CDFA Office of Farm to Fork

12/01/2017

The CDFA Office of Farm to Fork is pleased to release our 2016 - 2017 Annual Report, Redesigned Website, and Strategic Plan. Find out more about moving forward on our blog

As 2018 draws near, CDFA’s Office of Farm to Fork (the Office) can look back on all that happened in 2017 and know that there will be an even-stronger commitment to improving all Californians’ acce…

10/19/2017

The 30th California Small Farm Conference, the state's premier gathering for small-scale farmers, ranchers, farmers' market managers, will be held Sunday, October 29- Monday, October 30 at the Robert Cabral Agricultural Center in Stockton.
More information and registration can be found at

The California Small Farm Conference is for farmers’ market managers and beginning to advanced producers who honor a small-scale approach to growing, processing and marketing food. Pulling together innovators, family farmers and experts in environmentally and economically transformative practices, t...

10/12/2017

Happy !A huge thank you to all the farmers, ranchers, and producers who work tirelessly each day to provide our food supply. In addition to this, farmers often act as educators, teaching California children where their food comes from. In fact 31 percent of California schools make ag education a priority and take their students on farm tours each school year.

10/11/2017

Milk Life along with Feeding America are supporting Americans affected by recent natural disasters through the Great American Milk Drive. Post a photo showing the Real California Milk Seal along with the tag and a donation will be made to Feeding America to provide milk to someone in need. More details on our blog.
http://blogs.cdfa.ca.gov/TalesFromTheField/?p=1330

10/10/2017

The Redwood Empire Food Bank

10/10/2017

10/09/2017

Karen Ross, Secretary of Food and Agriculture, kicked off the California State Employees Food Drive with a fresh produce donation opportunity at the Capitol Mall Farmers’ Market in Sacramento. Nearly 400 pounds of produce were donated to the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, showing state employees commitment to giving back.

10/03/2017

We are so impressed with the generosity of the California farmers and ranchers who donated over 245,000 pounds of California Grown food to the California Association of Food Banks' Farm to Family Program on Farm to Food Bank Day. Donations came in from Lundberg Family Farms, Yosemite Fresh, Monterey Mushroom., Foster Farms, Rivermaid Trading Co., Venida Packing Company, Wonderful Citrus, and California Olive Oil Council (COOC), Prima Frutta Packing, Veg-Fresh Farms, Frieda's Specialty Produce, Driftwood Dairy, and the Coman family. The donations were split between Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County and the OC Food Bank

For more details and a full list of donated products visit our blog http://blogs.cdfa.ca.gov/TalesFromTheField/?p=1285

09/19/2017

At CDFA we are proud of the farmers and ranchers leading the way in bringing healthy California grown foods to low-income and food insecure populations in our state. California Association of Food Banks California Grown

09/07/2017

Did you know - California farmers and ranchers donate 200 million pounds of food annually? Watch our feed in the coming month for stories of farmers and ranchers giving back California Grown California Association of Food Banks Second Harvest Food Bank

08/07/2017

It's official! Nutrition Incentives for fresh fruits and vegetables will now be available to shoppers at 339 farmers' markets and mobile markets in CA! A win-win for the insecure and CA farmers. Thank you to and all our partners! More program info on our blog.

07/28/2017

Congratulations to Sandee Nagayama, winner of the California Farm to School Stakeholder Survey raffle prize! Sandee works at Ahwanhee Middle School in Clovis, CA, where she teaches an elective called Exploring Agriculture and Natural Resources to 7th and 8th graders. They get to explore topics such as climate change and human impact on the environment, and they garden! She completed our stakeholder survey and will receive free registration to our conference! We can’t wait to see Sandee (and all of you, we hope) at the conference in 2019! Fresno Unified School District