June 2, 2021
POINT REYES STATION, Calif. — The Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), a pioneering farmland trust in California’s Marin County, announced today that it has closed an agricultural conservation easement with Hog Island Oyster Company (Hog Island) in Marshall, permanently protecting the 250-acre Leali Ranch for agriculture and cultivation of marine organisms. One of the premier…
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April 14, 2021
MALT announced today that it is launching a Drought Resilience and Water Security (DRAWS) initiative to help address critical water shortages affecting Marin County farmers and ranchers.
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March 30, 2021
Today MALT announced that it has named Thane Kreiner as chief executive officer.
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June 26, 2019
MALT protects 758-acre Ielmorini Back Ranch forming a contiguous 14,383-acre stretch of protected agricultural land and habitat.
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October 30, 2018
A once-in-a-decade move of buy-protect-sell allows MALT to return Millerton Creek Ranch on Tomales Bay to farming, forever.
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September 24, 2018
H.R. 6687 protects national model of sustainable food production and land conservation for farmers, environmentalists, and Bay Area nature lovers.
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May 21, 2018
Fighting farmland loss, national land trust leader seeks private and public funds to preserve iconic sustainable agriculture.
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March 13, 2018
After near loss in 2015, family that has farmed this land since 1881 turns to MALT for permanent protection.
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February 27, 2018
Agreement protects natural resources, farming future of historic ranch.
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January 30, 2018
Marin Agricultural Land Trust finalized an agricultural conservation easement deal on 609-acre Furlong Ranch in Marshall today, pushing the land trust over the halfway point toward its goal of protecting 100,000 acres, nearly all of the productive private farmland in Marin County.
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