S-3088

   Amend Senate File 578 as follows:
   1.  By striking page 2, line 14, through page 6, line 1.
   2.  Page 11, after line 17 by inserting: 
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FARM FOOD STUDY

   Sec. ___.  FARM-TO-TABLE TASK FORCE.
   1.  The Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics of Iowa state university of science and technology, in cooperation with the department of agriculture and land stewardship, shall establish a farm-to-table task force.
   2.  The purpose of the task force is to recommend how institutional purchasers, including schools, may be provided with long-term practical options to routinely acquire fresh food derived from locally or regionally produced and processed farm commodities, including meat, poultry, fish, and dairy products; eggs; vegetables; fruits; nuts; and honey.
   3.  The task force shall consider methods to do all of the following:
   a.  Improve direct farmer to consumer transactions.
   b.  Better integrate existing public and private procurement and nutritional programs, including but not limited to the farm-to-school program as provided in chapter 190A; the from farm to food donation tax credit as provided in chapter 190B, subchapter I; the Iowa emergency food purchase program as provided in chapter 190B, subchapter II; and the local food and farm program as provided in chapter 267A.
   4.  a.  The task force shall be jointly chaired by the vice president for extension and outreach of Iowa state university of science and technology, or a designee; and the secretary of agriculture, or a designee. The chairpersons of the task force shall appoint remaining voting members to serve on the task force.
   b.  The Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics shall provide meeting rooms, materials, and staffing services for the task force.
   5.  The task force shall prepare and submit a report to the governor and general assembly not later than December 10, 2021. The report shall include findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, and a suggested timeline for implementation of the task force’s recommendations.
   6.  This section is repealed December 11, 2021.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ANNETTE SWEENEY