Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program and Certified Local Farm Enterprise Food Aggregation Grant Fund - Establishment
Sponsor: Lorig Charkoudian (District 20)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: State Government - ProcurementStatus: Vetoed by the Governor (Policy) (as of Nov 6, 2020)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Establishing the Office for the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program in the Department of Agriculture; establishing the Certified Local Farm Enterprise Program in the Office to encourage certain units to try to achieve an overall percentage goal of 20% of the unit's total dollar value of procurement contracts for food from certain certified local farm enterprises; establishing a Certified Local Farm Enterprise Food Aggregation Grant Fund; etc.
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Testimony (23)
MGA witness listFAV 22FavorableINFO 1Information only
Organizations on record
Alto Dale FarmFAV 1
Clean Water ActionFAV 1
Community FAREFAV 1
Cureate LLCFAV 1
DPIFAV 1
DPSCSINFO 1
Enticement FarmsFAV 1
Fair FarmsFAV 1
Fair Farms MarylandFAV 1
MAFCFAV 1
MARBIDCOFAV 1
Maryland Farm BureauFAV 1
MD Farm BureauFAV 1
Miller FarmsFAV 1
MKONO FarmFAV 1
New Brooklyn FarmsFAV 1
Starbright FarmFAV 1