Morning Ag Clips
April 19, 2022
As Earth Day approaches, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has announced approval by its board of directors for phase 3 of MALT’s Drought Resilience and Water Security (DRAWS) initiative, with an additional $250,000 in funding. Launched in April 2021, DRAWS has already allotted $500,000 in two funding phases to help Marin County ranchers and farmers address…
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The North Bay Business Journal
April 18, 2022
Staring at a hillside already turning a lighter shade of green while barely out of winter, Bivalve Dairy farmers John and Karen Taylor are trying to steer out of a third year of drought this spring in Marin County with the help of technology. “This concerns me because we’re seeing drought-like conditions in February,” John Taylor said,…
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Morning Ag Clips
March 9, 2022
The Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announced today that it received national recognition for its work to preserve Marin County’s agricultural lands by being awarded accreditation for the third time by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. The commission is an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance, a national leader working to support land trusts…
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Point Reyes Light
March 2, 2022
Molly Myerson grew up in a sixth-floor apartment in Washington Heights, a northern neighborhood of New York City, surrounded by concrete. It was not the usual starting point for a farmer, but as a child she was always drawn to plants. Any green growing things in her family’s apartment invariably ended up in her bedroom.
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Marin IJ
February 24, 2022
I was dismayed to see that the portion of the proposed funding for the Marin Agricultural Land Trust’s purchase of agricultural easements on the extension of Measure A on the June ballot was cut from near 20% to 10% by the Marin Board of Supervisors. I believe that every day lost in the pursuit of…
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Marin IJ
February 21, 2022
Wendell Berry, the well-known environmental activist, said “eating is an agricultural act.” If you eat food, wear wool clothing or plant vegetable starts at home, then you already benefit from sustainable agriculture here in Marin County.
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Morning Ag Clips
February 14, 2022
As California enters another year of an intensifying drought, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust’s (MALT) water emergency relief program, the Drought Resilience & Water Security (DRAWS) initiative, reports progress in helping to address the community’s ongoing water shortage while laying the groundwork for more strategic long-term water security for farmers and ranchers throughout Marin County.
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Morning Ag Clips
February 9, 2022
The Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announced that it collaborated with several local agencies in contributing part of the matching funds crucial to the Marin Resource Conservation District (RCD) being awarded a $1 million grant from the California Coastal Conservancy. The funding from this grant will help to plan, design and implement carbon farming projects that aim…
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Point Reyes Light
February 9, 2022
The plan by Marin County Parks for spending Measure A funds will not shift as much as initially proposed, to the relief of supporters of agriculture. Instead of halving farmland preservation spending, the final spending plan keeps the allocation stable at 20 percent. But that category, renamed “sustainable agriculture,” will be open to a wider…
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Marin IJ
February 8, 2022
A revised plan for Marin’s Measure A sales tax measure would continue to set aside 20% for agriculture, but reduce funding for agricultural easements. Under the plan, approved on a first reading by county supervisors on Tuesday, 50% of the total 20% earmarked for agriculture would be available for easements.
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