2011 Annual Report Tom and Ray Williams of Williams Hudson Bay Farm Photo: Melanie Conner Dear FrienDs, PCC Farmland Trust 2011 was another remarkable year for PCC Farmland Trust, leading with the preservation of 300 acres of organic farmland outside of Walla Walla–the Williams Hudson Bay Farm. preserves and stewards This easement marked our first partnership with the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, Farmland and Ranchland Protection Program and their first organic agricultural threatened farmland in conservation easement. The Trust board and staff worked throughout 2011 to develop a new strategic plan for the Northwest, ensuring 2012-2015. We reaffirmed our commitment to the primary mission of the Trust: conserving and protecting threatened farmland for the purpose of organic food production. However, that generations of local within that mission we have sharpened our focus on selected areas within Puget Sound where farmland is most at risk. We are looking at opportunities where the Trust can conserve farmers productively farm neighboring farmland to consolidate conservation benefits. In this way we reinforce the natural resources and habitat protection afforded by organic and sustainable farmers. In addition, we using sustainable, organic hope to see signs of a strengthened agricultural economy by supporting stronger organic farmland communities near our urban areas. growing methods. The balance of this annual report provides a picture of PCC Farmland Trust’s 2011 accomplishments, supporters, and resources gained and spent. We are pleased to report that we continue to trend upward in revenue, donors and acres in conservation. The board and staff were assisted this past year by the especially generous contributions of volunteers donating their time to our strategic plan, our community education events and critical PCC FarmlanD TrusT fundraising work. We appreciate how skilled and broad our network of friends and partners has 1917 First Avenue, Level A - Suite 100 become and thank each of you for making your mark on our organization and outcomes. Seattle, Washington 98101 In gratitude, teL 206.547.9855 fax 206.547.9734 farmlandtrust @ pccfarmlandtrust.org pccfarmlandtrust.org Rebecca Sadinsky, Executive Director Randy Lee, Board President Photo: Melanie Conner Winter farming at Delta Farm 2011 Key Accomplishments Looking Ahead: 2012 WiTh The helP oF over 2,000 Donors anD suPPorTers ThroughouT Projects: 2011, PCC FarmlanD TrusT: Preservation of 200 acre farm in Fall City, WA Saved 300 acres of Williams Hudson Bay Farm in June of 2011, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Farm and Ranch Land Protection Spring tour of Bennington Place Farm and Program (FRPP). William Hudson Bay Farm in Walla Walla, WA Held “Celebrate Organic!” a fall tour of 3 organic farms in the Snoqualmie Valley. Concentration on the Puyallup River Valley: preservation of up to 200 acres Held tours of Camelot Downs Farm and Delta Farm in the Spring of 2011. StraTegiC Plan: entered into a formal partnership with the trust for Public Land to conserve farmland In December of 2011, the PCC Farmland Trust in Pierce County, leveraging our abilities to save more farms, faster. board of directors adopted a 2012-2015 strategic plan. This plan retains and reaffirms our existing Received a grant from the Washington Association of Land trust to help us pursue mission: to conserve farmland with a new level Accreditation in 2013. Accreditation with the Land Trust Alliance is a multi-year process of concentration, and to promote agricultural begun in 2011, and will demonstrate that the Farmland trust meets the highest national corridors in the most threatened farming areas in standards of ethical operation and donor accountability for land trusts. Western Washington. With increased organic and Marked a robust year in stewardship accomplishments. In 2011, Stewardship staff sustainable farming, these agricultural corridors and volunteers completed annual monitoring visits on a total of 865 acres of farmland, could provide environmental and economic restored 2,500 feet of wildlife habitat through planting 860 native trees and shrubs benefits to the broader community, while also adjacent to a biologically rich river, organized a day of invasive species removal, and promoting the primary goal of more organic food utilized over 400 hours of volunteer time to enhance natural resources on farms. production in the urban fringe. Over the next three years, PCC Farmland Trust will endeavor Completed our second year of Local Chefs for Local Farms events, sharing great to conserve in concentration, but also study the conversation and delicious local food with 161 community members, chefs and farmers. results–direct and derivitave. Throughout this same period, PCC Farmland Trust will also expand Added many new members to our Agrarian Circle, PCC Farmland trust’s legacy giving our work to build public and farm community program. members of the Agrarian Circle make a bequest or other planned gift to the awareness of the value of farmland conservation Farmland Trust in order to help secure local organic farmland forever. for organic food production. P C C far m land trust a n n u a l r e P o r T 2 0 1 1 P A G E 2 BoarD oF Directors Financial Report Randy Lee, President Dean Carrell January 1 - December 31, 2011 Diane Dempster Natasha Fedo Joe Hardiman OperaTing exPenses supporT maria Hines Dave Lamont Fund Development $102,600 13% INDIVIDUAL Donations $529,240 56% Alex moore Unrestricted $451,331 management $114,899 15% Andrea Newton Future Farm Fund $77,909 Seri Sedlacek all Programs $553,914 Rick Vanderknyff CORPORATe Donations $241,375 25% Community Education $92,593 12% in KinD supporT Stewardship $60,649 10% FOUNDaTION grants $141,522 15% Badger mountain Vineyard and Powers Winery Farmland Preservation $385,472 50% Unrestricted $48,199 Cedar River Associates Stewardship $58,000 ToTAL $771,413 100% Chipotle Community Education $30,000 Cor Cellars Other Restricted $5,323 melanie Conner Conservation $550,00 Dry Soda acquisition earned income $40,436 4% Dusted Valley emmer&rye ComBineD ToTAL $1,321,413 ToTAL $932,573 100% Grateful Bread KEXP Capitol Conservation Lark $227,500 grant montinore Vineyards PCC Natural markets ComBineD ToTAL $1,180,073 The Reading Room Jeff Rogers Seri Sedlacek Starbucks Coffee Company OperaTing exPenses supporT Tilth Restaurant Stewardship evenT ThanKs Full Circle Farm Community Growing Things Farm education John Sundstrom Corporate Jubilee Farm Donations Local Roots Farm maria Hines Farmland Preservation Individuals Nash’s Organic Produce Management Foundation Oxbow Farm Grants Seth Caswell Tamara murphy FunDraising Committee Kal Taylor Fund Development earned Pat Waterson Income Planning Committee Fund Development 13% Individual Donations 56% Rebecca Lavigne Josh monaghan Management 15% Corporate Donations 25% Drew Samnick Community education 12% Foundation Grants 15% Joel Wachs Stewardship 10% Sandy Wood earned Income 4% Farmland Preservation 50% lanDs & SteWarDshiP Committee Rick Reinlasoder P C C far m land trust a n n u a l r e P o r T 2 0 1 1 P A G E 3 PCC Farmland Trust and Theo Chocolate’s Cherry Chili Chocolate bar PCC Farmland Trust has two board-designated funds. One is a reserve fund that acts as a savings account for future stewardship of 2011 Donors easements and owned property expenses, including legal defense. The stewardship fund is named after Ruth Afflack, a donor who made a legacy gift to the Trust which provided the basis for the fund. The legaCy giving $10,000 - $19,999 other is our Future Farm Fund – the capital for purchasing easements Donors who have joined our Agrarian Badger mountain Vineyard and and real property. Some donors direct their donations to one of these Powers Winery Circle and have designated PCC funds. most of the dollars in these funds are designated by board Farmland Trust in their estate planning. Google Community Grants Fund of decision, guided by the Trust’s investment policies. Anonymous Tides Foundation Kevin Beder Greater Tacoma Community Dean Carrell Foundation Jan and Bill Corriston Leona Bronstein Columbia Gorge Organic Blue marble Brands matt and Elizabeth Fikejs Quixote Foundation Deacon Charitable Foundation David Brown and Dayle moss Davide!/Humanitarian Tagney Jones Family Fund Eitel/mcShea Families Rose Calderon and Bob Treder Sue Holbink and Ed Hazen The Dickey Fund Green Partnership Fund Dean and Jennifer Carrell Norma Gellert The Seattle Foundation Yvonne and Daniel Hall Ann Childs Niki Hermanson Harrington Schiff Foundation Choice Organic Teas / Granum Randy Lee $5,000 - $9,999 mary Horvitz Incorporated Don myhre Anonymous Land Trust Alliance margaret R. Cole Kelly Sanderbeck and Duane and Anita Campbell myrne Larsen Creag Foundation Brent Ewing Lucy Hadac Lifeway Foods, Inc. Gary DeBoer Sharon Swift Horizons Foundation Odwalla mark and Ruth Dundon Skip Wolff Rosenfeld Family Charitable Roxanne Scott and Randy Omel Equal Exchange Barbara Yocum and Foundation Trust Organically Grown Company Family Unity Fund Bruce mawrer Liann mummey and Steve J. Sundquist Stiebrs Farms Gregory Frankovic, Diana Leon and Kal and Doug Taylor Andrei Frankovich $20,000 anD aBove Norman Tjaden $1,000 - $2,499 Conrad and Jody Gehrmann Anonymous Westwind Fund Steve and Diane Adam Linda Glenicki Boeing Company Gary DeBoer Beth Glosten and David Stutz microsoft $2,500 - $4,999 Adobe Systems Inc. Jennifer and Henry Gordon PCC Natural markets Anonymous margaret Ames Ann and mark Hamburg Elaine Nonneman Barnes Family Fund Bangs Family Fund Karen Cropsey and Joe Hardiman Clif Bar William and Beatrice Booth Kathy and Rick Hashbarger P C C far m land trust a n n u a l r e P o r T 2 0 1 1 P A G E 4 2011 Donors J.J. Jacobi and Erik Neumann Diane Eileen mary Voytko Jemma and Ahmad Baitalmal Karen Johnston and Barlow Buescher Fairhaven mills Betty Wagner Craig Baldwin Thomas and mary Ann Kofler First Federal Bank Kristen Jeanne Walter Wright Andrew Balicki and maria Balicka Rebecca Lavigne and Dan Kapner Friends of the Fields Kathleen Washienko John D.