Tell Jerry Brown to Stand Up for Safe, Sustainable Food

Tell Gov. Jerry Brown that you support healthy, sustainable and local food and farm policies that benefit all Californians. Help make California food policies that place a strong emphasis on improving access to healthy food to underserved communities, create economically vibrant farms and farm jobs, reward and adequately protect farm workers and ensure that the bounty of California's natural resources are preserved for future generations.

Join us in signing this letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, encouraging him to make healthy, local, organic and sustainable food policies a central part of his administration.

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    Here is the language from the letter that we will deliver to Gov. Jerry Brown asking that he make healthy, sustainable and local food a priority during his administration.


    Dear Governor Jerry Brown,

    I am writing to ask that you support healthy, sustainable and local food and farm policies that benefit all Californians, from our small rural communities to our rich urban populations. As we enter this new decade it is important that California's food and agricultural policies place a strong emphasis on improving access to healthy food to underserved communities, create economically vibrant farms and farm jobs, reward and adequately protect farm workers and ensure that the bounty of California's natural resources are preserved for future generations.

    As we look ahead to the future, it is vitally important that we prepare for the many challenges that this state and our children will face in the decades ahead as the looming threats of climate change, peak oil, water shortages and a rising population will place on the state’s natural resources and the farms that produce the food we eat daily to sustain us.

    As the number one agricultural producing state in the U.S., California’s farms produce more than half the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables, Californians have a special obligation to make sure that the state’s resources are used wisely and will be available for future generations.

    Rather than continue on the current path, California’s leaders must work together to build a food system that prioritizes access to healthy food, sound environmental stewardship, a valued workforce and economic prosperity for farmers.

    Now more than ever, California's food system must provide healthy and affordable food, benefits and wealth to workers and farmers. Policies should be in place to reduce greenhouse gases and nitrogen and help restore the soil, water, species diversity, and climate upon which food production depends.

    With the right policies, we have the power to nourish California with abundant safe, healthy, fresh, affordable food for everyone. We must seize this moment to make sure that healthy food and agriculture are recognized as vital to the future of our state by our policy makers.

    Sincerely,

    [Your name]