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Safe Ag Safe Schools Working to protect the Monterey & Santa Cruz regions from pesticide drift.

Safe Ag, Safe Schools or SASS (formerly The Safe Strawberry Monterey Bay Working Group) is a coalition of 30-plus organizations and individuals working together to reduce pesticide exposure threats to the Monterey Bay region’s residents. Our focus is to keep school children safe from hazardous pesticides that cause harm such as asthma and developmental delays. The group was originally convened in response to a proposal to approve the carcinogenic fumigant pesticide methyl iodide on agricultural fields in California. As Safe Strawberry Monterey, the group successfully pushed the Monterey County Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution calling on the state to ban methyl iodide; this local campaign was an important part of the statewide movement that successfully forced methyl iodide’s withdrawal from the market in 2012. Currently, SASS is focused on increasing grassroots pressure on government decision makers to phase out hazardous drift-prone pesticides over the long term, and taking action to reduce hazardous pesticide use near schools and residential communities in the shorter term. To better protect our school children, we are calling for policies to be enacted by the County Ag Commissioners and the Department of Pesticide Regulation. These policies are to create a one-mile “buffer zone” around schools and a one-week advance notification to schools of any pesticide applications within one mile of school grounds. We consist of hundreds of community members on a voluntary basis and welcome anyone interested to come to our meetings. We hope to inform and mobilize the people in the Monterey Bay region to make change and together keep schoolchildren safe. Safe Ag Safe Schools has branches that meet in both the Salinas and Watsonville areas.

10/13/2026

When we are more than just an organization, we become a family. Missing Mr. SASS, Mark Weller.

10/12/2026

Youth representation is important in every issue and at every discussion.

10/09/2026

Join is today at 4pm for the EJAC meeting watch party!

Don't forget we have a date today! See you at the MBCLC office at 4pm for the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee m...
10/09/2026

Don't forget we have a date today! See you at the MBCLC office at 4pm for the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee meeting watch party.

10/09/2026

El proyecto piloto STEAM es una alternativa sustenible para la fumigacion. Este piloto es por corte plazo para ver lo positive y negativo. Miembros de Safe Ag Safe Schools y las agencias del DPR , Comisionado dr Santa Cruz y personal de la universidad de Santa Cruz an abogado para que eato sea posible.

Great to see many key stakeholders together and agreeing on one thing that transition us to sustainable alternatives to ...
10/08/2026

Great to see many key stakeholders together and agreeing on one thing that transition us to sustainable alternatives to fumigantation. These are some photos from the STEAM Pilot Project demonstration.
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
California environmental protection agency, calepa
Californians for Pesticide Reform

Join us for the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee watch party. When: 10/9/26 Time: 4pmLocation: 931 E. Market St....
10/05/2026

Join us for the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee watch party.

When: 10/9/26
Time: 4pm
Location: 931 E. Market St. Salinas

10/05/2026

Last Friday we had our monthly SASS meeting in Greenfield. We had a full agenda and great conversations about our next steps, meeting with county supervisors, Environmental Justice Advisory Committee watch party, and STEAM demonstration.

10/01/2026

Hoy en Radio Bilingue tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar de Spray Days y la audencia publica en Sacramento sobre el Departmento de Regulaciones de Pesticidas. Gracias a Delia y Jesus por la oportunidad.

We spoke about Spray Days and the DPR Oversight Hearing this morning in Radio Bilingue. Thank you Delia and Jesus.

09/30/2026

Escucha nuestra entrevista con Radio Bilingue 📻 ♥️. Gracias Delia y Jesus.

Listend to our Radio interview with Radio Bilingue. 📻 ❤️ Thank you Delia and Jesus.

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931 E Market Street
Salinas, CA
93905

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(831) 204-8468

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