An Act fostering agricultural resilience in Massachusetts

Summary

The bill directs the Massachusetts Office of Business Development (MOBD) to form a task force that will promote and market locally produced food, farm and agricultural goods, and to report annually on its activities. It also requires the state purchasing agent and partner agencies to report each year on how much locally grown food, seafood and processed products are distributed through state‑funded food assistance programs. Finally, it establishes a grant program, subject to appropriation, to improve equitable access to healthy, local food across the Commonwealth.

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