Amendment H-1284 to HF 1032
Creating a grocer reinvestment program, a local produce processing grant program, and a grocer reinvestment and local food processing fund under the purview of the economic development authority, and modifying the local food and farm program
Adopted · April 24, 2025
Filed April 24, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
- By striking page 2, line 35, through page 3, line
- Page 3, line 33, by striking “15.414” and inserting “187.331”
- Page 4, line 4, by striking “15.414” and inserting “187.331”
- Page 4, after line 15 by inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 187.331 Local produce processing grant program.
- As used in this section: a. “Local produce” means fruits and vegetables grown in this state. b. “Local produce processing” means the preparation of local produce for human consumption.
- The department shall establish and administer the local produce processing grant program for the purpose of awarding grants to Iowa-based entities to increase the availability of local produce processing. In administering the program, the department shall prioritize grants to all of the following: a. Iowa-based entities that will increase any of the following as it relates to local produce processing: (1) Availability. (2) Access. (3) Efficiency. (4) Capacity. b. Iowa-based entities that process local produce from three or more Iowa farms. c. A person participating in the choose Iowa promotional program under section 187.303. d. Iowa-based entities whose local produce is sold or distributed to a grocery store eligible for the grocer reinvestment program under section 15.413.
- An Iowa-based entity whose local produce processing includes local produce from three or more Iowa farms shall be eligible for a grant under the program in an amount that is two times the maximum grant amount set by the department for the value-added agricultural grant program under section 187.321. Sec. ___. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor is directed to designate section 187.331, as enacted in this division of this Act, as part 4 of subchapter III, chapter 187, entitled “Local Produce Processing Grant Program”.”
- By renumbering as necessary.