This Organic Month, we’re celebrating the farmers, professionals, and communities who make organic agriculture possible. The CCOF Foundation advances organic by supporting the people and communities who care for the land. We offer intentional education, financial support, and growth opportunities for organic professionals, assistance for transitioning farmland to organic, and financial relief for farms struck by natural disasters.
He aquí cómo su apoyo a la Fundación CCOF crea un cambio duradero:
Together, we can empower farmers to grow organic agriculture, which in turn creates a more prosperous, resilient world. Your donation to the CCOF Foundation ensures that organic farmers have the resources and support they need to grow organic.
With your help, we can continue to support the farmers who are making an impact in organic agriculture. By investing in organic farmers this Organic Month, you are supporting healthy soil, clean water, and thriving rural economies. Únete a nosotros para construir ese futuro: granja por granja, comunidad por comunidad.
Donar hoy para ayudar a la Fundación CCOF a seguir construyendo un mundo en el que los productos orgánicos, sostenibles y saludables no sean una alternativa, sino la forma cotidiana en que cultivamos, comemos y vivimos.
From scholarships to disaster relief, CCOF Foundation grants meet farmers exactly where they are. Get to know a few of the people your support has helped along the way:
Futuros agricultores orgánicos
(Yunuen Silva, CCOF Future Organic Farmers Grantee)Future Organic Farmers da $5,000 en becas a estudiantes y agricultores que inician su carrera para enfocar sus estudios en lo orgánico, puede ser en la universidad o en programas de formación profesional. Since 2014, when the CCOF Foundation was formed, it has provided nearly $1.2 million to students working toward futures in organic agriculture.
With the CCOF Foundation’s Future Organic Farmers grant, Yunuen Silva has a clear vision for success: “The goal of Silva Family Farm is to use regenerative and rotational grazing methods…to increase our soil health and make an overall impact on the land. I will be involved with setting up the farm, from helping set up production systems to becoming our Director of Marketing and Communications.”
Silva enrolled in ALBA’s Farmer Education Course (a year-long, college-accredited program designed to help aspiring farmers gain the skills to start organic farm businesses), where she consistently ranked among the top students in the course.
Silva también es cofundadora de una organización 501(c)3 llamada Ayudantes de la Tierra, cuyo objetivo es aliviar las dificultades de los trabajadores migrantes del campo proporcionando herramientas y ayuda a los trabajadores agrícolas y a sus familias. “Es una gran bendición que [mi padre y yo] podamos contribuir al sector orgánico como parte del 4% de latinos propietarios de tierras en todo Estados Unidos”, afirma. “Esta granja es una riqueza generacional”.”
Transición orgánica
(Joanna Vargas, Organic Transition Grantee)The Organic Transition program provides three-year grants of $10,000 per year to farmers transitioning their land to organic production. Grantees receive multi-year funding, peer-to-peer support, and technical assistance with agronomy, business, financial literacy, marketing, and market development. Since its formation in 2014, the CCOF Foundation has provided more than $1.8 million to farmers transitioning land to organic.
As a third-generation farmer, Joanna Vargas’s roots run deep. Originating in Michoacán, Mexico, her family has cultivated farmland for decades. Driven by the desire to uphold and advance her family’s organic legacy, Vargas established Monarca Farms in Bakersfield, CA, where she produces livestock, pears, avocados, vegetables, and agave. She is inspired by her grandparents, from whom she learned traditional farming wisdom.
Vargas pretende ahora convertir toda la superficie de su finca a la producción orgánica, con la ayuda de la subvención para la transición a la agricultura orgánica de la Fundación CCOF. “Al integrar las prácticas tradicionales con las técnicas modernas, pretendo honrar el legado de mis antepasados y, al mismo tiempo, contribuir a un futuro más saludable y sostenible’, afirma Vargas. ”Esta subvención me permite ampliar mis conocimientos y aplicar las prácticas orgánicas de manera más eficaz, asegurando que la tradición agrícola de nuestra familia prospere para las generaciones venideras“.”
Ayuda por dificultades económicas
The CCOF Foundation offers organic farmers and ranchers direct financial disaster assistance grants, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, for hardship related to extreme weather or climate impacts. It has provided more than $5.4 million to organic producers facing hard times since its founding.
“We are so deeply grateful for this grant! It will be a key factor in our farm’s survival. Blessings to all of you who made this possible.”
- Patricia Rockwell, CCOF Grantee
“Our dairy means everything to us, and we vow to keep it going even in the hard times. The past few years have been hard, this last year especially so. The grant we were awarded…came at exactly the right time, giving us much needed relief.”
- Marissa Silva, CCOF Grantee
Su donación a la Fundación CCOF garantiza que los agricultores orgánicos dispongan de los recursos, la formación y el apoyo financiero que necesitan para crecer y seguir siendo orgánicos..
