2011 Vermont Code
Title 06 Agriculture
Chapter 211 THE ROZO MCLAUGHLIN FARM-TO-SCHOOL PROGRAM
§ 4724 Local foods coordinator

§ 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.)