The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), has announced a groundbreaking new initiative that hopes to triple the amount of preserved farmland acreage and the number of preserved farms on the San Mateo Coast over the next 10 years. The Farmland Futures Initiative is one of the most ambitious farming conservation programs in the history of the Bay Area, and is crucial to protecting local working land that has recently been lost to urban development.
The program will also help retain Bay Area farmers, many of whom have farmed in San Mateo County for decades, but are challenged by the extremely high cost of local farmland.
Full details on the announcement can be found here.
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