What's happening
This bill requires the state to provide technical assistance and information to help small agricultural producers coordinate, aggregate, process, and transport products for larger buyers.
Why it matters
Supports small farms and processors. by helping them overcome barriers to accessing bigger markets, which can lead to more stable incomes and greater market opportunities for local producers.
Encourages collaboration and efficiency. among small producers by providing technical assistance for aggregation, processing, and transportation—potentially lowering costs and improving product quality.
Connects producers to funding and resources. by actively identifying and sharing information about federal, state, and private grants or programs, making it easier for small operations to find support.
Could boost local economies and food systems. by making it easier for institutional buyers (like schools or hospitals) to source locally, thus keeping more food dollars within the state and strengthening regional food supply chains.
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Help Small Farms Sell Together
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1503
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. JENNE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ -read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to assistance with aggregating, processing and transporting agricultural products for producers and processors
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5-b of section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
(d) Provide, in cooperation with Cornell cooperative extension, the department of economic development and other resources, technical assistance, to small scale producers and processors of agricultural products who are interested in coordinating with each other to aggregate, process and transport agricultural products with the goal of selling such products in sufficient quantities to meet the demands of food businesses and institutional buyers, and identify and disseminate information to provide to such producers and processors on federal, state and private grant or other assistance programs with the purpose of assisting and supporting such coordination. The assistance provided under this paragraph may also be included as part of the procurement training programs authorized in subdivision two-d of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02543-01-7
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