Farmer equity: advisory committees.
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- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill creates two advisory committees within the California Department of Food and Agriculture to provide advice on programs and policies related to agriculture. These committees, the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Producer Advisory Committee and the Small-Scale Producer Advisory Committee, will focus on the needs of small-scale, medium-scale, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in the state. The members of these committees must be small-scale or medium-scale socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers themselves.
Key provisions
- Establishes the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Producer Advisory Committee.
- Establishes the Small-Scale Producer Advisory Committee.
- Authorizes the committees to advise the Secretary of Food and Agriculture on relevant programs and policies.
- Requires committee members to be small-scale or medium-scale socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.
- Provides for reimbursement of travel expenses for committee members.
- Requires open and public meetings of the advisory committees.
- Mandates adherence to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.
- Adds Section 513.5 to the Food and Agricultural Code.
Who is affected
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Small-scale producers
- Medium-scale producers
- Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) producers
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