We are pleased to welcome Liz Gorman to the PCC Farmland Trust board, effective June 2019. With more than 25 years of experience as a professional communicator, Liz Gorman has spent the past two decades solely focused on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability strategy and communications, a specialty that began while leading community affairs…
PCC Farmland Trust’s land-matching program Farm to Farmer expands to Skagit County
July 15, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seattle, Washington | As a farmland conservation organization, PCC Farmland Trust sees farmers as the first line of defense for protecting our region’s soil health for generations to come. Recognizing this idea alongside the land access challenges that our region’s farmers face, the Trust launched Farm to Farmer in 2018, a land-matching…
2018 Annual Report
June 17, 2019
Protecting Farms, Supporting Farmers “From launching a land-matching tool for local farmers and continuing to build momentum with the Our Farms, Our Future campaign, to fully subscribing our first-ever impact investment vehicle, I am proud of the innovative ways we have responded to rising land prices across this region.” Read more from our Board President,…
Help protect the Stillaguamish Valley
May 13, 2019
At PCC Farmland Trust, we believe that healthy farms make healthy communities. Well-managed farmland promotes soil health, water conservation, habitat protection, and climate resiliency. It produces healthy food, keeps rural economies thriving, and connects us to the natural world. This couldn’t be more true in the Stillaguamish Valley. Nested along the foothills of the Cascade Mountains,…
Board President spotlight: Mark Kantor
May 3, 2019
Mark Kantor has served on the PCC Farmland Trust board since 2016. Effective April 10, we are pleased to welcome Mark as our new Board President. As a founding shareholder of Kantor Taylor, Mark represents for-profit, nonprofit, and public entities in all aspects of the financing, planning, and development of affordable housing and economic development…
Meet Melissa Campbell, our new Executive Director
January 25, 2019
Effective February 1, 2019, the PCC Farmland Trust board selected Melissa Campbell to be the next executive director of PCC Farmland Trust. Melissa joined PCC Farmland Trust in 2008, bringing a deep knowledge of natural resource conservation and land access barriers in the Puget Sound region. She began her tenure at the Trust by building its…
Announcing our next Executive Director
January 16, 2019
Dear Friends, On behalf of the PCC Farmland Trust board, I am pleased to share that we have selected Melissa Campbell to be the next executive director of PCC Farmland Trust effective February 1, 2019. In our search process, the board sought a visionary executive director capable of leading the Trust as we expand the reach…
Welcome board member Kate Wendt
January 4, 2019
We are pleased to welcome Kate Wendt, Divisional Vice President of Strategy at REI, to the PCC Farmland Trust board. At REI, the largest consumer cooperative in the US, Kate drives the company’s long-term vision and growth strategy, strategic planning, market insights, and new business development. Prior to REI, Kate was one of the youngest…
Welcome board member Hannah Kettler
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Hannah Kettler, Senior Program Officer at The Gates Foundation, to the PCC Farmland Trust board. Hannah believes in the power of public-private coalitions to drive sustainable, social, and economic impact. A Ph.D. economist by training, Hannah has spent over 15 years at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation designing…
Passing the torch: 3 reflections from Rebecca Sadinsky
As Rebecca Sadinsky prepares to pass the torch to a new executive director this year, she reflects on what she is most grateful for from her eight years at PCC Farmland Trust, and shares three pieces of wisdom to our organization’s next leader. It has been my great joy and honor to lead such a brilliant…