Linda Garrett is American Farmland Trust’s NY & NJ Regional Director. Linda works to develop innovative programs in NY and NJ to forward AFT’s mission to protect agricultural land, promote environmentally sound farming practices, and keep farmers on the land. Linda is working with her team in NY and NJ on a project to provide direct training and technical assistance for farmers around agrivoltaics. In New York, she is working to develop an Agrivoltaics Guide for farmers and technical service providers. She also serves on the NYS Agricultural Technical Working Group (ATWG) and the three subcommittees. Prior to AFT, Linda was the ED of Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust for over 20 years. She helped protect over 21,000 acres of farms and forest, and partnered on many regional conservation projects.