SECTIONS 500-501 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 500-501

500. Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 821, it is the intent
of the Legislature that programs at the University of California
designed to promote research on, and facilitate adoption of,
sustainable agricultural practices, including, but not limited to,
research, teaching, and outreach in the areas of sustainable farming
systems, biologically integrated farming systems, organic
agriculture, small farms, agroecology systems, biointensive
integrated pest management, and biological pest control shall be
adequately funded through the annual budget process to ensure the
programs' ongoing ability to respond to the needs of all sectors of
California's agricultural industry. It is the further intent of the
Legislature that the sustainable agricultural practices, methods, and
materials identified and developed by these programs be incorporated
into appropriate programs of the state and the university to
maximize the access of California farmers and ranchers to the
information needed to adopt and implement these measures.

501. Pursuant to Section 500 and subdivision (d) of Section 821,
the Legislature requests that the Regents of the University of
California do both of the following:
(a) Provide adequate and ongoing funding to programs at the
University of California designed to promote research on, and
facilitate adoption of, sustainable agricultural practices,
including, but not limited to, research, teaching, and outreach in
the areas of sustainable farming systems, biologically integrated
farming systems, organic agriculture, small farms, agroecology
systems, biointensive integrated pest management, and biological pest
control to ensure the programs' ongoing ability to respond to the
needs of all sectors of California's agricultural industry.
(b) Fully incorporate the sustainable agricultural practices,
methods, and materials identified and developed by the programs
enumerated in this article into all appropriate programs of the
university to ensure that California farmers and ranchers have
maximum access to the information needed to adopt and implement these
measures.