Central Valley Community Foundation Offers Grants to Nonprofits

Agriland Farming Company is a Chowchilla-based agricultural operations company. It offers services such as farm acquisition, management, and development services and has grown to manage over 30,000 acres. Agriland Farming Company is devoted to philanthropy and works with and supports the Central Valley Community Foundation.

The Central Valley Community Foundation provides funding for and partners with various organizations that carry out innovative and vital central valley tasks. It is a nonprofit that works with other nonprofits and donors in fulfilling the vision for building healthier communities and effective philanthropy. Founded in 1966, the Central Valley Community Foundation provides businesses, individuals, and families with different options to invest in projects that address environmental and social needs.

The foundation launched the community center, a cooperate hub for the local community, nonprofits, and donors, in October 2015. The foundation offers grants that serve as a significant fund source in the region. They help increase impact and leverage resources via the center for the community in their Fresno office. In the last decade, the foundation has granted 750 agencies and organizations working to bring about a positive difference in their region over $100 million. The community foundation serves countries including Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, and Mariposa.

Growing Healthy Vines by Reducing Common Diseases and Pests

California-based Agriland Farming Company has been in the business of assisting farmers throughout the San Joaquin Valley with farm development. Agriland Farming Company offers orchard and vineyard development and other services related to increasing productivity while reducing the amount of disease and pest population in an orchard or vineyard.

California’s vast and healthy vineyards are the culmination of proper irrigation, and more importantly, careful pest and disease management. Vineyard crops are destroyed by mites, moths, beetles, rose chafers, and several other insects. Mildew, leaf spot, and phomopsis cane are just a few of the fungal or bacterial diseases that attack grapevines.

Today’s farming methodologies encompass several techniques to eradicate pests from a crop. Integrated pest management involves using chemical, cultural, biological, and other control methods to reduce grapevine pests. To treat plant disease, farmers use fungicides.

Increasingly, farmers have also implemented environmentally-friendly methods for reducing crop pests. One farm in South Africa employs ducks to reduce rodents and insects in a vineyard. The ducks act as natural predators that eat snails and insects. Moreover, the crop benefits from duck droppings, which provide nutrients for the soil.