Women’s Work Edible Marin & Wine Country May 23, 2018 Women’s work at kitchen tables has always been more than making meals. As a child, sitting at or under many a kitchen table, I observed the power in the way that women listened, formed relationships, built community and solved problems. It was at one such kitchen table, the one belonging to Ellen and Bill Straus… Read Article
Report: America is losing its best farmland San Francisco Chronicle May 8, 2018 “The Greenbelt Alliance estimates that 217,000 acres of agricultural land in the greater Bay Area have been lost to development in the past three decades. The Marin Agricultural Land Trust is one local organization that tries to counter that development by creating easements that have preserved more than 51,000 acres of county land [sic] for… Read Article
MALT protects Nicasio McIsaac Ranch in $3.4 million easement Point Reyes Light March 22, 2018 An easement on the J. McIsaac Ranch allowed the family who has been leasing the ranch for 137 years to purchase the 527 acres, while protecting it from multi-estate development. Read Article
Measure A money helping to secure West Marin farmland Marin Independent Journal March 17, 2018 MALT reaches 50,000-acre milestone of protected agricultural land in Marin with the acquisition of an easement over Furlong Ranch in Marshall. Read Article
Looking to the Land to Mitigate Climate Change Saving Land Magazine (Land Trust Alliance) March 6, 2018 The accredited Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) in California helped launch the Marin Carbon Project (MCP) to see whether improved agricultural management practices, such as managed grazing and spreading compost on rangeland, could help soil take up more atmospheric CO2. Read Article
Most of James Hetfield’s Lucas Valley Ranch Protected from Development KQED March 2, 2018 Coverage of the consolidation and transfer of a 1,000-acre easement on Luiz Ranch in Gallinas Valley to MALT from the Marin County Open Space District (MCOSD), a process that began with a series of donations of easements to MCOSD from landowners James and Francesca Hetfield. Read Article
Metallica’s James Hetfield Donates 1,100 Acres To Marin Land Trust CBS SF Bay Area, KPIX February 28, 2018 Coverage of the consolidation and transfer of a 1,000-acre easement on Luiz Ranch in Gallinas Valley to MALT from the Marin County Open Space District (MCOSD), a process that began with a series of donations of easements to MCOSD from landowners James and Francesca Hetfield. Read Article
Ag Plan strives to preserve Silicon Valley’s farming heritage San Francisco Chronicle February 18, 2018 The new Santa Clara Valley Ag Plan, crediting MALT as a model, seeks to protect the agricultural heritage of Silicon Valley from development. Read Article
West Marin agricultural easement will protect Bianchini Ranch Marin Independent Journal January 25, 2018 Marin Agricultural Land Trust will protect the Taylor Ranch, formerly known as Bianchini Ranch, in Point Reyes Station, a 705-acre ranch overlooking Tomales Bay that is home to Bivalve Dairy. Read Article
Marin provides $1.3 million to help protect ranch Marin Independent Journal December 14, 2017 Article about the planned Furlong Ranch easement. Mentions each past Measure A easement by name. Measure A and MALT contributions are put into simple terms. Establishes urgency in rising land values and landowner succession issues. Jamison Watts and Jeff Stump are quoted. Read Article