February 2009

Press Release
FAMILY AGRICULTURAL PROPERTIES IN MERCED, STANISLAUS COUNTIES ARE PERMANENTLY SHIELDED FROM DEVELOPMENT

Sacramento, CA (February,25 2009) – Two Central Valley family agricultural properties – one in Merced County, the other in Stanislaus County – have been permanently set aside for agriculture.

“These are two significant projects,” California Department of Conservation (DOC) Director Bridgett Luther said. “Our California Farmland Conservancy Program has protected farmland all over the state, but the Menghetti farm near Modesto marks our first project on irrigated cropland in Stanislaus County. We’re also very excited that the Jorgensen ranch near Gustine is shielded from development because of the family’s century‐long stewardship of the land.”

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