SECTIONS 821-822 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 821-822

821. As part of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry
of the state and for the protection of public health, safety, and
welfare, the Legislature shall provide for a continuing sound and
healthy agriculture in California and shall encourage a productive
and profitable agriculture. Major principles of the state's
agricultural policy shall be all of the following:
(a) To increase the sale of crops and livestock products produced
by farmers, ranchers, and processors of food and fiber in this state.
(b) To enhance the potential for domestic and international
marketing of California agricultural products through fostering the
creation of value additions to commodities and the development of new
consumer products.
(c) To sustain the long-term productivity of the state's farms by
conserving and protecting the soil, water, and air, which are
agriculture's basic resources.
(d) To maximize the ability of farmers, ranchers, and processors
to learn about and adopt practices that will best enable them to
achieve the policies stated in this section.

822. The Legislature shall review actions taken in the
implementation and furtherance of the state agricultural policy for
their impact on the following factors:
(a) Productive agricultural land.
(b) Agricultural water supplies.
(c) Agricultural energy resources, including, but not limited to,
energy rates and rate structures.
(d) Pest control, exclusion, detection, and eradication
activities.
(e) Agricultural labor.
(f) Agricultural production tools, including, but not limited to,
fertilizers and implements of husbandry.
(g) Marketing agricultural products in the domestic and foreign
markets.
(h) Agricultural research, education, and agricultural extension
programs.
(i) Agricultural transportation and distribution systems.
(j) Agricultural financing.
(k) Family owned farms.
(l) Activities of county agricultural commissioners.
(m) Agricultural exhibits at state-supported fairs.
(n) Recycling agricultural byproducts.
(o) Applied new technologies including, but not limited to, new
food product and value-added product development.