The Governor and legislative leaders are in the final stages of negotiations for the fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 state budget and are making decisions about final agriculture, climate change, wildfire and drought packages.
Please email or call them ASAP but before Saturday, May 21 to urge them to include funding for a healthy, just and resilient food and farming system!
It’s easy and only takes a couple of minutes to make your voice heard.
Here are the phone numbers to call:
All you need to do is call or email the offices above and leave a message.
You can use the sample script below:
"My name is ____ and I’m calling from ___. I urge you to support increased investments that improve climate resilience and achieve an equitable recovery.
I strongly support funding to:
- help farmers transition to organic farming,
- invest in biological controls and insectaries to support farmers in ecological pest management,
- create and support regional training centers that provide culturally-appropriate training in organic and sustainable farming for historically-underserved farmers of color and beginning farmers,
- hire farm advisors, community educators, and extension specialists with specialties in certified organic agriculture, small farm advising, and climate resilience and mitigation management,
- invest in food systems infrastructure that will incentivize producers to use ecologically-sound growing and ranching practices; increase community food security and self-reliance; and ensure all Californians have access to healthy food; and
- support farmworker home weatherization.
Significantly increased funding is needed to support resilient farm and food systems to combat hunger and climate change, and to scale up climate-resilient farms and support farmworker safety and wellbeing."
THANK YOU!
