Greenbelt Alliance created our Bay Area agriculture report because there is a problem. In our region, there is widespread support for a local, sustainable food system. We’re the center of American gastronomy, with a vibrant agricultural landscape of 600,000 acres of farms and 1.7 million acres of ranch land right next door. Our farms and ranches generate $2.7 billion in annual gross production value alone. That figure jumps to $6.1 billion when we consider the jobs, labor income, and value added from Bay Area agriculture.