006 by farmers, for farmers and their communities, to help conserve important working farm and forestlands. NYALT is a statewide organization currently assisting farmers in the Central New York region of New York State to implement farmland protection projects funded by the New York State Department of Agriculture through its farmland protection grant program. This program, described here, pays farmers for their non-farm development rights.

Our mission is to conserve working farmland and promote a greater appreciation for the agricultural and forested lands and their associated natural resources that enrich our communities and connect future generations to the land, locally and statewide.

NYALT is currently working with municipalities and farmers in Cayuga, Montgomery, Onondaga and Seneca Counties.

We anticipate working with additional landowners and farmers to help them complete donated farmland protection projects, once we have additional staff capacity. You can read more about this type of farmland project by clicking here. If you would like to donate a conservation easement, email Maureen Knapp, Interim Executive Director and she can explain if NYALT has the staffing to assist you at this time.