Press Releases

Press releases

Katie Otto Joins CFT Team

January 7, 2020

The Merced County landowners who chose to protect their land with a farmland conservation easement are recognized by a celebration on October 3, 2019. (L-R): Denny Jackman (CFT board member), Nannette Kruppa (landowner), Pamela Magneson (landowner), Carl Kruppa (landowner), Gail Martin (landowner), Scott Magneson (landowner), Kathryn Slater (landowner), Mike Tanner (landowner), Ron Freitas (CFT President), Charlotte Mitchell (CFT Executive Director).

Six Farms Connect – a reason to celebrate!

October 7, 2019

16,000 Acres Forever Protected

June 27, 2019

“16,000 acres represents a huge milestone in CFT’s vision of a California where farmland is seen on par with land uses such as houses and shopping malls, or other environmental initiatives…

Field Trips on the Farm

March 21, 2019

Local students get the full farm-to-fork experience: Field Trips on the Farm start in April […]

Meet Chelsea Molina

March 12, 2019

Meet Chelsea Molina, CFT’s new Conservation Project Coordinator

Prosperi Farm Protected

November 29, 2018

A farming family with Italian roots looks at the next 100 years on the land […]

Hooper Ranch Protected

November 19, 2018

Merced County family protects an original farmstead creating a living legacy of their grandmother’s grit […]