Editorial: Point Reyes ranches are important to Marin’s agricultural economy

May 11, 2020

Even with the accomplishments of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, local ranchlands have been lost to former properties that have shifted away from active agriculture.

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a few cows stand at Parks Home Ranch

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In a significant win for Marin County’s farmland conservation, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has permanently protected the historic 177-acre Parks Home Ranch in Tomales with an agricultural conservation easement. By leveraging funding from the county’s Farmland Preservation Grants program funded by Measure A and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Agricultural Land Easements…

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