Secretary
Brian Brandt, Director of AFT’s Agricultural Conservation Innovations (ACI) initiative, has been employed by AFT since October 1998. As ACI Director, Brian has played a principal role in AFT’s efforts to engage the agricultural industry in developing environmental service markets in the Midwest region.
Brian leads the Farming for Cleaner Water project in central Ohio and coordinated the implementation and documentation of practices by farmers in the Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Pilot. Brian also leads a project in Kentucky to scale up the development of rye production to meet the needs of distilleries and other end users of cereal rye in the region. Earlier in his career, Brian played an integral role in a multi-disciplinary effort to develop innovative risk management tools to increase BMP adoption. Specifically, he spearheaded the development of the BMP Challenge guarantee program, which directly helped more than 100 farmers adopt conservation practices on more than 20,000 acres across the Midwest.
In addition to his many skills, Brian brings to AFT an intimate knowledge of production agriculture, having been raised on a hog and cash grain farm in west central Ohio. Brian is actively engaged in farming the family farm and managing land owned by family members. With many family members and friends still actively engaged in farming, he maintains a vital link to the production agriculture industry.
Brian is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Agronomy.
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