
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) CAFF's Sam Earnshaw wins a Pollinator award!
Source: www.register-pajaronian.com
Sam Earnshaw, the Central Coast program coordinator for Community Alliance with Family Farmers, has been awarded the Pollinator Advocate Award, sponsored by the trinational North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, which consists of 120-plus organizations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. ...

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen
Merrigan will host her second Facebook chat about the 'Know Your
Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 3 p.m

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Tell Obama NOT to Love Monsanto and CropLife? Sign the petition today.
Source: fdn.actionkit.com

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Farr bill aims to get students to eat their veggies:
Source: www.santacruzsentinel.com
Farr bill aims to get students to eat their veggies

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Our policy director testified at the recent USDA hearings in Monterey:
Source: nutritionwonderland.com
Nutrition Wonderland is now up in Monterey, CA as part of our Tour of America and today we are attending the first of the USDA’s hearings on nationally adopting the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA). ...

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
The Bay Gourmet Forum presents a panel on Agriculture and the Environment
this Wednesday:
Source: tickets.commonwealthclub.org

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF)
These tours helped inform many companies now using organic cotton, and serve as a great tool for educating employees and management about the importance of reducing chemical use in cotton cultivation.
Retail companies support SCP by sponsoring our tour. Past sponsors include Patagonia, Norm Thompson, Cutter and Buck, Le...vi, Gap, California College of the Arts, and Nike.
Description: A one-day tour of the San Joaquin Valley that will challenge your perceptions about what agriculture is and what it could become.
Between late September and mid October, when cotton is harvested and farms throughout the state are at the height of activity, The Sustainable Cotton Project offers a one-day tour. Visitors travel a central loop through the San Joaquin Valley, gaining a behind-the-scenes look at the many sides of conventional, biologically intensive pest management (BioIPM), and organic cotton production.Read More
Retail companies support SCP by sponsoring our tour. Past sponsors include Patagonia, Norm Thompson, Cutter and Buck, Le...vi, Gap, California College of the Arts, and Nike.
Description: A one-day tour of the San Joaquin Valley that will challenge your perceptions about what agriculture is and what it could become.
Between late September and mid October, when cotton is harvested and farms throughout the state are at the height of activity, The Sustainable Cotton Project offers a one-day tour. Visitors travel a central loop through the San Joaquin Valley, gaining a behind-the-scenes look at the many sides of conventional, biologically intensive pest management (BioIPM), and organic cotton production.Read More

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) CAFF in the Sac News & Review!
Source: www.newsreview.com
By Sena Christian. The Sacramento Area Council of Governments teams up with local organizations to promote locally grown produce. Published on October 15, 2009 as Sustainability in the Green Guide section of the Sacramento News & Review

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) CAFF has now joined LinkedIn! If you have an account, please look up our group.

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) 70,000 people attended the Eat Real Festival this year!
Source: eatrealfest.com
Eat Real Festival is a social venture created to inspire eaters to choose tasty, healthy, good food. Through a vibrant, local festival in Oakland, CA, and a focus on delicious and sustainable

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) The Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op was recently acknowledged by the Shelby Report and Sunset Magazine for its commitment to our local organic farmers and sustainable seafood!
Source: www.sacfoodcoop.com
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op - Supporting Sustainable Agriculture

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) The USDA is launching a 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative to connect consumers with local producers. Watch a segment about it:
Source: www.youtube.com
USDA Office of Communications - Our mission is to provide leadership, expertise, counsel and coordination for the development of communications strategies which are vital to the overall formulation, awareness and acceptance of U.S. ...

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Celebrate Local Food Month
Source: www.mnn.com
Many regions have declared September ‘Local Food Month.’ Here are six ways to get in on the action even if it hasn’t been declared in your region.

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) The FREE 2009 Cotton Tour is now accepting registrations:
Source: www.sustainablecotton.org
These tours helped inform many companies now using organic cotton, and serve as a great tool for educating employees and management about the importance of reducing chemical use in cotton cultivation.

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) September is local food month! Read about CAFF's events in Humboldt, CA:
Source: www.times-standard.com






















