What's happening
This bill amends the agriculture and markets law to include urban farming as a recognized farm operation in New York.
Why it matters
Expands legal protections and recognition to urban farming operations. , which could help small-scale city growers, community gardens, and rooftop farms access resources, funding, or dispute protections previously limited to traditional rural farms.
Broadens the definition of farm operations. to explicitly include urban activities like aquaculture, beekeeping, and raising fowl, potentially opening doors for more diverse agricultural practices and business models in densely populated areas.
Supports urban food security and local food production. by legitimizing and potentially facilitating the growth of fresh produce, flowers, and animal products within city environments, making healthy food more accessible to urban residents.
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Include Urban Farming as Agriculture
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Referred to agriculture
- Referred to agriculture
Full text
1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗
STATE OF NEW YORK
2678
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to including urban farming written agricultural districts
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 19 is added to read as follows:
11. "Farm operation" means the land and on-farm buildings, equipment, manure processing and handling facilities, and practices which contribute to the production, preparation and marketing of crops, livestock and livestock products as a commercial enterprise, including a "commercial horse boarding operation" as defined in subdivision thirteen of this section, a "timber operation" as defined in subdivision fourteen of this section, "compost, mulch or other organic biomass crops" as defined in subdivision seventeen of this section [and], "commercial equine operation" as defined in subdivision eighteen of this section and "urban farming" as defined in subdivision nineteen of this section. Such farm operation may consist of one or more parcels of owned or rented land, which parcels may be contiguous or noncontiguous to each other.
19. "Urban farming" means the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants, as well as the limited keeping and raising of fowl or bees and the practice of aquaculture.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00046-01-9
Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.