William Brown named Orange County Land Trust president

WARWICK — William Brown of Warwick has been named Orange County Land Trust president.
Brown was first appointed to the Land Trust’s Board of Directors in 2011, most recently serving as first vice president and as a member of its finance and land protection committees.
After a 29-year business career, Brown focused on expanding operations at Lowland Farm - which he’s owned with his wife since 1985 - the then 293-acre beef and hay farm in Warwick’s Amity region.
In 2007, the farm was permanently protected under Warwick’s Purchase of Development Rights Program.
Today, Lowland Farm is one of the region’s leading livestock farms. The farm, now situated on more than 800 acres, utilizes sustainable grazing methods to raise 100 percent grass fed and grass finished beef and lamb, as well as pasture-raised pork, which are allowed to forage naturally in the farm’s woodlands.
Farm products are sold on the farm, in local markets and restaurants.
Brown is also involved with the Chester Agricultural Center, a program that promotes new agricultural entrepreneurship through affordable leases of farmland in Chester’s Black Dirt region.
“At a time when opportunities for conservation have never been greater," Brown said, "I strongly believe we can make serious advancements to protect water resources, important agricultural lands, and ecologically rich areas of the county.”
Other recently-elected officers are:
• Jack Berkowitz, first vice president; Arlene Nolan, second vice president;
• Elinor Hart, treasurer; and
• Jo Marvel Hull, secretary.
Since 1993, Orange County Land Trust has helped preserve Orange County’s natural resources, scenic landscapes and working farmland, resulting in the protection of over 6,000 acres of land.
- Nancy Kriz