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