267A.6  Local food and farm program.
  1.  The local food and farm program coordinator, with advice from the local food and farm program council, shall develop and administer a local food and farm program necessary to carry out the purpose and goals of this chapter as provided in section 267A.1.
  2.  In administering the program, the coordinator may sponsor and fund projects that do any of the following:
  a.  Improve communication and cooperation between and among farmers, food entrepreneurs, and consumers.
  b.  Improve communication between and among government agencies, public universities and community colleges, organizations, and private-sector firms working on local food and farm-related issues.
  c.  Demonstrate the value of processing, distributing, and marketing local foods. A demonstration project must be capable of being replicated on a statewide basis.
2011 Acts, ch 128, §32, 60; 2022 Acts, ch 1152, §29
Referred to in §267A.5
Section amended