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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
- Collective Plate at City Slicker Farm
- Join City Slicker Farms as we celebrate 10 years of empowering West Oakland residents to grow, harvest and eat fresh, healthy food where they live. 10 of the ...
- 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
- 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 ...
- Tri-Valley Conservancy
- To preserve and protect important agricultural and open space lands in and around the cities of Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, San Ramon, and Sunol.
- 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
- The Oakland Standard: Seed Festival at OMCA
- Celebrate the bounty of fall harvest. Catch some live music while you swap seeds, eat, drink, and maybe dance!
- Wake-Up The Farm
- ARDENWOOD Rise and shine and lend a hand! Join us for a few fun farm chores. We'll visit the animals and bring them their breakfast. Ardenwood admission fee ...
- Wake-Up The Farm
- ARDENWOOD Rise and shine and lend a hand! Join us for a few fun farm chores. We'll visit the animals and bring them their breakfast. Ardenwood admission fee ...
- Pie Ranch Fundraiser - This Land is Your Land
- This fundraiser is a gourmet multi-course meal enjoyed family style on our farm! Your support makes our mission to inspire and connect people to know the ...
