{"id":18640,"date":"2024-03-25T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calcanstaging.kinsta.cloud\/?p=18640"},"modified":"2024-03-25T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T19:39:51","slug":"lobby-day-builds-support-for-food-farming-bond-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calclimateag.org\/mx\/lobby-day-builds-support-for-food-farming-bond-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobby Day Builds Support for Food & Farming Bond Investments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solving climate change requires mitigating agriculture\u2019s emissions and helping our food and farm system adapt to new climate realities, from catastrophic wildfires and flood events to ongoing supply chain disruptions and rising food prices. This is why the <\/span>Food and Farm Resilience Coalition<\/span><\/a> (FFRC), of which CalCAN is a member, is actively advocating for investments to support a more climate resilient, healthy, and equitable food and farming system.<\/span><\/p>\n

On March 13th, the Food and Farm Resilience Coalition held a Lobby Day in Sacramento to advocate for food and farming investments to be part of any bond measures the legislature passes this year. The day brought together a diverse group of over 30 advocates representing different parts of our food system to meet with 23 legislative offices, including the Assembly Speaker, Senate Pro Tem, and authors of multiple bond proposals in the legislature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Asm. Wilson addresses the group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assemblymember Lori Wilson, the author of the Food and Farm Resilience Bond (AB 408), kicked off the lobby day with an empowering speech and some advice about how to use passion and pressure to influence upcoming bond negotiations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia\u2019s food and farming system is on the front lines of the climate crisis and if the state wants to create a more climate resilient agricultural sector then it must act now to scale up investments. With this proposed climate bond the state has an opportunity to scale this work up across the state and ensure California\u2019s food and farming system is ready, resilient, and helping our state fight climate change while continuing to feed our communities.\u201d – Assemblymember Lori Wilson<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We then broke into smaller groups to meet with legislators and their staff to advocate for specific priorities in each of the bond proposals (education, climate, and housing) the legislature is considering. Throughout the day we spoke of the challenges facing farmers, farmworkers, and communities in the face of changing climate conditions, supply chain disruptions, and higher costs to produce and purchase food.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy painting a vivid picture of the challenges faced by our farmers, farmworkers, and communities, we can underscore the transformative impact that strategic investments in our food and farming system can have, not just within agriculture but for the entire state,\u201d said\u00a0 <\/span>Lesley Kroupa, policy specialist at Roots of Change, <\/span>one of the 17 organizations in the Food and Farm Resilience Coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Programs Championed\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

During Lobby Day, the coalition’s advocacy efforts covered a range of programs and investment needs, including:<\/span><\/p>\n