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Subject: Urgent Alert: CDFA Threatens Certified Farmers' Markets program!
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:40:15 -0700
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The Dept. of Food & Agriculture has threatened to eliminate the
Certified Farmers=3D Market Program IF legislation funding the =
Department
does not pass.

The threat is contained in the proposed regulations which go to hearing
on May 5th in Torrance and May 7th in Stockton (see below). The section
was added to the proposed regulations without the knowledge of the
Certified Farmers=3D Market Advisory Committee.

The proposed regulation is section 1392.1.2, which states that the
present regulations will expire on January 1, 2000 if proposed
legislation, Assembly Bill 593, is not passed. SFMA believes that the
regulations should remain intact, allowing the program to continue, =
even
if the department does not receive funding through legislation.=20

The present regulations grant farmers at Certified Farmers=3D Markets =
and
roadside stands exemptions from standard pack, grading and labeling
requirements. Repealing the legislation would not only eliminate
Certified Farmers=3D Markets - it would also eliminate exemptions for
roadside stands.=20

=BA Send a copy to: Governor Gray Davis, Governor=3Ds Office, =
Sacramento,
CA, 95814

OR YOU CAN TESTIFY AT A HEARING - WRITTEN AND ORAL TESTIMONY ARE GIVEN
EQUAL WEIGHT.=20

The elimination of the CFM program should not be threatened in writing
as a proposed regulations. YOU MUST STRONGLY OPPOSE THE EXISTENCE OF
THIS VERY REAL THREAT. Your family=3Ds livelihood may depend on it. For
further information, call Marion Kalb at 213-244-9190, ext. 14.

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The Dept. of Food & Agriculture has threatened to = eliminate the Certified Farmers=3D Market Program IF legislation = funding the=20 Department does not pass.

The threat is contained in the proposed regulations which go to = hearing on=20 May 5th in Torrance and May 7th in Stockton (see below). The section = was=20 added to the proposed regulations without the knowledge of the = Certified=20 Farmers=3D=20 Market Advisory Committee.

The proposed regulation is section 1392.1.2, which states that the=20 present regulations will expire on January 1, 2000 if = proposed=20 legislation, Assembly Bill 593, is not passed. SFMA believes that the=20 regulations should remain intact, allowing the program to continue, = even if the=20 department does not receive funding through legislation.=20

The present regulations grant farmers at Certified = Farmers=3D = Markets and roadside=20 stands exemptions from standard pack, grading and labeling = requirements.=20 Repealing the legislation would not only eliminate Certified = Farmers=3D = Markets - it would=20 also eliminate exemptions for roadside=20 stands.

MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN -- OPPOSE SECTION 1392.1.2 =

Send a letter or a fax to the following:

CDFA, 1220 N Street, Room A-447, Sacramento, CA 95814

Fax: 916-654-0666

Mail before May 3rd, faxes must arrive by May = 7th

º Send a copy to: = Governor Gray=20 Davis, Governor=3Ds Office, Sacramento, CA, 95814

OR YOU CAN TESTIFY AT A HEARING - WRITTEN AND ORAL TESTIMONY ARE = GIVEN EQUAL=20 WEIGHT.

Wednesday, May 5th, Torrance Friday, May 7th, Stockton

Ken Miller Recreation Center U.C. Agric. Extension Office

3341 Torrance Blvd. 420 S. Wilson Way

Torrance, CA 90503 Stockton, CA 95205

The elimination of the CFM program should not be threatened in = writing as a=20 proposed regulations. YOU MUST STRONGLY OPPOSE THE EXISTENCE OF THIS = VERY REAL=20 THREAT. Your family=3Ds livelihood may depend on it. = For further=20 information, call Marion Kalb at 213-244-9190, ext.=20 14.