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SB 121

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Maryland Farms and Families Fund, Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program, and Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program - Alterations and Establishment

Sponsor: Katie Fry Hester (District 9)Committee: Education, Health, and Environmental AffairsSubject: AgricultureStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 480 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering the purpose and use of the Maryland Farms and Families Fund; establishing the Maryland Food and Agricultural Resiliency Mechanism Grant Program and Fund to provide grants to food banks and charitable emergency food providers to alleviate food insecurity; and establishing the Maryland Farm-to-School Meal Grant Pilot Program and Fund to award grants to eligible school districts that include a local food component in school meals and to incentivize the production, procurement, and provision of local foods in school meals.

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Testimony (27)

MGA witness list
FAV 24FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVBeller, JoelBaltimore County GovernmentWritten (PDF)
FAVLaRose, AdamCapital Area Food BankOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBrewster, Amanda BethCaroline County Public SchoolsOral + Written (PDF)
FAVGirard, AlanChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVMandel, StevenCritical Issues ForumOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBartlett, OliviaDoTheMostGoodWritten (PDF)
FAVMcHenry, SteveMARBIDCO (Maryland Ag/RBI Development Corp.)Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVTulkin, JoshlobbyistMD Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FAVYounts, DianaMLC Climate Justice WingPosition only
FAVNelson, JenMaryland Association of Soil Conservation DistrictsWritten (PDF)
FAVKraska, MJMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVFerguson, ColbyMaryland Farm BureauOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWallerstedt, AnnelobbyistMaryland Food BankOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBruskin, HeatherMaryland Food System Resiliency CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVWilson, Michael JlobbyistMaryland Hunger SolutionsWritten (PDF)
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVAmerikaner, AryMaryland State Department of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVJefferson , StaceylobbyistMarylanders Against PovertyWritten (PDF)
FAVSmith, LindsayMetropolitan Washington Council of GovernmentsWritten (PDF)
FAVMatthews, DakotaRural Maryland CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVHolmes, AyeshaShare Our Strength/No Kid HungryOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHulsey, HeatherSouthern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, Tri-County Council for Southern MDOral
FAVYounts, DianaTakoma Park Mobilization Environment CommitteePosition only
FAVSenator Hester, Senator HesterlegislatorIndividualOral
FWAFry Hester, KatieMaryland SenateWritten (PDF)
INFOShirk, CassieIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOWilkins, BarbaraIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVTulkin, JoshMD Sierra ClubRegistered for: Sierra Club Maryland Chapter
FAVWallerstedt, AnneMaryland Food BankRegistered for: Maryland Food Bank
FAVWilson, Michael JMaryland Hunger SolutionsRegistered for: Food Research and Action Center dba Maryland Hunger Solutions
FAVJefferson , StaceyMarylanders Against PovertyRegistered for: Behavioral Health System Baltimore