Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)
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Mission Statement
MALT was the first land trust in the United States to focus on farmland preservation. Founded in 1980 by a coalition of ranchers and environmentalists to preserve farmland in Marin County, California, MALT acquires agricultural conservation easements on farmland in voluntary transactions with landowners. MALT also encourages public policies that support and enhance agriculture. It is a model for agricultural land preservation efforts across the nation. MALT has so far permanently protected more than 46,000 acres of land on 72 family farms and ranches in Marin County. MALT is also a member of EarthShare California, a federation of the nation’s finest environmental and conservation organizations.
About This Cause
For more than 30 years, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) has worked with local families to save their farms and ranches. Marin’s farms provide delicious milk and cheese, meat, vegetables, fruit and wine to people in the Bay Area and beyond. With the public parks that surround them, farms preserve a contiguous open landscape that is home to abundant wildlife, verdant grasslands, sparkling streams and dense woods. These working landscapes have been faithfully husbanded for many generations alongside nature and create an extraordinary place unlike anywhere else in the world. Yet this place, where rows of organic lettuce grow alongside spotted owls perched on old growth redwoods, lies perilously at the edge of one of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. Holding on to a family farm here can be especially challenging. Every minute of every day we lose more than an acre of farmland across the country. The threat of loss can be a farmer’s constant companion. As fifth-generation rancher Gary Thornton said, “Once it’s covered over, it’s not so easy to pull up asphalt and concrete.” MALT was formed in 1980 by a coalition of environmentalists and farmers to ensure that when farming families face losing their land to threats such as development and onerous taxes, they have somewhere to turn for help. For three decades MALT has worked with more than 70 farming families to ensure the food and stunning landscape that flourish in Marin will endure for people now and in the future. MALT could not continue its work without the support of people like you. Join us now in saving the farms that need our help.