The Daily Sentinel
December 30, 2020
“Mesa dates back to 1980,” Dempsey said. “It is one of just a small handful of agricultural land trusts now celebrating its 40th (anniversary). This group includes AFT and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust — I can’t think of any others. These groups were at the forefront of private conservation organizations in responding to the…
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National Geographic
December 11, 2020
Ranchers, environmentalists and community leaders teamed up to prevent the development and, in the process, formed the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) in 1980. Many farms on the California Cheese Trail are protected by the trust, meaning the land can only be used for agriculture.
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Resilience
December 4, 2020
Our local land trust (Marin Agricultural Land Trust) in Marin County is working on restoration and best practices on farms and broader conservation measures.
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Peninsula Press
November 19, 2020
“We’re really worried that we aren’t going to have the resources we’ve had in the last five years,” Kathryn Lyddan, director of conservation at the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, said, referring to previous state allocations for sustainable farming practices. “It’s important for the state to really commit resources.”
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Marin Independent Journal
November 1, 2020
Using $23,000 obtained with help from Trout Unlimited’s Golden Gate Chapter, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and Marin County, the water district purchased an upgraded antenna that addresses past issues and provide researchers better data on which fish are surviving. Researchers are hoping for an average number of spawners to return this year based on…
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Los Angeles Times
September 2, 2020
“The portrayal of these folks as greedy, industrial ranchers benefiting on the federal government dime is I think a big exaggeration,” said Livingston, pointing out that the majority of the farms have been run by generations of the same family. Isabel French, spokeswoman for the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, which represents family farms, though not…
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Point Reyes Light
September 2, 2020
Dr. Jonathan Wachter, a soil scientist for the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, said his preliminary analysis showed that utilizing available lands for compost application alone could sequester 104,069 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year. That by itself would balance out the contribution that agriculture makes to emissions in Marin.
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Point Reyes Light
July 8, 2020
It is possible to make locally grown food abundant to all segments of our community, despite the distribution challenges that have plagued us while we shelter in place and those that existed long before the pandemic. Ellen Straus and Phyllis Faber thought about this decades ago when creating the Marin Agricultural Land Trust.
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Point Reyes Light
June 3, 2020
The Marin Agricultural Land Trust has returned $833,250 it was awarded three years ago from the county’s Measure A funds to purchase an agricultural conservation easement for a Hicks Valley ranch.
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Marin Independent Journal
May 13, 2020
Representatives from the Marin Conservation League, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, the Marin Resource Conservation District and the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin were among those who wrote in favor of the continuation of ranching, a legacy that dates back to the mid-1800s. The groups supported a proposal that the park service highlighted as…
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