H.R. 6793 · 110th Congress

To provide for grants to assist municipalities to facilitate the ability of local farmers to grow food crops and certain livestock to be sold locally, grants to enable local nongovernmental farming associations to support the formation of community-supported agricultural projects, and grants to provide start-up funds to farmers who must diversify their operations in order to participate in the projects, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Rush Holt
Introduced
2008-08-01
Latest action
2008-10-03 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.

Subjects

Agriculture and food
Livestock
Animals
Economics and Public Finance
Urban affairs
Agricultural subsidies
Federally-guaranteed loans
Community organization
Agricultural credit
Grants-in-aid
Farmers
Leases
Marketing of farm produce
Agricultural cooperatives
Agricultural societies