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The Farm to Cafeteria Program celebrated its first harvest on June 28th! The initiative is a partnership between the Marin County Health and Human Services Healthy Eating Active Living Initiative (HEAL), Sanzuma, San Rafael City Schools, and the Marin Food Policy Council.

By David Lewis, with Paulette Swallow and Julia Van Soelen Kim Welcome to the Summer issue of Grown in Marin News.

By Jeanette Furlong, Tomales FFA President, with Introduction by Paulette Swallow, Sustainable Ag Coordinator Introduction With only 1% of our nation in charge of feeding the rest of us and our average rancher reaching retirement age, its reasonable to wonder who will take over the family farm.

By Julia Van Soelen Kim, North Bay Food Systems Advisor If youve paid attention to the farming world lately, youve likely heard of the Food Safety Modernization Act, commonly referred to as FSMA, a new federal regulation that came out with its final rule for produce food safety in January 2016.

Marins food system is strong and gaining strength daily through connections at all levels. This issue of Grown in Marin News shares a number of efforts that are making connections to improve how local agricultural products are grown and made available, and to support the entire Marin community.

Marin Independent Journal Marin IJ 08/2012 A new generation of ranchers is emerging in West Marin, young adults who are going off to college but returning home to leave their mark on family businesses that have been around for generations.

Marin Independent Journal Marin IJ 09/2012 Sara Tashker, the 34-year-old head of the farm at Marin's Green Gulch Zen Center, grew up in a fertile California valley that grows Apples and Palms and Junipers. Also Googles and Yahoos and Yelps.

Four agriculture students from the Petaluma FFA are headed to the Royal Highland Livestock Show in Edinburgh, Scotland this June after taking first place in the Dairy Cattle Evaluation competition at the 85th National FFA Conference.

Large yellow GROWN LOCAL Marin County signs are popping up at local farmers markets, calling to consumers on a mission to buy local food.

Marin Independent Journal Marin IJ 09/2012 Members of Marin County's thriving organic food movement say they aren't overly concerned about fallout from a Stanford University study this month that challenged the health benefits of organic foods.