Agriculture - Farmers Markets - Advertising, Labeling, and Enforcement (Farmers Market Integrity Act)
What this bill does
Prohibiting a person from using the term 'farmers market' to describe certain venues; prohibiting a person from selling farm and food products at a farmers market unless 75% of the products offered were grown or processed by the person or under the supervision of the person; authorizing a person operating or coordinating a farmers market to impose more stringent requirements than the provisions of the Act; establishing the Farmers Market Review Panel; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the Panel; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (17)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Jones, Maurice | Harford County Farm Bureau | Oral |
| FAV | Glass, Juilet | MD Farmers Market Association | Position only |
| FAV | Glass, Juliet | MDFMA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Glass, Juliet | MDFMA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Glass, Juliet | MDFMA | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Jones, June Ann | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Gallion, Senator Gallionlegislator | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Womack, Kristin | Civic Works, Inc. | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Bond, James Piper | Living Classrooms | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Harris Jones, Lisa | Maryland Food Bank | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Frey, Leslie | MoCo | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Harris Jones, Lisa | Sprouts Farmers Market | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Mirza, Derek | Sprouts Farmers Market | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Hushour, Larry | Mt. Airy Town Council | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FWA | terry, janet | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Connelly, Steven | MDA | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Shirk, Cassie | MDA | Written (PDF) |