Vermont § 4631 - Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant Program

§ 4631. Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant Program

• (a) As used in this section, “local food” has the same meaning as “local” in 9 V.S.A. § 2465a(b). (b) There is created in the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets the Vermonters Feeding
  Vermonters Grant Program to provide grants to Vermont Foodbank to: (1) purchase local food directly from Vermont farms to distribute through Vermont Foodbank’s
  distribution channels; and (2) offer subgrants to: (A) Vermont Foodbank’s network partners to buy directly from local farms of all sizes
  a variety of agricultural commodities and products; and (B) Vermont Foodbank’s partners that buy directly from local farms of all sizes with a
  focus on providing culturally preferred foods or local relationships. (c)(1) The Vermont Foodbank, after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and
  Markets, shall report annually on or before March 1 to the House Committee on Agriculture,
  Food Resiliency, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Agriculture regarding implementation
  and administration of the Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Grant Program. The report
  shall include: (A) the total amount of food purchased with grants from the Program; (B) the total number of farms purchased from; (C) the total number of sites where food purchased under the Program was distributed;
  and (D) if grants from the Program are used to purchase farm shares, the total number of shares. (2) When the Vermont Foodbank reports under this section, information regarding persons
  receiving food under the Program shall be provided in a form that does not disclose
  the identity of the individual persons, households, or businesses from whom the information
  was obtained or whose characteristics, activities, or products the information is
  about. (Added 2025, No. 34, § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.)