Publications

Activities

2nd joint meeting with San Mateo Food System Alliance to discuss areas of mutual interest and potential cross-collaboration
Letter to Board of Supervisors supporting development of a Climate Change Overlay Zone in Coyote Valley (San Jose)

1st joint meeting with San Mateo Food System Alliance to discuss areas of mutual interest and potential cross-collaboration
Letter to Board of Supervisors supporting changes to Farmland of Local Importance category definition and adding the Farmland of Local Potential category definition to the State’s Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program
Applied for USDA Regional Food System Partnership grant
Letter to Board of Supervisors supporting creation of a comprehensive system-wide FRAHAI
Co-hosted with SPUR a convening of food system stakeholders to align priorities for a proposed comprehensive system-wide Food, Restaurant, Agriculture, and Health Access Initiative (FRAHAI)
Letter to Board of Supervisors supporting Strategic Plan for acquiring agricultural conservation easements and securing $5 million in match funds
Alliance members take part in a SPUR panel featuring our Small Farm report
Alliance releases Small Farms, Big Potential report in conjunction with the County

Alliance finalizes draft of Small Farms, Big Potential report
Co-hosted A Taste of the Coast with the Peninsula Open Space Trust at the Forager Tasting Room in San Jose
Letter to Board of Supervisors supporting County Planning staff’s recommendations relating to the final recommendations of the Agricultural Preservation Task Force

Organized a tour of Feed Sonoma for Alliance members
Alliance member Julie Hutcheson is appointed to the County’s Agricultural Preservation Task Force
Letter to state Santa Clara Valley Water District in support of maintaining current agricultural water rates per the Open Space Credit board policy
Letter to County Supervisors Wasserman and Cortese in support of Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority appointing a member to the Agricultural Task Force
Letter to County Board of Supervisors supporting adoption of the Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Plan

Alliance begins drafting Small Farms, Big Potential report
Letter to state Dept. of Conservation in support of County’s application for funding for an agricultural conservation easement on 71 acres outside Morgan Hill
Letter to state Dept. of Conservation in support of County’s application for funding for a Regional Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchasing program
Alliance members serve on the Farming and Food Sector Technical Panel for the drafting of the Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Plan
Alliance begins scoping and researching Small Farms, Big Potential report

Alliance awarded Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority Measure Q Urban Open Space Grant for Small Farms, Big Potential report
Letter to the San Jose City Council urging approval of their proposed Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone Ordinance
Letter to the San Jose City Council urging adoption of intake fee for UAIZ applications to incentivize participation in program

Endorsed Food & Farmlands Resolution
Letters of support for Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone to City of San Jose and Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Letter of support for nominated Priority Conservation Areas in the County to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Provided public comment to the County Planning Commission on the draft Health Element for the Santa Clara County General Plan

Letter of support to the City of San Jose for the Health Trust’s proposed changes to the City’s Food Rules
Public presentations and meetings with officials to introduce Alliance and Santa Clara County Food System Assessment
Continued providing input on the development of the draft Health Element for the Santa Clara County General Plan

Published Santa Clara County Food System Assessment
Provided input on Healthy Eating/Food Access/Sustainable Food Systems Section of the Health Element for the Santa Clara County General Plan
Organized and hosted 2nd annual SCCFSA Farm Tour
Submitted position paper on reduced water rates for agricultural users to the Santa Clara Valley Water District

Letter to the City of Morgan Hill on their proposed agricultural policies (detailed six recommendations intended to increase the effectiveness of the City’s draft Agricultural Policy and Implementation Program)