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This past December, CCOF celebrated Assemblymember Robert Rivas as our 2021 Organic Champion. At the Earthbound Farm\u2019s Farm Stand, CCOF Foundation supporters and other organic professionals gathered to honor the work of Assemblymember Rivas.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n CCOF\u2019s Organic Champion Award, which has recognized organic industry leaders and pioneers such as Melody Meyer and Karen Klonsky, was designed to honor the lifelong work and commitment of its honorees to the organic agriculture movement. Assemblymember Robert Rivas is named the recipient of CCOF\u2019s 2021 award.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Raised in Paicines, where his grandfather was a farmworker at Almaden Vineyards, Assemblymember Rivas has seen the laborious efforts required of agricultural workers for decades. As detailed on Rivas\u2019 website, \u201cRivas and his brother Rick grew up in farmworker housing, cared for by their single mother and beloved grandparents, who emigrated from Mexico in the 1960s.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As a child, Rivas watched his grandfather stand side by side with Cesar Chavez and the UFW [United Farm Workers] as a leader in the fight to win equal rights and fair contracts for farmworkers. Rivas\u2019 grandfather was known for his passionate advocacy on behalf of his fellow workers, but also for his ability to work with owners to negotiate contracts acceptable to both sides.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Most recently, in 2018 Rivas was elected to represent the 30th congressional district. During the 2019\u20132020 legislative session, Rivas fought to streamline agricultural housing development through AB 1783. Rivas was appointed as chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee and elected as vice chair of the influential Latino Legislative Caucus.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As chair of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, Robert Rivas authored AB 125, a food and farm resilience bond bill. CCOF is working in coalition with sustainable agriculture, food access, environmental justice, labor, and climate\/environmental advocacy groups to advance this bill that invests in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/ul>\n AB 125 includes a number of organic investments. These asks were uplifted by farm advocates seeking additional resources and tools to support farmers and ranchers, as well as by environmental justice organizations that are concerned about the effect of agricultural chemicals on the communities they work with. The organic investments include<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/ul>\n By authoring a bill that connects equity, climate resilience, agriculture, and economic recovery, Rivas offers a solution to many of the challenges facing Californians. He is a leader in organic and in paving a sustainable path forward.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n CCOF admires Rivas\u2019 commitment to supporting farmers and farmworkers, especially organic producers, as California continues to advance its climate resilience goals. Join us in celebrating Assembly member Rivas!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n El pasado diciembre, CCOF celebr\u00f3 al Asamble\u00edsta Robert Rivas como nuestro Campe\u00f3n Org\u00e1nico 2021. ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"class_list":["post-33707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-foundation-news","language-english","foundation_topics-partners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
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