| State |
Year |
Bill |
Language |
Date / Link |
| Alabama |
2008 |
none |
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| Alaska |
2008 |
none |
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| Arizona |
2008 |
none |
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| Arkansas |
2008 |
none |
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| California |
2008 |
none |
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| Colorado |
2008 |
none |
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| Connecticut |
2008 |
none |
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| Delaware |
2008 |
none |
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| Florida |
2008 |
SB2468 |
Creating the Florida Farm Fresh Schools Program to create policies which encourage schools and school districts to purchase fresh and local foods.
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FL SB2468
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| Georgia |
2008 |
none |
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| Hawaii |
2008 |
none |
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| Idaho |
2008 |
none |
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| Illinois |
2008 |
none |
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| 2007 |
HB1300 |
Creates the Illinois Food, Farms, and Jobs Act and the Illinois Local and Organic Food and Farm Task Force... Provides that the Task Force shall develop a plan for expanding and supporting a State local and organic food system and for assessing and overcoming obstacles to an increase in locally grown food and local organic food production... Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Local Organic Food and Farm Fund.
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IL HB1300
PASSED
8/14/07
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| Indiana |
2008 |
none |
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| Iowa |
2008 |
HF735 |
An Act relating to organic food by providing for the duties of the department, establishing a council, and establishing...
An Iowa foods initiative. The Initiative shall promote the production, handling, processing, and marketing of Iowa foods in a manner that is sustainable, promotes the development of local and statewide food systems, and revitalizes rural communities.
Year Introduced: 2007
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IA HF735 |
| Kansas |
2008 |
none |
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| Kentucky |
2008 |
none |
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| Louisiana |
2008 |
none |
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| Maine |
2008 |
none |
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| Maryland |
2008 |
none |
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| Massachusetts |
2008 |
none |
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| Michigan |
2008 |
none |
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| Minnesota |
2008 |
none |
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| Mississippi |
2008 |
none |
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| Missouri |
2008 |
none |
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| Montana |
2008 |
none |
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| Nebraska |
2008 |
none |
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| Nevada |
2008 |
none |
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| New Hampshire |
2008 |
none |
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| New Jersey |
2008 |
none |
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| New Mexico |
2008 |
none |
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| New York |
2008 |
A02502 |
Authorizes the department of health to implement a community food security,
empowerment and economic development program (SEED) to help meet the food need
of low-income people and promote comprehensive responses to local food, farm
and nutrition issues; provides grants for the cost of program projects which
will be available to non-profit organizations and local governments, with
limited partnership with for-profit enterprises; makes related provisions.
|
NY A02502 |
| 2008 |
A05024 |
Finances the transportation and distribution of New York state farm grown
products to food service markets, including restaurants, schools, colleges, and
others, especially in underserved urban and other communities.
|
NY A05024 |
| North Carolina |
2008 |
HB1954 |
A bill to appropriate from the General Fund to the County of Robeson the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 2007-2008 fiscal year and the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year to: (i) establish the Robeson County Food Planning Association and complete a Community Food Assessment (CFA); and (ii) plan and design the development of a local food system and the sustainability of the Southeastern North Carolina Farmers Market.
|
NC HB1954 |
| North Dakota |
2008 |
none |
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| Ohio |
2008 |
none |
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| Oklahoma |
2008 |
none |
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| Oregon |
2008 |
none |
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| Pennsylvania |
2008 |
SB997 |
An Act establishing the Local Agriculture Promotion Program; providing
for powers and duties of the Department of Agriculture; establishing
the Local Agriculture Promotion Fund; providing for grants; and making
an appropriation.
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PA SB997 |
| Rhode Island |
2008 |
none |
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| South Carolina |
2008 |
none |
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| South Dakota |
2008 |
none |
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| Tennessee |
2008 |
none |
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| Texas |
2008 |
none |
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| Utah |
2008 |
none |
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| Vermont |
2008 |
H0133 |
Directing state agencies and institutions to procure Vermont agricultural products.
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VT H0133 |
| Virginia |
2008 |
none |
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| Washington |
2008 |
none |
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| West Virginia |
2008 |
none |
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| Wisconsin |
2008 |
none |
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| Wyoming |
2008 |
none |
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