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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Marin Independent Journal
May 7, 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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Point Reyes Light
April 29, 2020
Molly Meyerson, the owner of Little Wing Farm in Point Reyes Station, said she can’t keep her farm stand stocked. Though it was previously her primary outlet, now she is preparing 40 boxes a week on a first-come, first-served basis to meet the desire for more security.
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Novato Community Television
April 28, 2020
A celebration of 50 years of Earth Day with Marin Agricultural Land Trust at Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery.
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Marin Independent Journal
April 26, 2020
Marin ranchers and farmers who supplied restaurants before the coronavirus pandemic are scrambling to find new buyers during the crisis.
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San Francisco Chronicle
April 14, 2020
Bay Area artisan cheese makers are making tough decisions right now. Some are laying off staff. Others are switching up the cheeses they produce, hoping to wait out the coronavirus in the aging room. That’s because just about all of California’s boutique cheese makers have seen their sales drop since state and local shelter-in-place orders…
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KPIX5, CBS SF Bay Area
April 13, 2020
John Ramos reports on how local butcher shops and farms are maintaining supply chains while large factory processing plants deal with shutdowns
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