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Tractor Supply Company Foundation Makes Contribution in Support of American Farmland Trust’s Brighter Future Fund
Rural Lifestyle Retailer Donates $100,000 to Fund Grants that Aid in Starting, Growing and Sustaining Small Farms WASHINGTON & BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nRural Lifestyle Retailer Donates $100,000 to Fund Grants that Aid in Starting, Growing and Sustaining Small Farms\n\n WASHINGTON & BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nTractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, and its foundation have partnered with American Farmland Trust (“AFT”) to support small family farmers and ranchers through a $100,000 donation to AFT’s Brighter Future Fund. The Fund launched in 2020 to help farmers across the country start, grow and sustain farms in the face of myriad challenges, including COVID-19, severe weather and shifting markets. This donation marks the third consecutive year that the Tractor Supply Company Foundation has supported AFT.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221117006050/en/Aimee Morris is a veteran who transitioned her family’s 60-year-old Pennsylvania farm into a nonprofit to help veterans overcome the trauma of combat through farming activities. Photo Credits: American Farmland Trust\n“As a business committed to serving and supporting those who live and love the rural lifestyle, Tractor Supply has a unique passion and respect for our nation’s family-owned farms and ranches,” said Mary Winn Pilkington, president of the Tractor Supply Company Foundation. “We are dedicated to doing our part to support the viability of farming for future generations. It is so inspiring to read these farmers’ stories and a true privilege to support them through these grants.”\n\nThrough its donation, Tractor Supply Company Foundation will fund 20 grants of $5,000 each to help farmers improve farm viability; access, transfer or permanently protect farmland; and adopt regenerative agricultural practices. Eligible projects may involve one or more individual farmer(s) or farm families, and grants are typically awarded to those who have been historically underserved or lack access to traditional methods of funding. AFT received hundreds of applications from 48 states for the 2022-2023 Brighter Future Fund grants. Additional contributions to the Fund will allow AFT to support more farmers.\n\n“Farmers must be resilient and financially stable in order to address some of the greatest challenges facing our society,” said David Haight, vice president of programs at AFT. “The Brighter...