MALT members made it possible for us to protect Moretti Dairy this June and now it's time to celebrate! Join us Sept. 15 for an Indian-summer farm-to-table "Picnic in the Pasture" at Moretti Ranch. Take a hay ride from the parking area to the pasture where we'll sip local wine and beer and share a ranch-style BBQ prepared with ingredients sourced from neighboring farms. Pull up a hay bale or spread out a picnic blanket and relax with family and friends while listening to live bluegrass music from Green String Farm Band. This is a special event for MALT members. Not a member yet? No problem - you can join when you sign up for the event! Learn more...
Family Day: Toluma Farms and Tomales Farmstead Creamery
Saturday, Sept. 22, Noon - 3 p.m.
Take advantage of West Marin's beautiful fall weather and spend an afternoon with the family at Toluma Farms! Milk one of the 200 goats, learn how to make cheese in the new Tomales Farmstead Creamery, collect eggs, visit the wooly sheep and take a tractor ride. After enjoying your picnic lunch take a walk to the hilltop overlooking the certified organic ranch and take in the views. For more information and to register, click here.
Getting Schooled on the Farm
Joint effort educates Bay Area schoolchildren about healthy farms and food
Harvesting at Star Route Farms
MALT has partnered with our friends at Marin Organic to expand the popular Farm Field Studies program to meet the growing Bay Area demand for on-the-farm educational experiences for schoolchildren. "By connecting students to farms and farmers themselves, we can help build awareness and inspire a preference for locally grown, nutritious food," says Marin Organic interim executive director Stacy Smith. Read all about it in our press release. To find out how your child's class can take a field trip to a West Marin farm click here.
Make Our Business Your Business
Support MALT's work through our new Corporate Circle Program
Sue Conley at Cowgirl Creamery
MALT has launched its new Corporate Circle Program as a way for local businesses to show their commitment to preserving Marin's family farms. The program offers a host of new opportunities to get involved in MALT's work, including sponsoring public events, participating in volunteer work days on MALT-protected farms and ranches, and much more. To see a full list of membership benefits and find out how your business can help protect Marin's farms and the precious resources they provide, read on.
Support Local Farms! Support Measure A!
Help protect Marin farmland this Nov. 6
Join MALT in supporting Marin County's Measure A! The measure will help preserve our family farms and the delicious food they produce, as well as the rural lands, waterways and wildlife corridors they help to sustain. Find out more about how you can support Measure A and critical funding for farmland protection at www.yesmarinparksopenspace.com.
