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Workers hoe baby lettuce at Star Route Farms in Bolinas, the oldest continuously operating organic farm in California.\u00a0Photo by Liz Hafalia, SF Chronicle\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

By Jonathan Kauffman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advocates of Bay Area agriculture and organics have been waiting to learn the fate of Star Route Farms since owner Warren Weber put his 100-acre Bolinas farm up for sale in 2013.<\/p>\n

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When news\u00a0broke<\/a>\u00a0this month that the University of San Francisco has purchased the property that was the state\u2019s first certified organic farm, many responded with enthusiasm. \u201cIt\u2019s a symbol of the importance of farming and of farmland conservation,\u201d said Jamison Watts, director of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust. Not only is the land going to remain a working organic farm, but the university plans to use it to educate students.<\/p>\n

Yet if the sale is an omen of the future of farming in the Bay Area \u2014 and organic agriculture in particular \u2014 it\u2019s a hard one to read. The unconventional nature of the deal, rather than the institutional buyer that purchased the land, may signal a future that Bay Area food lovers can look toward.<\/p>\n

The 76-year-old Weber\u2019s desire to sell the farm he founded in 1974 is a bellwether for an entire generation that has reached retirement age. According to the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture census of agriculture, the average age of farmers in California in 2012 was 60. Almost a quarter were over 70. Only 4 percent were under age 34.<\/p>\n

The Farm LASTS Project<\/a>, which studies succession planning for farmers, has estimated that in the next 20 years, 70 percent of all privately owned farms and ranches in the United States will change hands. Although organic farmers are younger on average than conventional ones, California Certified Organic Farmers, the primary certification agency in the state, recently found that 200 of the 2,500 farms on its rolls had been certified organic for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n

Many aging farmers must sell their farms to fund their retirement. Yet it\u2019s not as simple as putting a home or business on the market and decamping to Arizona. \u201cIt\u2019s selling your life\u2019s work,\u201d said Liya Schwartzman, who works on California FarmLink\u2019s Agrarian Elders Project.<\/a> \u201cThe hope is that in the transition you\u2019re finding someone who will preserve the legacy of the farmland and also the farm business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dennis Dierks of Paradise Valley Produce has been farming in Bolinas as long as Weber has. He and his wife had no intention of moving off their property, which they purchased in 1972 as part of a cooperative, but their three oldest children weren\u2019t interested in the long workdays and strenuous labor. \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to find someone to train, but it was difficult,\u201d he said. Then, last season, his youngest daughter and her husband announced that they wanted in. \u201cThat was a major relief for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwartzman cautions that even family succession is tricky. Siblings who want their inheritance in cash come up against those who want to keep the farm. Older and younger generations may have different visions for the future.<\/p>\n

For an organic farmer, passing the farm on also means looking for stewards who will profit from the 30 to 40 years he or she has spent building the soil, as well as relationships with farmers\u2019 markets, restaurants and customers.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a legacy that many beginning organic farmers would love to take on, particularly in the Bay Area, where farmers receive so much respect for their work and their food. Yet few can.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe price of land is a huge obstacle,\u201d said filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia, whose documentary \u201cAgrarian Elders\u201d about Weber and other organic pioneers will be released in 2018. \u201cWhen they sell, farmers want to be able to retire, but the people coming in, no matter how young and enthusiastic \u2014 that\u2019s a lot of money to come up with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s little surprise that it took four years for Weber, who initially listed the property for $12.5 million, to find a buyer. The final sale price of $10.4 million is too steep for most beginning farmers, and such a mortgage would make it hard to succeed financially afterward. Someone rich might have bought the land, but individual wealth wouldn\u2019t guarantee that the buyer would continue to farm.<\/p>\n

A university seems like the ideal, and deep-pocketed, successor. Yet there aren\u2019t nearly enough institutions in California to do the same for every retiring farmer.<\/p>\n

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If Bay Area urban dwellers want to preserve the green space around them, not to mention the area\u2019s rich agricultural history and easy access to local food, they can\u2019t just expect individual farmers to shoulder the burden. Systemic solutions are needed.<\/p>\n

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The Greenbelt Alliance estimates that 217,000 acres of farm and ranch land in the greater Bay Area have been lost to development in the past three decades, and that another 200,000 acres are \u201cat risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Groups like the Marin Agricultural Land Trust help preserve agricultural land by buying the development rights, giving retiring or aspiring owners more money to prop up the business. \u201cZoning is temporary,\u201d says Jamison Watts, executive director. \u201cAgricultural conservation easements are permanent.\u201d To date, the trust covers 48,700 acres of agricultural land in Marin County, including the Dierks\u2019 farm. Smaller trusts operate in other Bay Area counties.<\/p>\n

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California Certified Organic Farmers<\/a> and California FarmLink<\/a> have worked together to offer aging organic farmers guides and workshops on succession planning. As a community development financial institution, FarmLink helps young farmers secure funding to buy land. It has also helped retiring farmers sell directly to younger buyers, bypassing bank loans, and negotiate lease-to-own agreements.<\/p>\n

Schwartzman said younger farmers are also forming partnerships to buy land, or joining with cooperatives and nonprofits. \u201cI don\u2019t want to put a shadow on people\u2019s visions for being able to afford farmland,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is possible. But we have to get creative.\u201d<\/p>\n

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