Regarding the June 21 Daily Journal story, “Local rancher loses lease,” it’s heartening to see the growing numbers of innovative ranchers whose grazing practices promote soil health and enhance biodiversity. This holistic approach results in less erosion and more robust ecosystems, goals that align with Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s mission.
While it’s understandable that longtime tenant Vince Fontana is unhappy, the higher-scoring Willow Creek Land and Cattle’s third-generation brother and sister team is already using regenerative grazing principles on other MROSD-leased land, with impressive results.
The MROSD selection process for all of their grazing leases has been open, transparent and competitive. Willow Creek simply outscored Fontana.
As a longtime advocate for Green Foothills, I’ve championed the protection and use of productive agricultural land on the coast as an important source of fresh, local food. Thanks, MROSD and Bravo Willow Creek!
The letter writer is the legislative advocate, Green Foothills
(1) comment
The ranking system used in the RFP process was setup to under rank legacy farming and ranching. Several questions were elusive to the practices of good ranching, could be interpreted to favor certain proposals/bidders, and/or be irrelevant to some or all ranchers.
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.