The dust is far from settled following the announcement that six dairies and six beef ranches operating in Point Reyes National Seashore will cease operations in 15 months following a confidential legal agreement with the Nature Conservancy.
The deal announced on Jan. 8 has raised questions about the viability of Marin’s agricultural community, particularly its dairy business, and the future of agricultural workers living on the dairies and ranches, some of whom are undocumented.
“It’s like a bomb going off,” said Andrew Giacomini, a prominent West Marin lawyer who has taken legal action in an effort to protect the interests of the farmworkers. “It’s a super dark day for the West Marin agricultural community. In my view, it’s all the result of environmental terrorism.”…