Sustainable. Community. Movement.
What We Do
The Kathleen Barsotti Non-Profit for Sustainable Agriculture (KBNP) was founded in 2009 in memory of Kathleen Barsotti. Our mission is to support the progressive growth of sustainable farms and their employees.
KBNP seeks to increase the resources that are available to farm workers and their families and to connect those individuals with the resources that do exist. Our programs include providing hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to the children of farm workers, providing a yearly college scholarship to a young-adult with ambitions of working in sustainable agriculture, supporting English as a second language classes, and educating the public on the importance of sustainable farms and their employees.
Who is Kathleen Barsotti?
Kathleen was a pioneer in the organic agriculture movement founding one of Northern California's first certified organic farms, playing an instrumental role in the creation of the renowned Davis Farmers Market, and starting the successful CSA Farm Fresh To You.
She is beloved by all who knew her as a devoted student to ecological sciences, an excellent farmer, and loving mother of four sons.
“Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness.”
— Thomas Jefferson