MALT Hires First Director, Science and Regenerative Agriculture

August 26, 2021

The Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has hired Ladi Asgill, an agronomist and environmental scientist as well as a lifelong farmer, to the newly created position of director, science and regenerative agriculture.

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