![Sponsors California Rodeo Salinas Inaugural Junior Rodeo Sponsors California Rodeo Salinas Inaugural Junior Rodeo](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/ea824adfce3af9141ab03cf129664629.png)
- Jun 10, 2024
Sponsors California Rodeo Salinas Inaugural Junior Rodeo
SALINAS, CALIF. (KION-TV)- We're still a month away from the California Rodeo Salinas but on Sunday June 9, 2024, was the first-ever Junior Rodeo in Salinas, bringing in the youngest cowboys…
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- May 20, 2024
Ag Land Trust Sponsors 80th Annual Salinas Valley Fair
Ag Land Trust sponsors the 80th Annual Salinas Valley Fair, held May 16-19, 2024, in King City. This year, the Fair brought the community together at the “Golden Hills & Fair Time…
Read More![Camille Polson Accepted to Grower Shipper Associations's AgKnowledge Class XVI Camille Polson Accepted to Grower Shipper Associations's AgKnowledge Class XVI](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/8c6208ff4ca05c28e3bdc02bc54ec699.jpg)
- Apr 22, 2024
Camille Polson Accepted to Grower Shipper Associations's AgKnowledge Class XVI
Camille Polson, our Director of Finance and Property Management has been accepted to the 2024 Grower-Shipper Association's AgKnowledge Class XVI. Class XVI's 23 community members have been accepted…
Read More![Re-Election of Board Officers & Members 2024-2025 Re-Election of Board Officers & Members 2024-2025](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/32498db42f221cc29656db70269707d7.png)
- Jun 1, 2024
Re-Election of Board Officers & Members 2024-2025
The Ag Land Trust has a particularly impressive and sophisticated cadre of Officers. The all-volunteer Board of Directors is pleased to announce its re-election of officers for the…
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- Feb 1, 2024
Election of New Board Member - Tom AmRhein
Director Tom AmRhein is a native of the Pajaro Valley. He has over 40 years of experience owning and managing farming operations in California and Mexico, focused primarily on berry production. His experience…
Read More![California Allocates $116 Million to Preserve Farming and Tribal Lands California Allocates $116 Million to Preserve Farming and Tribal Lands](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/3630069b344bb33d24f94e68eca74958.png)
- Dec 18, 2023
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…
Read More![Ag Land Trust Makes “Unprecedented” Purchase of Easement Ag Land Trust Makes “Unprecedented” Purchase of Easement](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/765e2ec4bab43f323a2f2796269e7b96.png)
- Jun 21, 2023
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…
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- May 31, 2023
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;…
Read More![The Ag Land Trust Featured at KSBW’s Share Your Holiday The Ag Land Trust Featured at KSBW’s Share Your Holiday](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/869e98050554c4bb5a6a22a5f3dc09b2.jpg)
- Dec 19, 2022
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…
Read More![State Awards $5.1 Million in Grant Funding to Preserve Salinas Valley Farmland State Awards $5.1 Million in Grant Funding to Preserve Salinas Valley Farmland](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/629082c2adcb979dac7fd55f5e8abebf.png)
- Dec 16, 2022
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…
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- Jul 21, 2022
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…
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- Nov 18, 2021
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…
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- Feb 11, 2021
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…
Read More![Sherwood Darington Receive 2017 Valley of the World Ag Leader Award Sherwood Darington Receive 2017 Valley of the World Ag Leader Award](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/c5283c7898f5efd92336832a0c677adf.jpeg)
- Feb 21, 2017
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.…
Read More![Ag Land Trust Purchases HZ Ranch South County Farmland Ag Land Trust Purchases HZ Ranch South County Farmland](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/d804fecb78128a60090693d903a7b43a.jpg)
- Aug 12, 2016
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…
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- Aug 3, 2016
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…
Read More![Ag Monday: Darington is Farmland Conservation's Gatekeeper Ag Monday: Darington is Farmland Conservation's Gatekeeper](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/9f02b969445f14bdcff7cf529c0aaf10.jpg)
- Dec 14, 2014
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,…
Read More![Ag Land Conservancy has been Protecting Farmland for Two Decades Ag Land Conservancy has been Protecting Farmland for Two Decades](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/7b804ca5208dc8b0fd405163f3ff4013.jpg)
- May 17, 2013
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.…
Read More![Preserving Agricultural Land in the Monterey Bay Area Preserving Agricultural Land in the Monterey Bay Area](https://www.aglandtrust.org/thumb_cache/398x249/855b115bfa89dd5f42b50ca78df08020.jpg)
- Aug 18, 1998
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…
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