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FIVE
YEAR MILESTONE: GREAT
VALLEY CENTER AWARDS $627,000 IN GRANTS
TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT
CENTRAL VALLEY
MODESTO, California, April 9, 2003
– A total of $627,000 has directly
supported 58 agricultural programs and projects
in the Central Valley during the first five
years of the Great Valley Center’s
LEGACI Grants program.
Since 1998, 13 projects and programs received
grants of $20,000 or more:
• $30,000 to the Center for Agricultural
Partnerships in the 2002 spring grant cycle
for a program to improve techniques for
commercial walnut production.
• $25,000 to the California Rangeland
Trust in 2001 to support efforts to build
organizational capacity.
• $25,000 to the city of Brentwood
in 2000 to develop a program to protect
local agriculture while accommodating population
growth.
• $20,000 to the County of Butte in
2000 to prepare a strategic plan accommodating
growth and preserving agriculture.
• $20,000 to the California Foundation
for Agriculture in the Classroom in 1999
to provide Central Valley teachers with
curriculum concerning agriculture.
• $25,000 to the County of Butte in
1999 to develop a strategic plan for the
preservation of prime agricultural land.
• $20,000 to the Glenn County Economic
Development Corporation in 1999 for agriculture
marketing efforts.
• Merced County Farmland and Open
Space Trust in 1999 for general support.
• $20,000 to the Northern California
Regional Land Trust in 1999 for a capacity
building effort.
• $25,000 to the Valley Sierra Small
Business Development Center in 1999 to start
an incubator based on agriculture, including
added-value products.
• $20,000 to the Yolo Land Trust for
policy planning and organizational support.
• $25,000 to the Tulare County Association
of Governments in 1998 for a study to determine
the feasibility of establishing an agricultural
separator between Tulare and Visalia.
• $45,000 in 1998 to Yolo Land Trust
for administration support.
The Modesto-based Great Valley Center LEGACI
program has granted $3.5 million to 350
projects from Bakersfield to Redding over
the past five years. Many of these projects,
including several GIS mapping and land-use
studies, also indirectly support agriculture.
“With LEGACI grants, the Great Valley
Center supports projects that respond to
the needs of agriculture in a variety of
ways, from water and ag education to land
planning and conservation,” said Mike
Chrisman, Great Valley Center board chairman.
The Center lists grants from the past four
years—including the spring 2002 cycle—and
provides applications for the fall cycle
online at www.greatvalley.org. LEGACI is
an acronym representing a focus on Land
Use, Economic Development, Growth, Agriculture,
and Community Investment.
The Great Valley Center supports organizations
and activities that promote the economic,social,
and environmental well being of the Central
Valley. The LEGACI program is supported
by The James Irvine Foundation, the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David
and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Walter
S. Johnson Foundation.
NOTE: This release contains a complete listing
of grants that directly supported agriculture
in the first five years of the LEGACI Program.
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