49000. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There are many Californians who lack adequate access to healthy food. (b) The lack of access to healthy food falls disproportionately on disadvantaged urban and rural communities. (c) These same communities also suffer from an increased rate of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions related to […]
49001. There is hereby created in the department the Office of Farm to Fork. To the extent that resources are available, this office shall work with the agricultural industry, direct marketing organizations, food policy councils, public health groups, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, academic institutions, district agricultural associations, county, state, and federal agencies, and other organizations […]
49002. (a) There is hereby created the Farm to Fork Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund that shall consist of money made available from federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private sources. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money deposited in the Farm to Fork Account is hereby continuously appropriated to the […]
49003. (a) In any fiscal year in which funds are received into or expended from the Farm to Fork Account, the department, no later than December 31 following the close of the fiscal year, shall submit to the Legislature an overview of the account’s income and expenditures. (b) A report to be submitted pursuant to this section […]
