California Food and Farming Network

Actualización Legislativa del Grupo de Trabajo de Defensa de los Trabajadores Agrícolas: Éxitos y Decepciones. La Lucha Continua por la Dignidad de los Trabajadores.

August 3, 2023

Por Alexa Marin Benavente, becario de politicas en CFFN En marzo de este año, el California Farmworker Advocacy Working Group (el Grupo de Trabajo de Defensa de los Trabajadores Agrícolas de California en español) estableció sus Prioridades Legislativas: 9 proyectos de ley estatales que beneficiarían a los 500,000 trabajadores agrícolas que laboran en los campos agrícolas de California.

Farmworker Advocacy Working Group Midpoint Legislative Update: Successes, Disappointments, and the Ongoing Struggle for Worker Dignity

June 22, 2023

By Alexa Marin Benavente, CFFN Policy Fellow In March of this year, the California Farmworker Advocacy Working Group set their Legislative Priorities–9 State bills that would benefit the 500,000 farmworkers that labor in California’s agricultural fields.

Midpoint Legislative Update: Top food & farming policies still alive; Awaiting Governor’s signature for funding

June 16, 2023

By Kenzo Esquivel, CFFN Policy Fellow Every year, CFFN members, representing the diversity of food & farming issues facing the state from hunger and nutrition to farmer livelihood and food chain worker protections, collectively identify policies important for the state’s food and farming system.

Looking Ahead: Four Ingredients to Advocate for Equitable Food and Farming Systems

November 28, 2022

By Elias Berbari, CFFN Communications Fellow With Election Day behind us and a new legislative cycle right around the corner, an opportunity arises for us all both to consider some important forward-looking questions.

CFFN embodies new structure to advance shared vision for the food & farm system

February 28, 2022

Our work will not be done until the visions of liberation and sovereignty that our network imagined are achieved for all Californians, but the process of self-transformation is underway.

CFFN takes a stand on 2020 California ballot measures

October 16, 2020

The California Food and Farming Network recognizes the importance of safe, just and healthy communities as an essential part of a just and sustainable food and farming system.

California Food & Farming Network Releases Annual Scorecard and Awards Champions

January 21, 2020

The California Food and Farming Network released the 2020 scorecard, revealing policy votes of California’s 120 elected state legislators, with a majority of legislators earning top marks.

How did California legislators do on food and farming?

January 24, 2019

A week after the inauguration of Governor Gavin Newsom and a few days into the legislative session, the California Food and Farming Network (CFFN) and the California Food Policy Council (CAFPC) have released the 2018 Food & Farm Scorecard — a report revealing the policy votes of California’s 120 elected state legislators on food and farming issues. Pesticide Action Network is a member of CFFN.

Elections 2018: Putting food at the forefront

October 9, 2018

200 people attended Food in the 15th, a food- and farming-focused candidate forum with Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles in Richmond, CA.

California legislators get a food & farm report card

January 30, 2018

As the new legislative year kicked off in January, PAN joined food and farm groups across California in distributing a report card for California legislators, scoring them on their support of food & farming legislation from the previous year. And while nearly half of legislators earned a 100% ranking, the results belie efforts by legislators to advance more transformative policies.

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