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S 4030 111th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural marketing and promotion Agricultural practices and innovations Employee benefits and pensions Worker safety and health

A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a community-supported agriculture promotion program.

Introduced: December 15, 2010 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Dec 15, 2010
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out a program, to be known as the Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Program, to promote community-supported agriculture (CSA).

Defines the term "CSA" to mean a farm operated in a manner consistent with community-supported agriculture, as defined by the Secretary.

States that the purposes of the program are to: (1) increase domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by improving and expanding, or assisting in the improvement or expansion of, domestic CSA programs; (2) aid in the development of new CSA programs; and (3) increase participation in CSA in low-income areas or food deserts.

Makes nonprofit corporations, agricultural cooperatives, producer networks, local governments, and public benefit corporations eligible to receive grants under the program.

Directs the Secretary to establish criteria and guidelines for the submission, evaluation, and funding of proposed projects under the program.

What's happening now December 15, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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