Nathan Aaberg
Illinois FarmLink Director, The Land Connection
Nathan Aaberg joined The Land Connection in December 2022 to lead the launch of Illinois FarmLink, a program designed to connect and empower farmers and farmland owners around land access. Nathan had previously committed nine years of full-time service to the Liberty Prairie Foundation in Grayslake, Illinois, as the Foundation’s Director of Conservation and Working Lands. There he launched and grew the Northeast Illinois FarmLink program, while also leading the development of a community of practice of conservation-oriented institutional farmland owners. Nathan's earlier conservation background includes time as the director of development of a county-wide land trust in Illinois and immersion in urban river revitalization while part of the Friends of the Chicago River team.