In the 20 years since California's carbon emission peak in 2004, we've both slashed those emissions by 28% and nearly doubled our economy.
The Golden State’s economy is growing BECAUSE of our climate action, not despite it.

In the 20 years since California's carbon emission peak in 2004, we've both slashed those emissions by 28% and nearly doubled our economy.
The Golden State’s economy is growing BECAUSE of our climate action, not despite it.
“Livestock, if they’re managed in a grazed kind of way, they feed nutrients to the underground livestock” in the soil. -Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD, American Farmland Trust
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“Folks don’t necessarily know each other just because they may be nearby geographically. That community aspect of farm to school is really important.” -Heidi Exline, American Farmland Trust
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Farm to school programs are "not just the morally right thing to do for kids…it is also the right thing to do for the supply chain to shift it in favor of ecological and racial justice.” -Kat Taylor, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation
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“School meals for all in California was a dream for a long time. We thought it would happen in 10 years at best, and it happened in 9 months with the pandemic.” -Kat Taylor, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation
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Farm to school programs have “an economic multiplier effect.” -Heidi Exline, New York & New Jersey Deputy Director, American Farmland Trust
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“We tend to look at conservation and viability as two separate things, but you have to be viable to do those conservation practices.” -Tim Fink, Vice President of Policy, American Farmland Trust
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@volts.wtf Loved your comments at SELC seminar - especially BeYONCE! 💯🥰👏 #ClimateWeekNYC.
“Local procurement supports farmers and local economic development…and the children are connected with nature and understand how farming and nature can be compatible.” -Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
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“We really see agriculture and forestry as part of the solution moving forward” in climate goals. -Amanda Beal, Commissioner, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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“What’s really bizarre is how frequently these ‘100 year’ events are happening." -Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
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Absolutely loving the conversations happening at the @selc.bsky.social #ClimateWeekNYC event about the intersection between race, class, and environmental injustices. It’s so refreshing to see Southern voices and organizing efforts get uplifted in spaces where we’re typically ignored.
“Our farmers are experiencing the impacts of climate change every day." -Amanda Beal, Commissioner, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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“Find out who the farmers are in your community that you can support. Build relationships, show up at the farm for events.” -Olivia Fuller, Fourth-Generation Farmer, Fuller Acres
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"Who is going to own rural America? I am concerned…a lot of land that changes hands gets subsumed in these ever-growing large operations.” -Brooks Lamb, Director of Food Systems and Agriculture Policy, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
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“Land ownership is the foundation upon which everything is built…the ability for a farmer to invest in regenerative practices, their community, and a rural economy.” -Dominick Grant, Partner and Managing Director, Dirt Capital Partners
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“In a lot of communities across the country, land values have skyrocketed…Sometimes even $40,000 an acre, in part because of real estate development…We’re seeing a lot of rural gentrification.” -Brooks Lamb, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator
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Save the date! Our #ClimateWeekNYC event with NFL vet and Protect Where We Play Team Ocean Coach Ovie Mughelli and our Climate VP Fatima Candace Vahlsing on Sept. 24 is being livestreamed: foreignpolicy.com/events/fp-un...
#ClimateWeekNYC is shining the spotlight on the ways that climate change is affecting our society — including where people live and how they move
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“Whatever you choose to buy is a vote for you to endorse that product, that company, that way it was produced.” -Hillary Barile, Owner, Rabbit Hill Farms
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