Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese named California Leopold Conservation Award winner
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co., Point Reyes Station, Calif., was named the recipient of the 2013 California Leopold Conservation Award last week. The annual award is given jointly by the Sand County Foundation, the California Farm Bureau Federation and Sustainable Conservation. The award honors private landowner achievement in the voluntary stewardship and management of natural resources.
“We are humbled and honored to receive this award,” said Lynn Giacomini Stray, managing partner. “To be recognized for our ongoing sustainable commitments, which have always been at the core of our farming values, is especially rewarding for my family. Over the last decade we have strengthened our use of technology and innovative practices to grow our company from fluid milk to artisan cheese to agri-tourism. To put it simply, land stewardship has always been and will continue to be, the very foundation of our business.”