Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act
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Overview
The Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act establishes a program where the Secretary of Agriculture will partner with states, local governments, and Tribal governments to increase the purchase of local foods. This program aims to support local producers, expand food distribution networks, and strengthen local and regional food security. It prioritizes purchasing from small and mid-sized producers, beginning farmers, and veterans, while also providing technical assistance and ensuring access to healthy food for communities in need.
Key provisions
- Establishes a cooperative agreement program between the USDA and eligible entities.
- Prioritizes purchases of unprocessed or minimally processed local foods from covered producers.
- Requires at least 25% of purchases to be from small-size, mid-size, beginning, or veteran farmers/ranchers.
- Provides technical assistance to producers and food distribution organizations.
- Allocates funds to Tribal governments (10%), States (1%), and other eligible entities based on a formula.
- Limits administrative expenses to 25% of cooperative agreement funds.
- Requires at least 50% of administrative funds to be used for technical assistance.
- Authorizes $200 million annually from the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Who is affected
- State and local governments
- Tribal governments
- Local farmers and ranchers
- Food distributors
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