FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A vineyard worker tills the soil between grapevines in a Suisun Valley vineyard, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Proposed bond legislation clears Assembly Ag Committee
FAIRFIELD A proposed $3.3 billion bond that proponents argue will “accelerate California’s economic recovery and build a healthier, more equitable and resilient food and farm system,” cleared the Assembly Agriculture Committee Thursday.
Assembly Bill 125 – the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms and Worker Protection Bond Act – cleared the committee on a 10-0 vote.
“Covid-19 has exposed many vulnerabilities and inequalities in our state’s food supply chain and infrastructure, and AB 125 will get at the heart of these issues,” bill author Assemblyman Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, said in a statement released by the California Climate and Agriculture Network, one of 15 sponsors.
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Whereas, the 2008 Farm Bill defined a food desert as an “area in the United States with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly areas composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities; and
Whereas, the USDA list some of the defining characteristics for many of these areas as a high proportion of households that live below the poverty threshold, transportation hurdles, and an inadequate or nonexistent number of food service retailers that provide healthy and affordable food options; and
Whereas, more than 23 million people, both urban and rural, live in low-income areas that are a distance of more than one mile from a full service grocery store or supermarket, which provides 90 percent of healthy and affordable food options nationwide; and
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