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Urban Farms to Open Range
Even though foodie culture is an ever-growing phenomenon in the Bay Area, it's still surprising to many that nearly half the land in our region is dedicated to ...
Chickens in San Mateo County
Farmer picking strawberries
Cultivating Community in Santa Rosa
Bayer Farm brings open space and food security to a section of Santa Rosa that needs more of both. With help from the nonprofit Landpaths, people in the ...
Bayer Farm sign
Getting to Market in Sunol
In the Sunol Valley, beyond the subdivisions of Pleasanton, Fred Hempel grows tomatoes alongside other farmers growing figs, strawberries, and more. It’s all ...
Row crops in Sunol
Keeping it in the Family in Rio Vista
For more than a century, Jeanne McCormack’s family has grown grain and raised livestock on a few thousand acres near Rio Vista. But she and her husband Al ...
McCormack Ranch, with Mt Diablo in the distance
Pesticide use on rise in California
After declining for four consecutive years, pesticides use increased by 15 million pounds this year. Main source was agriculture with heavy use of fumigants. ...
Garden for the Environment - Urban Agriculture Benefit
The HANC Recycling Center has long been a great supporter of the Garden for the Environment and other urban farming projects in San Francisco. We hope to see ...
Land Trust of Napa County
The Land Trust of Napa County works to protect the natural diversity, scenic open space and agricultural vitality of Napa County by preserving lands with ...
Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust
The Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust works to ensure that future generations will continue to enjoy a local source of food. They work with local farmers on ...
California Department of Food & Agriculture - Plant Pest Diagnostics
California Rangeland Trust
California Coastal Conservancy
The California Coastal Conservancy uses entrepreneurial techniques to purchase, protect, restore, and enhance coastal resources, and to provide access to the ...
Conexions
A non-profit collaborative organization working towards bringing the region into right relationship with Earth’s systems and with each other.
Hidden Villa
Hidden Villa is a nonprofit educational organization that uses its organic farm, wilderness, and community to teach and provide opportunities to learn about ...
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) was the first land trust in the United States to focus on farmland preservation. Founded in 1980 by a coalition of ...
Napa County Resource Conservation District
Working with landowners and managers, the Napa County Resource Conservation District promotes responsible watershed management through voluntary community ...
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center is a nonprofit organizing and education center and organic farm in Northern California’s Sonoma County.
Rutherford Dust Society
A group of Napa Valley winemakers and grape growers that, among other things, formed the Rutherford Dust Restoration Team (RDRT or "our dirt") to help restore ...
San Mateo County Resource Conservation District
A nonregulatory public benefit district to help people protect, conserve, and restore natural resources through information, education, and technical ...
Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District
With funds generated from a voter-approved quarter-cent sales tax, the district has permanently preserved almost 75,000 acres of open space and agricultural ...
Reaping the Harvest
It’s easy to forget how much of the Bay Area was once a working landscape. Row crops, orchards, and pastures held sway in places now covered by freeways and ...
Barn at Garin Regional Park
Apples at Ardenwood
Cows Join Party at Mission Peak
Sheep-shearing at Ardenwood
Pajaro Valley Growers Water Forum
EcoFarm and the Community Alliance for Family Farmers (CAFF) invite you to attend a grower's forum on Pajaro Valley water issues that affect how you grow your ...
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