Marin land preservation trust adds 758-acre ranch

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With help from the county, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust has moved a step closer to reaching its goal of protecting 100,000 acres of Marin’s farmland, nearly all of Marin’s remaining private farmland, by 2040.

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