Rancho Cielo
710 Old Stage Road, Salinas (831) 444-3533, ranchocieloyc.org
Incumbents are notoriously hard to unseat, but after multiple consecutive years of electoral victory for the Food Bank for Monterey County in this position, someone else has finally ascended to the office of Best Ag Nonprofit, and that is Rancho Cielo Youth Campus. It’s a well-deserved honor that reflects the opening last year of Rancho Cielo’s new vocational training program for ag industry skills, like refrigeration technology. At-risk and alienated youth in Monterey County now have a better chance of entering a stable life course and earning a decent living.