FarmsReach is a community & partnership-driven platform to help farmers be successful and environmentally sustainable.
Berkeley, California
Joined November 2008
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Whoah - 125 organizations collaborated to create the Conservation Lands Network tools - rocking for any kind of earth-oriented or biodiversity prioritization. #osc2018
“If it’s not profitable, it’s not sustainable.” MALT is working with 20 farms to monetize carbon farming (sequestration), and Stemple Creek Ranch adding tours & events for even more income. Nice work!! ⭐️💰#osc2018
Secretary Karen Ross talks about her focus on CA Soil Health Initiative (no-till, composting, pollinator habitat) + Saving Farmland (7 different agencies driving integrative approach) at the Open Space Council annual conference. #2018osc
B/w 1992-2012, we lost ~31 million acres of land... That's 3 acres every single minute! Check AFT's new report, Farms Under Threat: farmland.org/initiatives/far… #2018osc #agriculture #NoFarmsNoFood
“If you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own!” Support Prop 68 - $4.1B for CA open space, parks & waterways. 👊🏼 ~ Robert Doyle, East Bay Regional Park District yes68ca.com #2018osc
Happy 100th bday, Save the Redwoods League! Plans for next 100 years: double redwood forest size, restore sequoia groves & old-growth forest form, increase/diversify who visits & appreciates redwoods. #awesome savetheredwoods.org/ #2018OSC #Stand4Redwoods
Power-house Dr. Nina Roberts from SFSU is full of great info! Check out Green 2.0 report: Beyond Diversity. Get Gov. Brown to set up an Outdoor Recreation Office in CA. Follow & support the many orgs educating and giving public lands access to ethnic minorities! #2018osc
John Jarvis former Director of National Park Service talks about Strategic Intent to challenge the status quo: old perceptions, who holds the power, collaboration vs competition. 👍🏼#2018osc
“Creating relationships of reciprocity”: Corinna Gold representing Chochenyo & Karkin Ohlone lands (where the conference is taking place) & OSC director Deb Callahan exchange gifts. <3 #2018osc
This year’s Open Space conference just getting started...more than 500 attendees, wow! #2018osc
Recently retired CA State Dir. of American Farmland Trust reflects on progress made & issues/promise for the future: blog.farmsreach.com/transiti… #NoFarmsNoFood #agriculture #youngfarmers
Call to action: Bayer buying Monsanto, which means 60% of our seed will be owned by basically 3 companies. seedmatters.org/mr-seed-dc/ #agchat
Great for farm workers, sobering for farm operators: New OT law in CA: sacbee.com/news/politics-gov… #agchat
No surprise to regional food system vets, Farmigo's closing. Farmigo's perspective: foodtechconnect.com/2016/07/… #agchat
After a long decline, the # of Black farmers in the U.S. is on the rise again: civileats.com/2016/07/15/the… #agchat
Registration open for November Women in Sustainable Ag Conference, this year in Portland, Oregon: 2016wisa.org/ #agchat
