Ice cream, yogurt, cheese – wonderful cheese, milk, sour cream…yum-oh…and the list goes on. Not only do dairy cows provide all these delicious foods but these foods provide us with so much nutrition! Milk is the leading food source of nine essential nutrients in the diets of kids ages 2-18, including protein, calcium, phosphorus, potassium,...Read More
Ag Conservation Easements – A Challenging Process, but There’s Hope! By Bill Martin, Executive director, Central Valley Farmland Trust The Central Valley Farmland Trust exists because of an overarching concern for the rapid depletion of prime irrigated farmland in the ...Read More
Editor’s note: This is the last article in a three-part series to appear in the Legacy on drought and other challenges farmers face that can be mitigated through a nutrition-based management approach. Our primary contributors ...Read More
Editor’s note: This is the first article in a three-part series to appear in the Legacy on drought and other challenges farmers face that can be mitigated through a nutrition-based management approach. Dr. Thomas T. Yamashita (“Dr. Tom”) has a Ph.D. in plant pathology and over 30 years of research and ...Read More
Editor’s note: This is the second article in a three-part series to appear in the Legacy on drought and other challenges farmers face that can be mitigated through a nutrition-based management approach. Dr. Thomas T. Yamashita (“Dr. Tom”) has a Ph.D. in plant pathology and over 30 years of research and experience on the topic....Read More
The Central Valley Farmland Trust (CVFT) is recognized as a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Service. This allows landowners under certain situations who place agricultural conservation easements (ACEs) on their property to generate substantive tax benefits. Landowners who elect to sell an ACE to CVFT can utilize the sales proceeds to...Read More
