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Objective 1.F
Increase the numbers and diversity of leaders actively working to improve conditions for farmworkers.
 
Proposed 2008 Actions:
1.    Create a taskforce of farmers, agricultural Economists, farmworker and immigration rights advocates, and appropriate state agencies to address the current state of federal immigration actions on CA agriculture.  Craft alternative CA proposals and laws that support AgJobs and expanded opportunities for worker legality. 
2.    Work with the CDFA and other state agencies to develop a California Farm Bill that includes legislation for a North American Labor Visa, Farm and Food worker Access to Health Care, Worker health and safety, Universal Farmworker Housing, and real Enforcement Against Bad Actors.
3.    Launch farmworker housing conversation in five or more counties where the Ag Futures Alliance is active, using the Ventura success as an example. 
4.    Support FIELD in providing leadership trainings to farmworkers in six new counties. 

Potential Future Actions 2009-2012:
5.    Focus on the Ag Jobs Coalition. Rework strategy and reconsider national policy approach.
6.    Build immigration, cross-cultural, and farmworker labor condition awareness through workshops and outreach materials to all farm owners, farm workers, and the public at large 3-5 times a year.
7.    Tap into existing efforts that are working with farm working communities to address immigration issues, like TCE. 
8.    Incorporate labor standards and fair trade programs into a statewide certification program. 
9.    Work with key certifiers in the state to include social equity in their standards.
10.     Develop a CA-specific domestic fair trade organization.
11.     Reduce the use of most harmful pesticides to workers by passing fair policies. 

 
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