Food & Agr. Code, § 590 · Article 10. Farm to Community Food Hub Program
Food & Agr. Code, § 590
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Beginning,” in reference to a farmer or rancher, means a person who has materially and substantially participated in the operation of a farm or ranch for 10 years or less.
(b) “Limited resource” has the same definition as in Section 760.107 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) “Office” means the Office of Farm to Fork in the department.
(d) “Program” means the Farm to Community Food Hub Program.
(e) “Socially disadvantaged” has the same definition as in Section 512.
(f) “Sustainable agriculture production practices or methods” means practices, including, but not limited to, organic methods, biological control, and integrated pest management, and ecologically beneficial means of soil improvement, irrigation, cultivation, harvesting, transportation, and marketing for California agriculture based on methods, as identified by the department.
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History
Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 608, Sec. 1. (AB 1009) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, pursuant to Section 593.
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