In support of small farms

The decline of the small, family-owned farm has been well-documented, but Monterey County has seen a significant uptick in small operations, thanks in large part to the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association, a nonprofit farm business incubator in Salinas.

Serving a primarily Latino population, ALBA's work is grounded in the belief that "in order for limited-resource and aspiring farmers to gain a foothold within California's highly competitive farm sector, they must have access to information, operating capital and opportunities to access land."