About Us

At Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust (DFWT), we help farmers implement sustainable agricultural practices to improve productivity, and to maintain areas of wildlife habitat on their farms. We do this through a combination of stewardship programs that offer funding to farmers, and research projects that examine the effectiveness of our current programs, and innovate with new ones. 

Our non-profit organization was established in 1993 in Delta BC, by a group of local farmers and conservationists who were concerned about increasing pressures on farmland and wildlife habitat. They came together as “partners in stewardship” to promote the sustainable use of agricultural land. Delta gave them a unique vantage point from which to see the full effects of increasing land prices, growing urban development, and dwindling resources, on farming and wildlife. Situated along the Fraser River Estuary, Delta’s green spaces, wetlands, and agricultural fields provide annual foraging and resting sites for millions of migratory birds, as well as shelter for native wildlife year round. It is also home to a thriving farming community just a short drive from Vancouver and Richmond’s urban sprawl.

The founding members believed, as we do now, that it is critical to preserve and sustain local farmland, both for its role in food production and as a valued source of wildlife habitat and ecosystem services. They also believed that the way to achieve their goals was through environmentally sound – and economically viable – agricultural practices.