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Your Support Helped Save an Organic Dairy!
 The situation was dire when ranchers Mike and Monique Moretti approached MALT this spring. Critical pastureland they had leased for 16 years, essentially the backyard to their ranch, was in contract with a non-agricultural buyer. Losing this farmland would place their organic dairy in jeopardy. "I grew sick to my stomach with each car that drove through our dairy on the easement road to view our pastureland," recalled Mike. "I knew each was a potential buyer that could end our livelihoods and change the land forever." Read how your support saved this organic dairy here.
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Upcoming Hikes, Tours & Talks
Take a challenging hike, tour Straus Dairy, or learn how to build an owl box
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19th Annual Holstein 100
Saturday, August 18
Love cycling through West Marin's pastoral scenery? The 19th Annual Holstein 100 bike ride on August 18 offers loop options ranging from 14 to 108 miles through the heart of Marin farmland - much of it permanently protected by MALT. Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello at the end of the event! For more information and to register, click here.
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Environmental Forum of Marin Training
Next "Master Class" begins August 28
 Each year Environmental Forum of Marin offers a series of classes and field trips that focus on the natural world, human impact on the environment, advocacy training, and completion of a class project. (In fact, it was a collaborative class project between environmentalist Phyllis Faber and dairy rancher Ellen Straus that provided the inspiration for the founding of MALT in 1980.) The Environmental Forum's next training starts August 28, and includes a full-day field trip highlighting West Marin agriculture with Phyllis. For more information and to find out how to register, click here.
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Do You Shop at Whole Foods Miller Avenue in Mill Valley?
 If so, be sure to bring your reusable bag. Each time you use it in July, August and September Whole Foods will donate to MALT through its Dimes for Donations program. In need of a new bag? Visit our website to purchase a 100% organic cotton MALT tote bag.
Photos (top to bottom): Paige Green (2); Hungry Owl Project; West Marin Senior Services; Art Rogers; Michael Woolsey
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Enjoy the sweet, long days of summer by joining MALT for an upcoming Hike, Tour & Talk in West Marin! This Saturday,