Press Releases
If you are a reporter working on deadline, or would like to arrange an interview with MALT staff or board members, please contact Robin Livingston, Communications Associate, at (415) 663-1158 ext. 323 or [email protected].
Press Release: Furlong Ranch 50,000-acre milestone
Furlong Ranch 50,000-acre milestone
January 30, 2018
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – 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.
Press Release: Bianchini Ranch
Bianchini Ranch
January 23, 2018
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust will protect the Bianchini Ranch in Point Reyes Station, a 705-acre ranch overlooking Tomales Bay that is home to Bivalve Dairy®.
Press Release: Furlong Ranch
Furlong Ranch
December 5, 2017
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust will protect 609-acre Furlong Ranch in Marshall. The announcement came at today’s Marin County Board of Supervisors meeting, during which Supervisors approved $1,332,650 in funding from the Marin County Farmland Preservation Program toward MALT’s purchase of an agricultural conservation easement on the ranch.
Press Release: Evans Nicasio Ranch
Evans Nicasio Ranch
October 3, 2017
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of the 998-acre Evans Nicasio Ranch, also known as the Al Grossi Ranch, near Nicasio.
Press Release: Stanley Martinelli Ranch
Stanley Martinelli Ranch
April 4, 2017
Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of the historic 602-acre Stanley Martinelli Ranch. Adjacent to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and overlooking the southeastern shore of Tomales Bay just two miles north of Point Reyes Station, the scenic cattle ranch is coveted real estate
Press Release: Dolcini-Beltrametti Ranch
Dolcini-Beltrametti Ranch
January 24, 2017
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of the 326-acre Dolcini-Beltrametti Ranch in Hicks Valley, where Point Reyes-Petaluma Road meets Novato Boulevard.
Press Release: Wilson Hill Road Ranch
Wilson Hill Road Ranch
June 28, 2016
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of the 491-acre Wilson Hill Road Ranch in Chileno Valley
Press Release: Gallagher North Bend Ranch
Gallagher North Bend Ranch
May 2, 2016
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of Gallagher North Bend Ranch near Point Reyes Station.
Press Release: Fallon Ranch
Fallon Ranch
Sept. 21, 2015
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of Fallon Ranch in Tomales, placing 186 acres of coastal pasture and cropland under permanent protection from subdivision and development.
Press Release: Farming future of two Marin ranches secured by innovative land use agreement
Farming future of two Marin ranches secured by innovative land use agreement
January 8, 2015
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. –Tomales (Calif.) ranchers Al and Cathie Poncia have committed their ranch to farming in perpetuity by selling a Mandatory Agricultural Use (MAU) amendment to Marin
Press Release: Paradise Valley Ranch
Paradise Valley Ranch
November 24, 2014
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced today the protection of Paradise Valley Ranch in Bolinas, placing one of California’s oldest certified organic farms under permanent protection from subdivision and development.
Press Release: Millerton Creek Ranch
Millerton Creek Ranch
November 4, 2014
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has purchased an 864-acre ranch on Tomales Bay from a real estate developer.
Press Release: Thacher Ranch
Thacher Ranch
September 23, 2014
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – .Today, Marin Agricultural Land Trust announced the protection of Thacher Ranch near Tomales, placing 623 acres of productive agricultural land and diverse natural resources under permanent protection from subdivison and development.
Press Release: Barinaga Ranch
Barinaga Ranch
Sept. 3, 2014
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announced today that Marshall cheesemakers and ranchers Marcia Barinaga and Corey Goodman have decided to leave their 823-acre Barinaga Ranch to MALT. It is the first bequest of MALT-protected land to the organization.
Press Release: Agricultural leaders join MALT Board of Directors
Agricultural leaders join MALT Board of Directors
July 30, 2013
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Today, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announces that Ralph Grossi, one of the nation’s most prominent advocates of farmland conservation, has been elected to MALT’s Board of Directors.
Press Release: Stemple Creek Ranch
Stemple Creek Ranch
June 20, 2013
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Today Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announces that it has permanently protected 440 acres of historic farmland near the town of Tomales.
Press Release: MALT and Marin Organic partnership
MALT and Marin Organic partnership
July 18, 2012
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Organic and Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announce a new partnership that aims to expand farm-based education for the Bay Area’s public and independent schools.
Press Release: MALT awarded national accreditation
MALT awarded national accreditation
August 10, 2010
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – On August 4, 2010, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) earned accreditation from The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance.
Press Release: Toluma Farms
Toluma Farms
April 19, 2010
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has purchased an agricultural conservation easement on the 160-acre Toluma Farms in Tomales.
Press Release: Cypress Lane Ranch
Cypress Lane Ranch
August 12, 2009
MALT, with financial assistance from the Department of Conservation’s California Farmland Conservancy Program and the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) has purchased an agricultural conservation easement on the Spaletta family’s 772-acre Cypress Lane Ranch.
Press Release: Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company receives Aldo Leopold Conservation Award
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company receives Aldo Leopold Conservation Award
Nov. 22, 2013
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) is proud to announce that the Robert Giacomini Dairy, home to the Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, was awarded the prestigious California Leopold Conservation Award this week.
Press Release: Barboni Ranch
Barboni Ranch
February 1, 2013
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Today Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announced that it helped protect a large Marin County ranch. The agreement between the Barboni family, MALT and a unique coalition of partners was four years in the making.
Press Release: MALT announces Jamison Watts as new Executive Director
MALT announces Jamison Watts as new Executive Director
November 20, 2012
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) announces today that its Board of Directors has selected Jamison Watts as MALT’s new Executive Director effective January 14, 2013.
Press Release: Moretti Dairy
Moretti Dairy
June 29, 2012
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) helped save a Marin organic dairy near the town of Tomales today when it permanently protected a 126-acre property.
Press Release: MALT 15th annual Ranches & Rolling Hills Landscape Show and Sale
MALT 15th annual Ranches & Rolling Hills Landscape Show and Sale
February 28, 2012
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) is presenting its 15th annual Ranches & Rolling Hills Landscape Art Show and Sale to benefit farmland preservation this May 19 and 20. Since its inception, the weekend-long celebration of paintings depicting the West Marin countryside has raised more than $1 million to protect working farms and ranches.
Press Release: Thornton Ranch
Thornton Ranch
August 15, 2011
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Nine-year effort protects sixth-generation Thornton Ranch. Purchase of $2.3 million easement keeps livestock ranch operational and completes 8,000-acre greenbelt of MALT-protected farmland near historic ranching town of Tomales.
Press Release: Lucasfilm Foundation grants $2 million to MALT
Lucasfilm Foundation grants $2 million to MALT
June 1, 2011
Pt. Reyes Station, Calif. – Lucasfilm Foundation, the private charitable enterprise founded by legendary filmmaker George Lucas, has granted $2 million to Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), a 501(c)(3) public charity.
Press Release: Mazzucchi Ranch
Mazzucchi Ranch
July 8, 2010
Point Reyes Station, Calif. —Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has purchased an agricultural conservation easement on the 215-acre Mazzucchi Ranch in Valley Ford.
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