AFT also works at a federal level to preserve farmland through programs like the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FPPA)-which provides matching funds to states, communities and organizations for protecting their farm and ranch land-and other policies that provide incentives to landowners who steward and conserve their land.
AFT contends that, as the single largest user of land and water resources in America, farms and ranches can be a key part of the solution to the United States's most critical environmental challenges, including water quality and climate change.