MALT is a member-supported non-profit organization that permanently protects working farms in Marin County by purchasing agricultural conservation easements, which is a voluntary legal agreement between MALT and a landowner. MALT easements prohibit non-agricultural residential and commercial development, subdivision, and other uses or practices that are detrimental to sustainable agriculture. MALT easements are perpetual: they remain in effect on the land regardless of change in ownership. www.malt.org