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Reminder: join us October 21 to shape the KIT Funds toolkit for CBOs
A reminder about the October 21 session on the draft KIT Funds toolkit for community organizations, and how to help fund the work.
$500 million for fresh food in schools, and school gardens are named in it
California committed $500 million to the KIT Fund, and for the first time hands-on food education in school gardens is an allowable use. What it means, how we got here, and the October 21 session.
Advocacy Day 2026 recap, the $25 million request and what comes next
Thirty-three advocates and more than 40 meetings in Sacramento, where the $25 million request stood, and the next steps.
Take action and share: sign on to the $25 million school garden budget request
A reminder to sign the budget request letter, register for Advocacy Day, and share the ask.
Thank you for signing on: Advocacy Day and more ways to support the $25 million request
Thanks to everyone who signed the budget request letter, with the Advocacy Day details and other ways to help.
Take action: the $25 million budget request and Advocacy Day
The sign-on letter for the $25 million request, Advocacy Day on April 9 and 10, and other ways to take part.
Action alert: the $25 million school garden budget request, and join us March 18 and April 9 and 10
The coalition's 2026 budget request, the March 18 coalition meeting, and Advocacy Day on April 9 and 10.
Sign on by August 15 to support $25 million for school gardens
After SB 341 stalled, two sign-on letters asked for $25 million for the Instructional School Garden Program from California's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, through the cap-and-trade reauthorization and the 2025-26 budget. Deadline August 15, 2025.
SB 341 update: help shape what comes next
SB 341 was held in the Senate Appropriations Committee. What happened, and how to help decide the next step.
Action needed: a call about SB 341 and coalition updates
An invitation to a coalition call on SB 341's status before the Senate Appropriations Committee's decision.
Letters due March 12 to support SB 341, plus coalition updates and reminders
Support letters for SB 341 are due March 12 ahead of its first committee hearing, with coalition updates.
Call to action: support SB 341 with us
How to sign on to the SB 341 letter of support and help the bill through its first committees.
Authors secured for the Instructional School Garden Program bill
Senator Sasha Renée Pérez agreed to carry our bill, with Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh and Assemblymember Steve Bennett as co-authors, before it was introduced as SB 341. What we asked members for next.
You're invited: the January 29 broader coalition meeting
An invitation to the virtual broader coalition meeting on January 29, 2025.
Growing support for school gardens: updates, opportunities and ways to partner
Coalition updates from December 2024, opportunities for members, and ways to partner.
Our legislation proposal for a statewide Instructional School Garden Program
The coalition's proposal to restart and fund a statewide Instructional School Garden Program, shared with legislative offices.