Farmland Partners Inc. on March 16, 2023, the Board of Directors increased the size of the Board from eight directors to nine directors and appointed Jennifer S. Grafton as an independent director, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the number of directors. Ms. Grafton will serve until the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders or until her successor is duly elected and qualifies. The Board affirmatively determined that Ms. Grafton is an independent director within the meaning of the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.

Ms. Grafton has not been named to any Board committees at this time. Ms. Grafton has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of E2open Parent Holdings Inc., since March 1, 2023. Prior to serving as General Counsel, Ms. Grafton served as Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary since January 2021.

Prior to joining E2open, Ms. Grafton served as Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer of Westmoreland Coal Company from 2008 through 2019. Previous to Westmoreland, Ms. Grafton worked in the corporate governance and securities practices of various Denver-based law firms. In addition to various executive roles, in 2021 Ms. Grafton was appointed to serve as an independent director of Dakota Gold Corporation, where she serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees. Ms. Grafton graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a B.A. in Politics & Government, from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law Order of the Coif with a J.D. and received her M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business with Highest Honors.