ALBA Sends a Warm Thanks to its Donors and Funders...

ALBA is greatly appreciative of the generous support of its funders and donors, including:

Grant and Contract Funders:

AT&T Pebble Beach Charities

California State Water Resources Control Board

Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board

Columbia Foundation

Community Foundation for Monterey County

Farm Aid

Gaia Fund

Harden Foundation

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation

Sustainable Agriculture Coalition / Strategic Initiative Grants

U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service / Community Food Projects & Minority and Limited-Resource Farmer Program
- Natural Resources Conservation Service / Conservation Innovation Grants & EQIP
- Risk Management Agency / Community Outrach and Assistance Program

United States Economic Development Administration

SPECIAL EVENTS SPONSORS

ALBA Annual Meeting Sponsors ( November 9, 2006 - Chapalas Restaurant in Salinas)

Lead Sponsors:

Pacific International Marketing / Dynasty Farms

Union Bank of California

Wells Fargo

Sponsors:

California Coastal Rural Development Corporation

Cranford Compost, Inc.

Greenleaf

Snow Seed Company

Veritable Vegetable

Small Farmer Education Program (PEPA) Graduation Sponsors 2006

Graduation Day was on Saturday, April 22, 2006

Patrons:

Jay Cranford, Don Cranford Compost, Inc.

Phil and Katherine Foster, Pinnacle Organic

Partners:

Central Coast Wilds

New Leaf Community Markets

PEPA Graduation 2006 Host Committee:

Nancy Bardin-Mitchell

Hector De La Rosa

Michael Dimock, Ag Innovations Network

Ed Moncrief

Vivian Soffa and Mike Meuter

In-Kind Sponsors:

Claravale Organic Dairy, Watsonville

Ana and Silverio Perez

Ana Ruvalcaba, Ruvalcaba Farms

Overall In-Kind Business Sponsors

California Coastal Rural Development Corporation, Salinas

California Liquid Fertilizer, Gonzales

Earthbound Farm / Natural Selection Foods, San Juan Bautista

j.bodhi designs, Hawaii

McKalson Insurance Agency, Salinas

Mission Printers, Santa Cruz

UPSTARTS Nursery, Santa Cruz

Special Appreciation to the Following Partner Organizations:

AnewAmerica Community Corporation

Association for Community-Based Education (ACBE)

California Coastal Conservancy

California Coastal Rural Development Corporation

California Institute for Rural Studies

California State University Monterey Bay / Service Learning Institute and Watershed Institute

Coastal Watershed Council

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Greenleaf

Hartnell College

Monterey County Farm to School Partnership (CSU Monterey Bay Watershed Institute)

Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (MESA)

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Pacific International Marketing / Dynasty Farms

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Resource Conservation District of Monterey County

Santa Rosa Farms

Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems