A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to establish a community-supported agriculture promotion program.
Latest action · Dec 15, 2010 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 15, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Dec 15, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2010Introduced in Senate
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