Background

Our project seeks to address the fractures and inequities in our food system by building a participatory, community-led process to design a ‘People’s Food and Farm Bill’ that will create a public funding mechanism and establish a regional governmental entity for food that will be accountable to Bay Area residents. In early 2020, we were funded to do a feasibility analysis on if it was possible to create a new regional governance agency for food systems. After concluding that this was a very real possibility, we moved into the second phase of this work, galvanized by public funding through the USDA Regional Food Systems Partnership program. During Phase II, we facilitated the development and PFFP community participant ratification of our initial community-sourced food system solutions for a vision of a just, sustainable, and thriving food system. We continue to deepen this vision for food sovereignty through ongoing engagement, embedding it into our coalition building.  Leaders from our Phase II  Steering Committee synthesized the solutions into platform priorities that guide our work. In Phase III,  we are currently focused on building our coalition, increasing capacity for participatory governance and, collective strategy. 

If you’d like to learn more, reach out to peoplesfoodandfarm@gmail.com