From left to right: Ulla, Scott, and Brian Park of Park Farming Organics, 2023 California Leopold Conservation Award recipients. Photo: Paolo Vescia.
There’s still time to nominate a California farmer, rancher, or forestland owner for the 2024 California Leopold Conservation Award®! Each year, the Leopold Conservation Award recognizes a standout steward of working lands and their “ethical relationship” with the land they manage.
Do you know a grower whose conservation ethic is deserving of this recognition? You can nominate yourself or submit a nomination on behalf of someone in your community who’s modeling the kind of resource stewardship we all aspire to! Click here for Sand County Foundation’s application form. Form closes July 18!
Shown are Doug and Sharon Beretta of Beretta Family Dairy (Sonoma County), the 2022 winners of the CA Leopold Conservation Award. Photo: Paolo Vescia
Reading your conservation stories is one of the true highlights of our year, and we can’t wait to learn about more amazing land and resource stewards across California. The application deadline date is July 18, 2024. Email applications to [email protected]. Please contact us if you’d like to mail in your application: [email protected].
For more information on the award, visit www.leopoldconservationaward.org. If you have any questions about the process, including specific application questions, please feel free to reach out: [email protected]
The Leopold Conservation Award in California is made possible thanks to the generous support of American Farmland Trust, Sustainable Conservation, California Farm Bureau Federation, Sand County Foundation, The Harvey L. & Maud C. Sorensen Foundation, Farm Credit, McDonald’s, and California Leopold Conservation Award recipient alumni.
SAND COUNTY FOUNDATIONSand County Foundation inspires and enables a growing number of private landowners to ethically manage natural resources in their care, so future generations have clean and abundant water, healthy soil to support agriculture and forestry, plentiful habitat for wildlife and opportunities for outdoor recreation.
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATIONThe California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of nearly 40,000 members statewide and as part of a nationwide network of more than 5.5 million Farm Bureau members.
SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATIONSustainable Conservation helps California thrive by uniting people to solve the toughest challenges facing the state’s land, air and water. Since 1993, it has brought together business, landowners and government to steward the resources that all Californians depend on in ways that are just and make economic sense.
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUSTAmerican Farmland Trust’s mission is to save the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land. Since 1980, AFT has pursued this mission at both the national and regional state levels.