Vital Zuman Organic Farm and the Malibu and Southern California communities as a whole owe a debt of gratitude to Donald and Shelly Sterling of Malibu for their quiet, revolutionary insight in their deft purchase and support of Malibu’s Vital Zuman Organic Farm. The Farm, begun in 1954, now flourishes like never before.
When the most enlightened municipalities and consortia of sincere individuals, despite their concerns and hard work, can yet fail, we are extremely fortunate to have an individual of the social awareness and business stature of Donald Sterling in our community.
The Sterlings’ purchase of the organic farm, and as well the adjacent ten-acre agricultural parcel to its West, sends a powerful, never-before-seen, cutting-edge message to our American culture as to what is now most important nationally; local, “in our midst” food-producing properties, growing and selling directly to their immediate communities.
Alan G. Cunningham
Vital Zuman Organic Farm