MALT is a member-supported non-profit organization that permanently protects working farms in Marin County by purchasing agricultural conservation easements, which is a voluntary legal agreement between MALT and a landowner. MALT easements prohibit non-agricultural residential and commercial development, subdivision, and other uses or practices that are detrimental to sustainable agriculture. MALT easements are perpetual: they remain in effect on the land regardless of change in ownership. www.malt.org

The mission of MRCD is to conserve and enhance Marin’s natural resources, including its soil, water, vegetation and wildlife. www.marinrcd.org

The mission of Slide Ranch is to connect children to nature. By farming, cooking, caring for animals and exploring wilderness and the coast, they teach people to see the connection between their own healthy, a healthy food system and a healthy environment.

www.slideranch.org

The Marin County Department of Agriculture is accredited by the USDA as an official organic certification agency. MOCA serves the local agricultural community who are promoting sustainable farming practices. The main duty of MOCA is to uphold the standards of the USDA National Organic Program and document/verify operations’ practices of sustainable agriculture. The MOCA program is a local service that promotes productions of organic value-added products by Marin’s family farms.

www.marincounty.org/depts/ag/moca