Overview
These are the values and principles that guide our work.
- Equitable access for people of color, women, immigrants, and beginners to establish themselves in California agriculture.
- Creativity and innovation, with tools and strategies that support and connect farmers and ranchers with land, financing, and assistance.
- Partnership and commitment focused on building long-term relationships with farmers, ranchers, landowners, and other partners.
- Environmental stewardship and resilient working landscapes that provide the basis for sustainable and organic agriculture.
- Fairness, accountability, and transparency when connecting people with land and financing.
- Learning from diverse communities of farmers, ranchers, and fishers who inform, teach, and inspire us to improve our work.
Anti-Discrimination Statement
In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of the Treasury policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Submit a complaint of discrimination, by mail to U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220, (202) 622-1160 (phone), (202) 622-0367 (fax), or email crcomplaints@treasury.gov
California FarmLink does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring of staff, employee performance reviews, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of client services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors and vendors.
Our work demands a deep commitment to justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. We recognize the stark, painful reality that the coronavirus pandemic, for example, has impacted Black and Latine* people at disproportionate rates across the country, and that unemployment and economic harm has disproportionately affected communities of color. We recognize how much work needs to be done, both within and beyond California FarmLink, to create a society that is grounded in racial equity and social justice.
We are responding to this call to action by reflecting on how we can improve our work to challenge systems of oppression, white supremacy, and all pernicious forms of systemic racism. We are challenging ourselves to build an equitable, supportive and inclusive organization. We will ensure that this commitment is clear throughout California FarmLink’s organizational structure, policies and practices.
* California FarmLink has chosen to use “Latine” (pronounced la·ˈti·ne) as a gender-neutral form of the words Latina or Latino.
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