American Farmland Trust.

American Farmland Trust President Ralph Grossi was honored in the January issue of Progressive Farmer as the magazine's 2002 Man of the Year in Service to Agriculture. An original board member of American Farmland Trust, Grossi has led the organization as president since 1985. In accepting the annul award, Grossi joins the ranks of groundbreaking agricultural scientists, farm organization leaders, legislators and government officials who have been featured on the pages of Progressive Farmer for the past 65 years.