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Title
06
:
Agriculture
Chapter
211
:
THE ROZO MCLAUGHLIN FARM-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM
§
4724. Local foods coordinator
(a) The position
of local food coordinator is established in the agency of agriculture, food and
markets for the purpose of assisting Vermont producers to increase their access
to commercial markets and institutions, including schools, state and municipal
governments, and hospitals.
(b) The duties
of the local foods coordinator shall include:
(1) working with
institutions, distributors, producers, commercial markets, and others to create
matchmaking opportunities that increase the number of Vermont institutions that
purchase foods grown or produced in Vermont;
(2) coordinating
funding and providing support to the farm-to-school and farm-to-institutions
programs within the agency of agriculture, food and markets, and coordinating
with interested parties to create matchmaking opportunities that increase
participation in those programs;
(3) encouraging
and facilitating the enrollment of state employees in a local community
supported agriculture (CSA) organization;
(4) developing a
database of producers and potential purchasers and enhancing the agency's
website to improve and support local foods coordination through the use of
information technology; and
(5) providing
technical support to local communities with their food security efforts.
(c) The local
foods coordinator, working with the commissioner of buildings and general
services pursuant to rules adopted under 29 V.S.A. § 152(14), shall:
(1) encourage
and facilitate CSA enrollment by state employees through the use of approved
advertisements and solicitations on state-owned property; and
(2) implement
guidelines for the appropriate use of state property for employee participation
in CSA organizations, including reasonable restrictions on the time, place, and
manner of solicitations, advertisements, deliveries, and related activities to
ensure the safety and welfare of state property and its occupants.
(d) The local
foods coordinator shall administer a local foods grant program, the purpose of
which shall be to provide grants to allow Vermont producers to increase their
access to commercial and institutional markets. (Added 2011, No. 52, § 42, eff.
May 27, 2011.)