ABC7 – KGO Bay Area & San Francisco News
June 9, 2021
250 acres of Marin County ranchland is now permanently protected to help Hog Island Oyster Company recover from the pandemic and advance its business. The Marin Agricultural Land Trust completed a $1.1 million dollar easement with Hog Island on the Leali Ranch in Marshall.
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Views by the Bay
June 5, 2021
To shore up oyster farming the Marin Agricultural Land Trust granted a long-term easement to the Hog Island Oyster Company. Hog Island will use the easement for its land-based activities such as oyster holding tanks: “It’s the first easement involving aquaculture in the history of the land trust, which was established in 1980 and has set aside more than 54,000…
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Marin Independent Journal
June 5, 2021
I was happy to see the story this week that Hog Island Oyster Co. has won the right to continue serving up its in-demand product not only for the foreseeable future, but also for as long as the slimy inhabitants within that hard shell are considered a delightful taste treat. And the fact that they’ve…
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The Press Democrat
June 4, 2021
Committed to land and sea conservation in west Marin County, the coastal oyster and beef businesses have become poster children for their advocacy of circular food models: using waste byproducts like oyster shells or manure to regenerate the soil, thereby creating benefits to both water and land, sustaining ongoing food production.
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Marin Independent Journal
June 3, 2021
A prominent Bay Area shellfish company that saw significant business losses and layoffs during the pandemic has taken an unusual route to return to financial health: preserving hundreds of acres of scenic land in West Marin.
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San Francisco Chronicle
June 2, 2021
The Marin Agricultural Land Trust has completed a $1.1 million conservation easement with Hog Island Oyster Co. on the parcel in Marshall the company owns across from its headquarters on Tomales Bay. It’s the first easement involving aquaculture in the history of the land trust, which was established in 1980 and has set aside more…
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North Bay Business Journal
June 2, 2021
Hog Island Oyster Company in West Marin inked a deal that will keep 250 acres of the surrounding ranch perpetually in agriculture and infuse cash that will help the business rebuild from the pandemic.
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KPIX CBS SF
May 25, 2021
He got help from the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, or MALT, which is offering farmers grants of up to $15,000 to try to survive the drought. “We started the next day. As soon as they gave us the thumbs up, at 7 o’clock the next morning, we started laying pipe because we were that close,”…
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Marin Independent Journal
May 19, 2021
The Marin Agricultural Land Trust has allocated $250,000 for a grants program to help Marin County farmers and ranchers adapt to the drought. Thane Kreiner, trust’s new chief executive, said the organization created the initiative — called Drought Resilience and Water Security, or DRAWS — in response to pleas for help from members of the…
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Point Reyes Light
April 21, 2021
This month, MALT announced that it will provide $250,000 for longer-term water resiliency projects for coastal Marin farmers and ranchers regardless of whether their properties have land trust conservation easements. Possible projects include redeveloping existing springs that may have gone dormant, building rainwater catchment systems, and purchasing and installing water pipelines and solar pumps to…
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