Resources

MBFT's 5-year strategic plan (2024-2028) for sustaining Monterey Bay's fishing community, working waterfront, and local seafood economy through 2028.

A March 2023 Community of Practice working document where members ranked potential regional food policy focus areas (food access, growing food, producing and selling food, food security, and more) as High, Medium, or Low priority to help shape the group's shared policy agenda.

CDFA is seeking stakeholder input via a short survey to help shape upcoming listening sessions and this summer's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) solicitation, informing priorities for future grant funding.

A Lender Center for Social Justice policy brief (Syracuse University, Nov. 2025) on how Food Policy Councils can better include frontline food system workers in decision-making, strengthen labor standards through local policy, and use public procurement to reward fair labor practices.

This primer outlines the Central Coast Resilient Food Systems Community of Practice: its objectives to co-design a shared regional food policy agenda, its guiding values, meeting schedule, the six-county region it covers, and the CERF and Uplift Central Coast Coalition context that catalyzed its formation.

A one-page overview of the Central Coast Community of Practice: its objectives, shared values, background on California Jobs First and the Uplift Central Coast Coalition, and where and when the group gathers.

A community engagement piece inviting local fishers and pier visitors at Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier (Long Beach) to share their fish stories and help design future improvements to the pier. Part of the World of Waterfronts: Voices from the Pier project.

A Summer 2026 roundup of California Strategic Growth Council funding opportunities relevant to community resilience, including the Community Resilience Centers Program, Transformative Climate Communities, Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program, and several Tribal-focused funds.

A 2016 final report from the Santa Barbara County Food Action Plan, the result of a two-year, community-driven process examining the region's food system. Offers practical recommendations for a healthier, more resilient, and economically vital food system.

This report examines the emerging concept of "seafood hubs" on the U.S. West Coast — aggregation and distribution models adapted from agricultural food hubs to help local and regional fishermen compete against a growing seafood trade deficit. Includes a case study of the Oregon Ocean Cluster Initiative.