Impact of Drought On Agriculture, Food Systems & Public Health

Michael Dimock

Think & Do Tank

Road Maps to Victory

Backbone for CA Food Policy Council

New Rules & Incentives to Guide Food & Farming

Model 21st Century Food & Farm Policy in California

California Food Policy Council

Healthy Food

AccessEnsure that CA's food policy

truly represents the needs of

our communities by coalescing

their power.

Small

Farm

Viability

Regional

Infrastructure

School Food

Environment

Workers

25 Food Policy Bodies * 71% of CA voters * 1st FPC Organized Bottom Up

Accelerate change at local level by sharing best practices

Work collectively to advise on future

focused state & federal law

Build local food systems through

regional collaboration

Ecological

Farming

Report commissioned by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan

Photo by Carson Jeffres, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Pre-Drought Snowpack vs. 2050

Scripps Institute of Oceanography (2008)

Not a static state, but a process that alters behavior

and practice over time.

Our use of human, ecological and financial capital today

today does not degrade the ability to continue creating

health and resilience through food and fiber production.

Sustainability Definition

Photo by Luis Franke, Laguna Blanca Farm

Photo courtesy of Dan Imoff

Food Safety Modernization Act

(FSMA)

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