Food Policy News
California Food and Farm Policy: Climate Bond and 2024 Legislative Update
An update on recent policy shaping food and farming across the State.
New Report Finds California’s Nation-Leading Investments in Farm to School Stabilize Farmers’ Businesses, Expand Climate-Friendly Environmental Farming Practices
Small and midsize farms, women, and BIPOC farmers especially benefit.
Redefining Value and Risk in Agriculture
DC to Vote on One Fair Wage June 19
Food system workers are at the forefront of this year’s midterm elections, notably in our nation’s capital where voters will decide June 19 whether to support Initiative 77, which would eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped employees. If it passes, the current $3.33 an hour tipped minimum wage would rise by 2026 to $15. For…
California Farm Bureau Opposes Goodlatte AG Bill
The California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) broke with the American Farm Bureau to oppose the Agricultural Guestworker (AG) Act (HR 4092), introduced by Congressman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia. CFBF President Jamie Johannson appeared with BFI’s Policy Director Nina F. Ichikawa on a panel at the California Certified Organic Farmers annual meeting in Sacramento last month, speaking passionately on the professionalism and…