2006 Code of Virginia § 3.1-73.3 - Development of farmers\' market system

3.1-73.3. Development of farmers' market system.

In overseeing the development of a farmers' market system, the Board ofAgriculture and Consumer Services shall:

1. Identify farmers' market needs throughout the Commonwealth;

2. Promote the orderly growth and development of farmers' markets;

3. Encourage where appropriate and feasible the use of present authoritiesand funding mechanisms as provided in Chapter 9 ( 3.1-47 et seq.) of thistitle;

4. Promote public awareness of farmers' markets;

5. Promote the coordination of Virginia's farmers' market development withother segments of the Commonwealth's economy, such as tourism, horticulturalproduction and marketing, fruit and vegetable production and marketing,retail trade, wholesale trade, intrastate marketing, interstate marketing,and new marketing ventures such as electronic marketing; and

6. Advise the Governor on the development of the system of state-ownedfarmers' market facilities.

(1986, c. 375; 1989, c. 413; 2001, cc. 17, 398.)