GLOSSARY This glossary highlights some of the terms that we use elsewhere in this prospectus and is not a complete list of all the defined terms that may be used therein. Except as otherwise indicated or required by the context, references in this prospectus to: • "AFA' refers to American Farmland Advisor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, American Farmland's external manager prior to the Internalization, which will be acquired by our company in the Internalization. • "AFTRS" refers to American Farmland TRS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Optima that will be acquired by our company as part of the Internalization. • "Agricultural Sub-Adviser" refers to Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC, including Prudential Agricultural Investments, a unit of Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, LLC, which provides American Farmland with various investment, acquisition and property management services. Our Agricultural Sub-Adviser is a business unit of Prudential Investment Management, Inc., the primary asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), which is the ultimate parent of our Agricultural Sub-Adviser. See "Our Business and Properties—Management—Agricultural Sub-Adviser" and "Our Business and Properties— Investment Focus and Process—Underwriting Criteria and Due Diligence Process—Agricultural Sub-Adviser." • "alternate bearing" refers to an alternating cropping pattern that is internally regulated by the plant and results in a tendency of the plant to produce a greater than average crop one year and a lower than average crop the following year. This sequence may, but does not always, follow a biennial pattern. Crop types that have a tendency for alternate bearing include, among others, pecans, pistachios and avocados. • "amended partnership agreement" refers to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of our operating partnership that will be entere