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09/16/2025

I AM A FARMER

ALYSSA TERRY
Amigos Fuerza, Inc.
Oxnard, CA
AGE: 34

WHAT I DO
I am a labor contractor working with growers of row crops such as peppers, melons and strawberries.

BIGGEST CHALLENGE
Expanding public awareness of how vital our work is and to support us by choosing California-grown produce and by speaking up against harmful legislation.

GREATEST SOURCE OF PRIDE
Working in what I believe to be the most important industry in the world! Ag is the backbone to every society.

WHY I DO WHAT I DO
There is no more important job than feeding the world.

MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOK
This one’s easy, though maybe a bit unexpected: the Nancy Drew series. Nancy was clever, curious, innovative and unshakably determined. She didn’t let anyone tell her what she couldn’t do. She trusted her instincts. She’s the kind of role model every young girl needs, especially if she ends up in a male-dominated field.

HOBBIES
I like to do arts and crafts. My family has a fruit stand in Ventura (Terry Berries) and after work I like to draw and design stickers, kid’s activity books and pamphlets for customers.

WORDS I LIVE BY
Show people what kind of person you are through your actions.

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Credit: Jason Saillant

09/16/2025

Local and accessible

Route One Farmers Market caters to Lompoc shoppers of all income levels

By Wendy Woods

Among the nine certified farmers markets in Santa Barbara County, one stands out.

By definition, farmers markets sell local produce but Lompoc’s Route One Farmers Market is hyperlocal, selling purple peppers and curly kale grown no more than 40 miles away. All of the vendors accept EBT, the form of payment for government food assistance programs.

Shelby Wild, executive director of the market, said the goal is to bring locally grown food to communities of all income levels.

“Everyone should have access to food grown around you and your neighbors,” Wild said. “It doesn’t feel right that someone has to earn it.”

On any given Sunday, about 20 customers use EBT to shop for produce. The market also offers a $15 match for those who spend $15 of EBT benefits on fruits and vegetables. In the past five years, $80,000 of EBT benefits and match have been spent at the market.

“There’s a lot of people who live off EBT,” said Melinda Reed, a founding board member of Route One Farmers Market. “I’m so glad people come here.”

According to the U.S. Census, nearly 17% of Lompoc residents are living in poverty.

Fresh produce, easy access

Wild understands that the Sunday market doesn’t reach everyone in need due to transportation and scheduling issues. So the Route One nonprofit also operates a mobile market, using federal funds to bring local produce to food insecure communities at no cost. This summer, the mobile market, which is a big box truck, went out three to four times a week.

Other farmers markets in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria also accept EBT but those in the northern parts of the county have limited options. According to Wild, Route One is the only farmers market between Solvang and San Luis Obispo that accepts EBT and offers matching funds.

Located in a Vandenberg Village parking lot, Route One features a half dozen local farms, with some so small that this farmers market is the only opportunity for sales.

Maite’s Vegetables sells tomatillos, leeks, squash blossoms and other produce grown in the backyard of the Iniguez family just south of the market in Mission Hills.

Zoning rules and farm stand regulations make it hard for small operations like Maite’s to sell, said Wild.

“The system is not set up to provide opportunities for the little guys,” she said. “They need our support just as much as the bigger farms.”

Katharyn Benn, who’s been shopping at Route One for more than a year, said the smaller vendors sell just-picked produce that lasts longer and offer vegetables she’s never seen before.

“That farm sells purple bell peppers,” she said, pointing at Tutti Frutti Farms. “They’re really good. Not spicy, just more peppery.”

Some growers get satisfaction from selling in their home town.

Maria Aguirre of Mendoza Farms sells her Lompoc-grown berries, brussels sprouts and sugar snap peas at markets from Ojai to Santa Monica. But she especially likes selling at Route One.

“We’re from here and this is all local,” said Aguirre in Spanish through an interpreter. “I like the idea that this just got cut yesterday and today it’s at your table.”

Wendy Woods is a veteran journalist who covered the Oxnard Plain for the Ventura County Star.

09/16/2025

ICE raids send chill over Central Coast farms

Nonprofits offer aid to deported workers, families

By Catherine Saillant

Genevieve Flores-Haro didn’t have time to absorb what she saw during the chaotic hours after masked federal immigration agents and National Guard in riot gear descended on Glass House Farms the morning of July 10.

Raids at Glass House facilities in Carpinteria and Camarillo led to the death of one worker and the detention of 361 individuals, including, according to government officials, 14 minors. It was the largest workplace raid in California history.
For the next week Flores-Haro and other advocates for farmworkers spent every waking hour helping those taken away and their families left behind.

“We were back the next day helping family members figure out how to find their loved in the system, how to get a locksmith, how to get a tow truck to remove their car,’’ she said. “And then connecting them to legal aid and providing assistance to help them pay bills.”

In the weeks since the high-profile raids, nonprofits and community volunteers have banded together to help farm laborers and their families deal with a new reality: lives disrupted in an instant as federal authorities push to fulfill the Trump administration’s mandate for mass deportations.

Organizing support for workers

Friends of Fieldworkers, 805UndocuFund, 805 Immigrant Coalition and Flores-Haro’s group, Mixtecto/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) are some of the organizations that have been providing financial, legal and emotional support on a continuing basis. And in recent weeks, local elected officials have also begun contemplating both financial and municipal support to those caught up in raids.

As buses hauled workers away, the first challenge was helping families locate their loved one in the confusing web of detention centers being created across the nation. Those detained are often moved from one location to another, making it difficult to find them, said Beatriz Basurto of 805UndocuFund. Once located in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracker system, they connect families with immigration lawyers who seek deportation status and due process for the detained worker.

805UndocuFund forms close relationships with family members left behind, earning their trust so they can find out what they need: financial aid, mental health counseling, even help buying groceries for those too afraid to leave their home.
Several community groups have staged food drives and organized volunteers to deliver supplies directly to a doorstep, Basurto said.

“It has been beautiful to see because otherwise these families would be too afraid to shop for themselves,’’ she said.

Because the worker taken away is often the breadwinner, families left behind are offered cash assistance to help with rent and groceries, or to pay for travel back to Mexico to reunite with parents and loved ones, said Martita Martinez-Bravo, director of Friends of Fieldworkers. To prevent fraud, the group also works with employers to help direct resources to those impacted by immigration enforcement.

“Some detained are already in Mexico,’’ she said. “But there is a lot of family separation, so a lot of young children are without one or both of their parents.”

All of this costs money so the advocacy groups are holding fundraising drives for their work. (A list of places to donate is listed below.)

Child labor allegations

In a press release the Department of Homeland Security said it detained 361 people, 14 of them minors, during the Glass House operations. Allegations of violations of child labor laws prompted the raids, according to an official with the Commissioner of Customs of Border Protection, and are being investigated.
In response, Glass House announced it had terminated two labor contractors and was instituting tough new policies to ensure that each worker has proper work documentation and is not a minor. Glass House Farms declined an interview but in a statement said that it had fully complied with federal warrants and “never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices.”

Besides assisting detained farm laborers and their families, 805UndocuFund has held several “Know Your Rights” sessions for farmworkers. It also trained hundreds of volunteers in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura County to serve as “legal observers” to document ICE raids. Recorded information could be helpful as those detained fight for due process or file lawsuits alleging civil rights violations, activists say.
Farm owners have held “Know Your Rights” sessions that have been helpful, and can take other steps to help their workers feel protected, Basurto said.
“Farmworkers say they feel safer when there is a gate person choosing who can come into the fields, and making sure anyone who shouldn’t be there is turned away,” she said. “Especially federal agents who don’t have judicial warrants.”

Farm Bureau of Ventura County and Ventura County Agricultural Association in collaboration with local chambers of commerce have sponsored “Know Your Rights” sessions for ag business owners, helping them to know their legal rights and obligations when immigration agents show up. Some employers have distributed printed “red cards” to workers advising that they should remain silent, not sign anything and assert their constitutional rights against illegal searches and seizures.

For the most part, immigrant workers have returned to the fields and packing houses despite their fear of being taken by ICE, either on the job or as they arrive or depart a job site, advocates say.

“They are choosing to feed their families over their safety,” Basurto said. “Because there is no guarantee of their safety.”

Catherine Saillant is editor of Central Coast Farm & Ranch. She is a former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and Ventura County Star.

HOW TO HELP FARMWORKERS
Fundraising drives to provide financial relief and legal services to undocumented families in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties affected by recent ICE operations.
805UndocuFund: 805UndocuFund.org and scroll to “Emergency Assistance Fund” button.
Friends of Fieldworkers: Go to friendsoffieldworkers.org/donate
Ventura County Community Foundation Neighbors Support Fund: Go to vccf.org/neighbors-support-fund

06/17/2025

Publisher’s note

This is your magazine
by Maureen McGuire

In my role at Farm Bureau, the concept of ownership comes up a lot. Not just in the legal sense– though for many readers owning a ranch or a farm is something you’ve built over generations–but in a broader sense.
What does it mean to own your story? Your challenges? Your triumphs? What does it mean to have a voice in an industry where decisions are often made far away from the dirt under your boots?
CCF&R seeks to answer those questions. This publication is owned by the people it serves. That is not a metaphor. We are growers and ranchers and PCAs and educators and irrigators and policy people and old-timers and newcomers who all contribute to making this magazine a reality. We live in this place and work in this place. We plant seeds, repair pumps, analyze data, pick fruit, fight fires and battle for a future that is not guaranteed.
We don’t all agree. Thank God for that. Agriculture is too complex, too critical, too steeped in politics and economics to flatten into a single point of view. That is exactly why this publication matters. It exists so we can explore the full terrain of the issues that shape us. We shine a light on the hard stuff. We get curious. We ask tough questions. We ask better questions.
And we listen.
Production of CCF&R–involving professional writers, editors and photographers–is not about public relations, though that inevitably is part of what we do. We are a place where this industry talks to itself honestly. Where we allow complexity and tension to live side by side with pride and passion. Where people who may never agree still show up on the same page for civil and thoughtful debate.
In this issue, and all issues, you’ll see all of that. You’ll see the heartbreak of dreams dying and the stubborn endurance of small victories. You’ll meet people who are walking away from lifelong work, and others who are just planting their flag. You’ll see the intersection of regulation and tradition, and what it means to work the land while the rules shift beneath your feet.
None of it is simple. But all of it is real. That’s the promise.
When you read CCF&R, I want you to feel a little less alone in the complexity of what you’re doing. I want you to feel proud, not because we’re sugarcoating the truth–but because we’re telling it. I want you to feel represented, even if the story doesn’t go the way you hoped. And above all, I want you to remember that this is your publication. You don’t just subscribe to it. You own it.
Thanks for being here.

06/17/2025

Gilded Age’s dance with tariffs
Short-lived but necessary

By Colleen Cason

Tariffs are not new to California’s citrus industry—the import tax briefly was imposed 135 years ago with mixed results.
Ultimately growers found a better way to sell their oranges: They united to form one of the most successful marketing cooperatives in the nation.
In the 1890s the Golden State’s citrus industry was barely out of its infancy and seemed ripe for tariff protection.
The arrival of railroads around 1880 opened East Coast markets to California orange growers who happily reported yields as high as $3,000 an acre—equivalent to $105,000 in today’s money. California citrus acreage exploded from 3,000 acres to more than 40,000 acres by 1893.
This created a glut as Eastern ports continued receiving boatloads of Sicilian fruit, some of it safeguarded and brokered by the Mafia, an emerging crime syndicate, according research reported in The Journal of Economic History.
Middlemen take control
Growers found themselves at the mercy of one-sided economics. Early on, buyers walked the orchard, made an educated guess on the crop’s value, paid the farmer and took the fruit to market. But with a surfeit available, middlemen held sway.
T.H.B. Chamblin, a founder of the Southern California Fruit Exchange, observed: “The old-line packers and shippers…deliberately, and for personal gain, had almost wholly abandoned the buying system and had substituted therefore commission methods.”
Wrote Valencia orange grower Charles Chapman in his “Value of the Tariff to Citrus,” “It was scratch and scratch hard to make a bare living.”
Rescue—albeit temporary—arrived via the U.S. Congress. The Tariff Act of 1890, commonly called the McKinley tariff, levied sometimes in excess of 50% taxes on some imported goods.
These were a boon for domestic citrus producers, more than quadrupling the tax on foreign fruit. But tariffs also spiked prices just as the Gilded Age was about to careen over the cliff into the Panic of 1893, a full-fledged depression with unemployment approaching 20%.
Even before the downturn, tariffs were broadly unpopular due to price hikes on protected products. So much so that in September 1892, the Ventura Weekly Post and Democrat published the lyrics of an anti-tariff song, to be sung to the Gilbert and Sullivan tune “Tit Willow.”
In Santa Paula, grower Nathan Blanchard fashioned a strategy to compete against Sicilian citrus by working toward a higher quality product consumers would pay more for and to control the means of production. The Ventura Free Press reported in March 1893 that Blanchard was enlarging his packinghouse and noted: “When prepared for the market his lemons…command higher prices than the renowned Sicily brand.” That same year he and oilman Wallace Hardison began raising $1 million to create Limoneira.
Marketing alternative emerges
In 1892, two Southern California associations formed by and for growers provided a workable cooperative blueprint. They became the foundation of the Southern California Fruit Exchange, chartered in 1893. It created a pool to process and market members’ product. SCFE’s packinghouses graded, packed and shipped the fruit, which the exchange marketed. Individual growers received a share of the proceeds based on quality and quantity of their fruit. The new exchange also introduced quality-control standards.
“Through branding and advertising, the orange would be transformed from a luxury household item to a necessity,” wrote Rahno Mabel MacCurdy, in “The History of the California Fruit Exchange.”
In its first season of operation, it represented 80% of orange growers in Southern California. Today, that exchange is known as Sunkist Inc. with 1,000 members. Similar organizations quickly formed in Fillmore and Santa Barbara.
Those tariffs? Although Chapman and others who lived through what they labeled the “red ink years” believed they were necessary for the industry’s survival, they were repealed in 1894.

Colleen Cason is editor emeritus of Central Coast Farm & Ranch and a Conejo Valley-based freelance writer.

06/17/2025

“Ag on the Edge” podcast offers farmers’ point of view

By Kim Lamb Gregory

During the six years Louise Lampara has served as Executive Director of Ventura County Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business (CoLAB), she kept hearing a common frustration in the agricultural community.
“When ag makes news, it’s usually not a favorable thing,” said Greg Lewis, vice president of Duda Farms Fresh Foods. “You watch a video of a tractor spraying through the strawberry fields. It could be spraying an organically approved material, but the appearance of it looks bad…There’s a story behind all of these things and we’re not telling ours well enough.”
Farmers and ranchers wanted to tell their own story, but how? Maybe videos for social media? A podcast?
“Everybody kept saying ‘That’s a great idea. Somebody needs to do that.’” Lampara said. “And after about a year I thought, well, I guess I’m the someone.”
With a grant from the Wood-Claeyssens Foundation and plenty of determination—but no podcast experience—Lampara and another staff member put their heads together, did research and launched a podcast called “Ag on the Edge: Conversations About Ventura County Agriculture.”
The show debuted in July 2024 with Lewis as the first guest. Every month, the hour-long podcast features a farmer or expert to discuss issues that affect the agricultural community such as water, regulation and pest control. Another guest, sixth-generation citrus, avocado and coffee farmer Lisa Tate, expressed her thanks to Lampara for giving farmers and ranchers their own voice.
“Farmers seem to be romanticized or villainized,” she said “The Hallmark movie about the little farm that needs to be saved, or you see a documentary—and I use the term loosely—of a commercial or large farm polluting the environment. I think people actually want to support farmers but they don’t know how because they’re getting the wrong information.”
Having grown up near Boston, Lampara never imagined she would wind up deeply connected to agriculture in Southern California. Lampara, who will be 55 in July, relocated to California in the late 1980s because “I’m of the generation that, when you graduate high school, you get as far away from home as possible.”
She settled in the Sacramento area, attended U.C. Davis and graduated in 1993 with a degree in Zoology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In 1995, she joined the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife to work on endangered species issues. During a bout of regulatory head-butting over endangered fairy shrimp on farmland “I ended up getting a bad performance review saying I was ‘much too eager to work with landowners.’”
Lampara then decided to work as a paramedic for more than 10 years before joining a Ventura County oil company as an environmental advisor. After working on issues with CoLAB, she got to know the retiring executive director and in 2019, took over the helm at CoLAB—just as the pandemic hit. As difficult as it was, Lampara credits the experience with the pandemic with helping her develop the idea of “Ag on the Edge.”
“Nothing was normal,” she said. “We really had to find other ways to engage our membership and the whole world went online with Zoom, podcasts and social media. And when the world opened up again, it seems like we opened up a different way. And a podcast made so much sense.”
“Ag On the Edge” episodes are available on Spotify, iHeart, YouTube and Apple podcasts. You can also follow on social media.

Kim Lamb Gregory, a communications specialist at Cal State Channel Islands,is a veteran print and broadcast journalist.

03/14/2025

Greg Murphy turns to Santa Paula
Heritage Valley ingredients make the menu

By Lisa McKinnon

As a culinary student Greg Murphy wasn’t as excited about class field trips to the farmers market as he should have been.
“I was like, ‘All I want are the honey sticks because I can eat those instantly,’ ” he said with a laugh.
How times and shopping lists have changed. Now the executive chef at Parque 1055–a new restaurant, bar and special-events space in a renovated, 1920s-era building in downtown Santa Paula–Murphy is looking for ways to showcase the region’s produce as he refreshes the venue’s menus for spring.
He’s thinking carrots. Asparagus. Maybe even some heritage avocados and subtropical fruits grown in Santa Paula at Brokaw Ranch Co. Brokaw farmers dropped off a generous box of samples during the build-up to the restaurant’s December debut.
“We want to celebrate the way we eat in California and in this area, which has such a concentration of fresh, local produce,” Murphy said.
His appreciation for the agricultural bounty of the Central Coast was honed during previous stints at two well-known Santa Barbara restaurants, the Wine Cask and bouchon.
Murphy’s rise from line cook to executive chef included helping launch the “foodie strolls” that bouchon still offers today. The events saw him lead diners on guided tours of the Santa Barbara farmers market, then meet them back at the restaurant for three-course meals made with the day’s purchases.
“It started informally, with people noticing us wheeling our wagons through the markets and asking who we were shopping for,” he said. “By the time I left, talking to all these different people about their thoughts on food and cooking had become one of the highlights of my week.”
A change in direction
Born and raised in Orange County, Murphy moved to Santa Barbara to major in environmental studies at UCSB. After graduation, he was figuring out what to do next when a friend suggested he enroll in the School of Culinary Arts and Hotel Management at Santa Barbara City College. It wasn’t such a far-fetched idea: Murphy, 45, grew up in a family of avid home cooks and had worked at fast-casual restaurants through high school and college.
“At 24, 25, I was one of the older students and felt like I was at a disadvantage. But I was the guy asking questions and wanting to be hands on with everything. When it was over, I thought, ‘OK, I want to take this seriously.’” That vow started a path that in Santa Barbara culminated with 13 years at bouchon, most of them as executive chef.
Go-to purveyors at the time included Tutti Frutti Farms of Lompoc, Chuy Berry Farms of Arroyo Grande, Tamai Family Farms of Oxnard and Earthtrine Farm of Ojai. Murphy credits grower Robert “BD” Dautch of Earthtrine for introducing him to “really interesting fresh culinary herbs you can’t find anywhere else.”
Now living in Ventura with wife Shannon and their three pugs, Murphy does some personal shopping at the Saturday farmers market in Ventura and the Sunday market in Oxnard’s Channel Islands Harbor. He’s also a gardener, an occasional fisherman and a keen forager during chanterelle season.
Leading market tours for Parque 1055 diners isn’t on the horizon but collaborative events with growers, winemakers and others are in the planning stages.
In the meantime, Murphy will be a regular presence at area farmers markets, shopping for the restaurant and helping “get the word out that we’re here,” he said. “I want to use ingredients to share the story of the Central Coast–and of the Heritage Valley–in ways that makes us a destination for locals and visitors alike.”
Parque 1055 is open daily at 1055 E. Main St., Santa Paula. Call 805-619-1055 or click on parque1055.com.
Lisa McKinnon is a Ventura-based journalist who has long covered farm-to-table cuisine on the Central Coast.

CARROT SALAD with
CARROT VINAIGRETTE

Available year round but especially tasty in the spring, carrots are the star of a vinaigrette that Greg Murphy, executive chef at Parque 1055 in Santa Paula, likes to use on salads made with–you guessed it–more carrots.
Options abound, but Murphy is a fan of the vibrant winter-meets-spring combo shown here. It starts with cooked, chilled baby carrots in colors ranging from pale yellow to dark purple. Tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, salt, minced onion and fresh herbs (parsley and thyme are favorites for this purpose), the carrots are placed atop a mound of similarly dressed arugula or the mustard green/leafy brassica of your choice. Garnishes include raw, shaved carrots and radishes, additional fresh herbs and a few well-placed edible flowers from the garden. Supporting it all from below is the carrot vinaigrette, which, if you’re not into salads, can also be used as a marinade, a sauce for sandwiches or anything else in need of a pop of flavor.
“Any (dried) aromatic, such as cumin or coriander, can be added” to the vinaigrette, Murphy said. Just stick with warm tones (think red, orange, yellow), since anything with a green hue will muddy the vibrant color.

INGREDIENTS for VINAIGRETTE
1 quart carrot juice
1 cup light colored vinegar
1 tablespoon Dijon style mustard (smooth)
1 cup olive oil

DIRECTIONS
Add carrot juice and vinegar to a small pot and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. As the liquid simmers, skim any solids that form on the surface and reserve the solids.
Reduce mixture to 1 cup or less. Transfer reduction to a blender and blend on medium/high. Add the accumulated solids back to the juice mix. Add Dijon and continue blending.
Slowly stream in olive oil to create an emulsion.
Store in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

03/14/2025

Tax relief expands

Ventura County offering incentive
for ag land zoned open space

By Wendy Woods

Ventura County has expanded its tax break program for agricultural landowners to properties zoned open space. Previously, only agricultural-zoned land could qualify for the reductions.
The decision by the Board of Supervisors to lower property taxes for more landowners is intended to preserve lands used for farming and grazing. Supervisor Kelly Long said the action demonstrated Ventura County’s commitment to ag.
“There’s always pros and cons,” Long said. “You have to think things fiscally but you also have to think about the future. This is our decision for the future.”
The Land Conservation Act, also known as the Williamson Act, was adopted by the state in 1965 and implemented in Ventura County four years later. It allows local governments to offer tax incentives by entering into 10- or 20-year contracts with qualifying landowners to discourage the conversion of agricultural land to urban use.
According to the state Department of Conservation, nearly 16 million of 30 million acres of farm and ranch land in California are part of the LCA program.
Ventura County currently has more than 1,100 contracts with owners of land zoned agricultural. The impetus for expanding the program to include open space came out of a severe dry spell.
“We were in the middle of an historic drought and we had cattle operators liquidating herds and really wanting to be able to participate in the program,” said Korinne Bell, agricultural commissioner for the county. “A lot of leased land for cattle happens to be open space and they weren’t able to get the tax benefit.”
To qualify, landowners with 20-plus acres of property zoned open space must use at least half of the land for crop production. Owners of property used for animal husbandry and grazing must have at least 160 acres of property to qualify.
Landowners could see a reduction in their property taxes of up to 35% depending on length of contract and other factors determined by the county assessor.
“Not every county participates in LCA,” Bell said. “We consider ourselves very lucky that Ventura County participates in this program.”
More than 214,000 acres in the county fall in the category of open space that meets the requirements of the expanded program. This is worth $1.4 million in tax relief, to be absorbed by the county’s general fund, if all landowners participate.
Most of these properties are used for animal grazing and orchards with open space on the fringes.
Long said there’s an added benefit of brush clearance and wildfire risk reduction when supporting grazing in the county. “It’s really important to utilize animals to help us,” she said.
Wendy Woods is a veteran journalist who covered the Oxnard Plain for the Ventura County Star.

FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR OPEN SPACE OWNERS
Changes to the Land Conservation Act are designed to provide support to Ventura County agricultural producers and assist landowners who use their property for farming or grazing while providing savings on their property taxes.
Requirements: Lot size of 20+ acres used for farming; 160+ acres for animal grazing. Between 50%-90% of land must be used for agriculture, depending on lot size and length of contract.
Deadline to apply: June 6, 2025
Cost: $1,000 deposit

To apply: Set up an appointment with Alec Thille, environmental resource analyst for the county, by calling (805) 933-2926 or emailing [email protected].

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