Lynnel Pollock has a broad agricultural and community service background, including serving eight years on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors (1997-2004). Prior to that, she served on the Yolo County Planning Commission for four years. Lynnel has been involved with many other community organizations including the Yolo County Farm Bureau, California Farm Bureau, Woodland Chamber of Commerce, and various water-related entities, and was one of the founding board members of the Yolo Land Trust. Most recently Lynnel served as the executive director of Cache Creek Conservancy until her retirement in June 2015. Lynnel and her husband Herb farm in northern Yolo County, growing a variety of row crops, grain, and walnuts. Their farmland near the community of Yolo has had a conservation easement with the Yolo Land Trust since 2006. Herb and Lynnel have two sons, Brad and Greg, who farm with them, and are blessed with two grandchildren. Lynnel graduated from Stanford University with a degree in biological sciences and participated in the California Agricultural Leadership Program.
Will you help protect local farms? As the year-end approaches, you can make a meaningful contribution to the preservation of farmland across Yolo County. Your gift to YLT directly supports essential work to finalize land agreements with willing landowners, ensuring more farmland is protected for future generations. Together we can cultivate hope for the future of farming in Yolo County.
