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California Allocates $116 Million to Preserve Farming and Tribal Lands

The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) approved over $116 million in Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program grants last week to permanently protect approximately 50,500 acres of croplands…

Ag Land Trust Makes “Unprecedented” Purchase of Easement

Ag Land Trust, headquartered in Salinas and one of the first land trusts in the state of California, completed a purchase last week of a permanent agricultural conservation easement on 112 acres of prime…

Election of Board Officers

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce its recent election of new officers for the Ag Land Trust. The new officers are: Heather Golden, Chair; David Gill, Vice-Chair; Laurence London, Secretary;…

The Ag Land Trust Featured at KSBW’s Share Your Holiday

For the 36thyear, KSBW’s Share Your Holiday in partnership with the Salvation Army was able to raise over $185,000 dollars that goes towards food, clothing, rent assistance and toys…

State Awards $5.1 Million in Grant Funding to Preserve Salinas Valley Farmland

On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the California Strategic Growth Council awarded three grants to the Salinas-based nonprofit Ag Land Trust that will help preserve nearly 600 acres of farmland in the Salinas…

California Rodeo Sponsor 2022

The California Rodeo Association is a not-for-profit organization that strives to preserve and promote the traditions of the California Rodeo Salinas and the West. They support the community and other…

Good Week / Great Week

GREAT WEEK: On Tuesday, Nov. 16, the state Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program board awarded three grants, totaling $9.86 million, for Ag Land Trust to acquire three separate properties…

Azevedo Bioreactor Project Underway

Update 02/11/21: The Azevedo Bioreactor is now up and running and reducing nitrates from entering the Elkhorn Slough. The Ag Land Trust has been working with the Resource Conservation District…

Sherwood Darington Receive 2017 Valley of the World Ag Leader Award

Sherwood Darington (age 83) is a native of the Salinas Valley and a member of the pioneering Sherwood family. He and his family have been committed to public service in Monterey County for many generations.…

Ag Land Trust Purchases HZ Ranch South County Farmland

In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. National Guard Bureau, the Ag Land Trust of Monterey County has acquired the 466-acre "HZ Ranch" on Nacimiento Road…

Land Trust Seeks $4.3 Million Grant

Officials with the California Strategic Growth Council will decide on Tuesday whether to award Salinas-based nonprofit Ag Land Trust more than $4.34 million in grants to buy the development rights on…

Ag Monday: Darington is Farmland Conservation's Gatekeeper

Sherwood Darington has been tied to the land in one way or another throughout his entire life. As the managing director of the Ag Land Trust, the longtime Salinas resident is working to make sure that,…

Ag Land Conservancy has been Protecting Farmland for Two Decades

A Ford pickup truck heads south from Salinas to King City on Highway 101 with Brian Rianda and Sherwood Darington of the Monterey County Agricultural & Historical Land Conservancy (MCAHLC) onboard.…

Preserving Agricultural Land in the Monterey Bay Area

For those of us who grew up on the Central Coast, a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area used to be a grand adventure. Not too many years ago, Highway 101 hugged the coast range as it meandered through…