Office of Farm to Fork: California Healthy Food Procurement Fund Program.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Wilson
Last action: 2026-06-03
Official status: Referred to Com. on AGRI.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

It is unclear how much funding will be available for the program, as this depends on future legislative appropriations.

California Healthy Food Procurement Fund Program

This law requires the Office of Farm to Fork to establish a fund to help schools buy healthy food from California farms that use climate-friendly farming methods, if the Legislature provides funding.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Office of Farm to Fork to establish the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund Program by January 1, 2028, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
The program aims to increase procurement of healthy food products for schools serving pupils from kindergarten through grade 12.
Funds will be used to provide funding to approved vendors to procure whole or minimally processed food grown in California using climate-smart agriculture practices.

Who It Names or Affects

Schools serving students from kindergarten through grade 12
California farmers who use climate-smart agriculture methods

Terms To Know

climate-smart agriculture practices: Farming techniques that help protect the environment and reduce the impact of climate change.
procurement: The process of buying goods or services for an organization.

Limits and Unknowns

The program will only start if the Legislature provides funding.
It is not clear how much money will be available in the special account.

Bill History

2026-06-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on AGRI.
2026-05-27 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-03-26 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-26 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on AGRI.
2026-02-06 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
2026-02-05 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1731, as amended, Wilson.
Office of Farm to Fork: California Healthy Food Procurement Fund Program.
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 require the office,
on or before January 1, 2028,
upon appropriation by the Legislature,
to establish the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund Program for purposes of cultivating equity, nurturing students, building climate
resilience, supporting California agriculture, and creating scalable and sustainable change in the school food system. The bill would require that the program increase procurement of healthy food products, including for institutions serving pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. The bill would require the office, to the extent that funding is available, to implement initiatives under the program, including, but not limited to, an initiative that would, among other things, provide funding to approved vendors to procure only food products that are whole or are minimally processed and are grown or produced in California using climate-smart agriculture practices and climate-smart agriculture production systems, as specified. The bill would create the California Healthy Food Procurement Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, consisting of moneys from federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private sources, which the bill would make available to the department upon
appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of the program.

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