“Last chance—one night only” may sound like a theater marquee, but for organic dairy farms at Point Reyes and across coastal California, it is a fair warning. Decisions made now will determine whether multigenerational organic dairy farms survive or are lost, along with the food security, ecological stewardship and rural livelihoods they sustain.

California is already experiencing the consequences of dairy closures and faces an organic milk shortage. Marin and Sonoma Counties, once responsible for…