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Farm to School Partnerships in Merced County
On a warm September evening in Merced, CA, hundreds of students and families gathered for “Back to School Night” across Merced City School District’s 14 elementary schools. Fortunately for attendees […]
Budget Advocacy Campaigns
March 2024Saving Food Hubs and Small Farm Disaster Relief Right now, $12 million for small farm disaster relief as well as $14 million meant to support local food hubs are […]
Annual Policy Campaigns
CAFF’S 2024 Policy Priorities CAFF’S 2024 Farmer Policy Platform The priorities identified here are a direct result of an intensive farmer-listening process engaging nearly 600 food producers through a multilingual […]
FALL 2023 farmer gatherings
Calling all farmers, ranchers, land stewards, and community food growers! FIND A GATHERING IN YOUR AREA YOUR OPINION MATTERS. We want to understand your needs, challenges, and ideas. Join us […]
2024 CA Small Farm Conference
FEBRUARY 25 – 29, 2024 HYBRID: VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON, VARIOUS LOCATIONS The California Small Farm Conference, now in its 36th year, is an annual gathering of family farmers, local food […]
Future of Family Farms in the San Joaquin Valley
Earlier this year, CAFF kicked off a massive project in the San Joaquin Valley to help support family farms there and strengthen the local food economy, in partnership with UC […]
Chavez Lamb
Family owned farm raising lamb for direct-to-consumer and farmer’s market sales.
Water Policy & Organizing Manager
Title: Water Policy & Organizing Manager Classification: Specialist II or Senior Manager Location: Sacramento Region preferred / hybrid FTE: […]
CAFF Survey 2023
Please take a few moments (no more than 10 minutes) to complete this year’s survey. The results from this survey help us better understand what issues are most important […]
California Crunch
Join hundreds of schools across California, in small towns and big cities, from San Diego to Humboldt, as we take one big collective bite of locally-grown fruits and vegetables to celebrate local […]
Cómo responder a los apagones por motivos de seguridad pública (las “PSPS”)
En respuesta a condiciones climáticas adversas, el PG&E implementará un corte de energía por motivos de seguridad pública, lo que PG&E llama Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) en inglés. En […]
CAFF Summer Soiree 2023
Join us at beautiful Full Belly Farm in the Capay Valley! Enjoy a seasonal bounty, local wine & beer and live music by Boca do Rio TICKET INCLUDES FARM-FRESH DINNER, […]
CAFF 45th Anniversary Landing Page
Celebrating CAFF’s 45th Anniversary For 45 years, CAFF has been the voice of family-scale agriculture in California. As we celebrate our 45th anniversary, we are thrilled to share with you—the […]
CRECE Urban Farm Collective, Spreadwing Farm, and CAFF’s Dave Runsten podcast episode
In this episode we delve into all things on-farm composting, from its production to its use and relevant agricultural policies. We hear from Abel Ruiz at CRECE Farming Collective in […]
Small Farm Innovation Challenge
Steering tech innovation towards small-scale farming solutions while promoting strong, local food economies across California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgJaUek7qmE The Innovation Challenge invites farmers, entrepreneurs, students, hackers and any ingenious, farm-loving thinkers […]
Análisis microbianos del agua gratuitos para los agricultores
Foto del Western Center for Food Safety ¿Es usted un agricultor que necesita realizar análisis del agua en su granja? CAFF cubrirá los gastos de los análisis microbiológicos del agua de […]
Cover Crops in Orchards case study
Do you want to learn more about the ins and outs of planting and managing cover crops from growers with cover crop experience? Check out our Cover Crops in Orchards […]
Community Wildfire Planning Center
This non-profit organization believes in empowering people through wildfire education and action. They assist state and local governments, fire departments, land managers, and residents in creating safe and vibrant places. […]
2019 Camp Fire Water Resources Monitoring and Research Symposium
The symposium brought together researchers who have been investigating the impacts of the Camp Fire and other urban fires in Northern California. Speakers covered a diversity of research conducted on […]
RX Fire Field Guide – Placer RCD
The Rx Fire Field Guide created by the Placer County Resource Conservation District serves as a landowner education tool and provides a framework to guide discussions on prescribed burning between […]
Membership Spotlight: FDA Farms
Our membership spotlights feature farmers from all walks of life and this time we’re introducing you to a farmer who started his farm this year! Eraclio Duenas founded FDA farms […]
WhatsApp groups
Are you Latino? Are you a farmer? If you are looking to connect with other farmers, share and receive resources, keep yourself up to date with the latest policy shifts […]
Ecological Pest Management
Ecological Pest Management We work with farmers, pest control advisors, researchers, and technical assistance providers to investigate, demonstrate, and promote ecological pest management practices. WHAT IS ECOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT? Ecological […]
Biological Control Project
Optimizing spider mite management through biological control in walnuts and vineyards The web-spinning spider mite (Tetranychus spp. and Eotetranychus willamettei) is a pest that causes severe leaf drop and reduced […]
Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems
Alternative management of codling moth, navel orangeworm, and web-spinning spider mites in walnuts The BIOS program was originally started by CAFF in the 1990s with transformative work by Robert Bugg […]
Open Agricultural Technology & Working In Community
Exploring open-source technologies for the small farm. The Gathering for Open Agricultural Technology (GOAT) has introduced the Small Farm Tech Hub to available open-source agricultural tools and we’d like to help spread […]
California’s Alternative Food Networks in the Face of Market Digitalization
Sasha Pesci, a former contractor and consultant for the Small Farm Tech Hub at CAFF recently published exciting research looking at the digital divide in direct market farmers’ online sales during the […]
Lopes Family Farm Field Day: Integrated rice and duck farming
On June 29th, Lopes Family Farms hosted a field day with Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) in Princeton, CA focused on rice and duck farming, a Biologically Integrated Farming […]