“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
- Masanobu Fukuoka
Scholarship Program
Each year the Kathleen Barsotti Non-Profit awards a college scholarship to a high school senior wishing to pursue a degree or career in sustainable agriculture.
Our Past Scholarship Winners:
• 2023 Recipient - Jose Trejo II, Esparto, CA
• 2022 Recipients - Joe Aguiar, Winters; Matthew Simas & Thomas Simas, Esparto
• 2021 Recipient – Isaac Tafoya, Yolo, CA
• 2019 Recipients – Sam Glynn, Davis, CA and Jarrett Darrah, Placerville, CA
• 2016 Recipients – Allyah Perez, Esparto, CA & Lauren Millang, Woodland, CA
• 2015 Recipient – Alexis Cook, Esparto, CA
• 2014 Recipient – Cody Tibbs, Dunnigan, CA
• 2013 Recipient – Brandon Emery, Winters, CA
• 2012 Recipient – Austin Calvert, Winters, CA
• 2011 Recipient – Jordan Kersey, River City, CA
• 2010 Recipient – Hannah Muller, Guinda, CA
• 2009 Recipient – Raven Castro, Winters, CA
Backpacks for Kids
The Kathleen Barsotti Non-Profit packs backpacks full of school supplies to the children of farm workers on sustainable farms in Yolo County. We have been very excited to watch this program grow dramatically since the first year.
Backpacks for children include age appropriate school supplies such as binders, paper, pencils, pens, rulers, calculators, colored pencils, crayons, notebooks, pencil sharpeners, erasers, glue, and index cards.
We’ve happily distributed the below number of backpacks each year:
• 2023: 1,059
• 2022: 813
• 2021: 1,102
• 2020: 1,176
• 2019: 937
• 2018: 1,035
• 2017: 898
• 2016: 938
• 2015: 851
• 2014: 617
• 2013: 584
• 2012: 443
• 2011: 353
• 2010: 206
• 2009: 72
English as a Second Language Classes (ESL)
The Kathleen Barsotti Non-Profit has teamed up with the Yolo Interfaith Immigration Network to bring ESL classes to the Capay Valley. During the summers of 2011, 2012 and 2013 farm workers at sustainable farms in the Capay Valley and living at the Madison Migrant Center were given the opportunity to participate in a twice a week evening class with child care provided. Class costs, child care and supplies were provided free of charge to the attendees.