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AB 675

Authors

Aguiar-Curry

Subject

Office of Farm to Fork: California Farm to School Program.

Relating To

relating to food and agriculture.

Title

An act to add Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 49025) to Division 17 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture.

Last Action Dt

2025-06-17

State

Amended Senate

Status

In Committee Process

Active?

Vote Required

Majority

Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Tax Levy

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Actions

2025-08-29		In committee: Held under submission.
2025-07-14		In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-01		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-17		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-06-11		Referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-06-03		In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02		Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1844.)
2025-05-27		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23		From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-14		In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-05-01		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23		Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-04-22		From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-17		Referred to Com. on AGRI.
2025-02-15		From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2025-02-14		Read first time. To print.

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Amended Senate		2025-06-17
Amended Assembly		2025-04-22
Introduced		2025-02-14

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Existing law creates the Office of Farm to Fork within the Department of Food and Agriculture, and requires the office, to the extent that resources are available, to work with various entities, including, among others, the agricultural industry and other organizations involved in promoting food access, to increase the amount of agricultural products available to underserved communities and schools in the state. This bill would establish the California Farm to School Program, to be developed, administered, and implemented by the office, as specified, for purposes of cultivating equity, nurturing students, building climate resilience, and creating scalable and sustainable change in the school food system. The bill would require that the program increase procurement of foods that are grown or produced in California and are whole or minimally processed from food producers in California for school meal programs and increase hands-on food education opportunities that engage pupils and connect the classroom with the cafeteria. The bill would authorize the office, to the extent that funding is available, to implement initiatives under the program, including, but not limited to, initiatives that advance the California farm to school network and increase the nutritional profile of foods provided in schools. The bill would require the office to administer the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program under the program. The bill would create the Farm to School Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, consisting of funds from federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private sources, which the bill would make available to the department upon appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of the program.