Mission & History

Mission

The California Food and Justice Coalition promotes the basic human right to healthy food while advancing social, agricultural, environmental and economic justice priorities. Through advocacy, organizing and education, we collaborate with community-based efforts to create a sustainable food supply for the residents of California.

Vision

We envision a California food system in which all activities, from farm to table, are equitable, healthful, regenerative and community-driven.

Values

We believe:

• That access to healthy food is a basic human right and must not be compromised
• That communities are enriched by the cultivation and celebration of diverse food traditions and experience
• That the production, distribution, and preparation of food must be healthy and humane for all humans, animals and ecosystems
• That agricultural land and biological diversity must be protected for future generations
• That all food commerce must be just, democratic and economically fair

History

CFJC was founded by the Community Food Security Coalition in 2003 as a way to coordinate the efforts of the burgeoning food justice movement in California, and address food policy needs. CFJC was a program of the Community Food Security Coalition until 2008 when CFJC became an independent project, fiscally sponsored by the Ecology Center in Berkeley.