Office of Farm to Fork: California Farm to School 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: Aguiar-Curry
Last action: 2025-08-29
Official status: In committee: Held under submission.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill's exact implementation and success depend on future legislative appropriations.

California Farm to School Program

This bill establishes a California Farm to School Program within the Office of Farm to Fork, focusing on increasing local food procurement and hands-on education in schools.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the California Farm to School Program inside the Office of Farm to Fork.
Requires the program to increase procurement of locally grown or produced whole or minimally processed foods for school meal programs.
Encourages activities that provide hands-on food education opportunities for students.
Authorizes initiatives under the program, including advancing the California farm to school network and improving nutritional profiles in schools.
Administers the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program.
Creates a special fund called the Farm to School Account with money from various sources.

Who It Names or Affects

Schools and school meal programs in California
Local food producers in California

Terms To Know

Farm to Fork: A system that connects local farms directly with consumers, like schools or restaurants.
Incubator Grant Program: A program that gives money to help new ideas grow and develop in the California Farm to School Program.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill needs funding from the Legislature to start.
It does not specify exact amounts or timing for funding allocations.
Success of the program depends on support from local food producers and schools.

Bill History

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

Official Summary Text

AB 675, as amended, Aguiar-Curry.
Office of Farm to Fork: California Farm to School 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 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
to
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
to
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.

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