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Relating to the local food and farm program fund, by making a name change and making an appropriation to the fund to support projects for the development or expansion of food hubs or farming innovation zones
Topics:AgricultureState budget
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill amends provisions referring to the local food and farm program fund. The bill changes its name to the local food and farm innovation fund. The bill appropriates $300,000 from the general fund of the state to the renamed fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, to support projects for the development or expansion of food hubs or farming innovation zones in this state. Any unencumbered or unobligated moneys at the end of the fiscal year are to remain available to support the purposes of this section for the succeeding fiscal year.
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The bill provides that a food hub must be used to facilitate the aggregation, storage, processing, distribution, or marketing of locally or regionally produced food or food products. The bill provides that a farm innovation zone must be engaged in providing for research, development, demonstration, and education to (1) prepare beginning farmers for local production and retailing, (2) foster diversification of farm operations, and (3) support the creation and expansion of infrastructure for a local foods economy.
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Lobbying
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