Tag: farmland

Tell Board of Supervisors to Protect Hillsides
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Tell Board of Supervisors to Protect Hillsides

Next Tuesday, September 23, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to overturn decades of settled land use policy and allow a rural landowner to subdivide his property into more than the allowed number of lots. Please join me and ask the board to deny this application. (If you think you’ve heard...

Santa Clara Valley Farmland and CGF in the News
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Santa Clara Valley Farmland and CGF in the News

Our friend and colleague, Serena Unger of the American Farmland Trust (AFT), wrote a special featured in the Mercury News today (9/11/14) where she talked about the drought and the need to preserve what’s left of our farmland. She also mentioned Committee for Green Foothills and the upcoming summit we are partnering on with AFT...

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Towards a Better Food System in Santa Clara County

By Julie Hutcheson Although the Valley of the Hearts Delight moniker has long been replaced by that of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County is still home to almost 1,100 farms and ranches.  These farms and ranches are at the heart of our local food system – that which encompasses all efforts to produce our food...

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