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…
Celebrating the legacy of Rebecca Sadinsky
November 9, 2018
Dear friends, As food growers across our state harvest apples, radicchio, garlic, and squash, I too am called to gather my own bounty as I reflect on the last eight years at PCC Farmland Trust. As many of you know, I will be stepping down from my role as Executive Director in the spring of…
Helping fish habitat and farmland thrive
November 7, 2018
Washington’s best farmland sits within the rich, loamy soils of our precious river valleys. But these valleys are treasured by more than just farmers. Rivers, salmon, forests, and urban life often all converge in the floodplain, right alongside prime farmland. In the Snohomish Valley, that convergence is amplified, particularly near Reiner Farm – the 260…
PCC Community Markets commits $1 million to PCC Farmland Trust
October 2, 2018
Major gift supports efforts to protect Puget Sound farmland Seattle, Washington | Oct. 2, 2018 – PCC Community Markets (PCC), Seattle’s locally grown and community-owned food market, today announced a $1-million gift to PCC Farmland Trust, an organization it founded nearly 20 years ago. The gift comes at a time when rising land costs and…
A change in leadership
September 13, 2018
Dear Friends, After nearly nine years of dedicated leadership and service, Executive Director Rebecca Sadinsky will step down from her position with PCC Farmland Trust in the spring of 2019. Rebecca has been planning for this transition for many months and believes that this change is coming at the right time for the organization. With…