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AB 675

Relating to: noncompete clauses for medical practitioners.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Barbara Dittrich and 9 co-sponsors

Creates the California Farm to School Program to boost California-grown foods in school meals and expand hands-on nutrition education, subject to funding.

Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
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Bill Summary · AB 675

Note: the bill metadata you provided lists the title as relating to noncompete clauses for medical practitioners, but every document text and legislative digest you included describe a California “Farm to School” measure. The summary below is based on the bill text and legislative history you supplied (California Farm to School Program). Please confirm if you intended a different bill.

AB 675 — California Farm to School Program (summary)

Main purpose

Establishes the California Farm to School Program within the Office of Farm to Fork (Department of Food and Agriculture) to increase procurement of California-grown, whole or minimally processed foods for school meal programs and expand hands‑on food education. The program’s stated goals include cultivating equity, nurturing students, building climate resilience, and creating scalable, sustainable change in the school food system.

Key provisions

  • Creates the California Farm to School Program, administered by the Office of Farm to Fork.
  • Directs the program to:
    • Increase procurement of foods grown or produced in California that are whole or minimally processed for school meals.
    • Expand hands‑on food education that connects classrooms with cafeterias (e.g., school gardens, farm visits, culinary classes, traditional foodways, food sovereignty activities).
  • Authorizes the office, “to the extent funding is available,” to implement initiatives including:
    • Advancing the California farm to school network.
    • Facilitating relationships and resources between local producers and school personnel.
    • Encouraging best practices such as scratch cooking, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), climate‑smart agriculture, certification, and insurance.
    • Increasing the nutritional profile of foods in schools.
    • Facilitating a California Farm to School Interagency Working Group.
  • Requires the office to administer a California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program.
  • Directs development of programing in consultation with the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services.
  • Grants the Department of Food and Agriculture authority to adopt implementing regulations.
  • Creates the Farm to School Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to receive federal, state, industry, philanthropic, and private funds; monies are available upon legislative appropriation.

Who would be affected

  • Public and charter schools and their meal programs (procurement and education activities).
  • Local and California food producers, processors, and distributors (potential increased demand and participation).
  • Office of Farm to Fork and Department of Food and Agriculture (administration, rulemaking, grant administration).
  • State Department of Education and Department of Social Services (consultation role).
  • Students and school communities (nutrition and educational benefits).
  • Fiscal impact depends on future appropriations and contributions to the Farm to School Account.

Fiscal & procedural notes

  • Digest shows “Appropriation: NO” (no direct appropriation included) and “Fiscal Committee: YES”; program actions are conditioned “to the extent funding is available.”
  • Legislative actions (selected): Passed California Assembly (3rd reading) 06/02/2025 (Ayes 79, Noes 0) and transmitted to the Senate; referred to Senate committees (Rules, Agriculture, Appropriations), saw amendments and committee referrals; held under submission in committee as of 08/29/2025.
  • The legislative history in the file contains some inconsistent entries (e.g., sponsor lists and coauthor additions that appear from other jurisdictions). Recommend verifying the official bill page (California Legislature) for authoritative status and final text.

Practical impact

If funded and implemented, AB 675 could increase local procurement by school meal programs, support California producers, expand experiential food education for students, and require administrative capacity at the Office of Farm to Fork. Actual outcomes will depend on appropriations, regulatory implementation, and participation by districts and producers.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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