{"data":{"id":"us-de/3-del.-c.-303a","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"3 Del. C. § 303A","heading":"Delaware Farm to Community Program; establishment; administration.","body":"(a) Subject to funding as provided in § 306A of this title, the Department, in coordination with the Delaware Farm and Food Council, shall establish and administer the Delaware Farm to Community Program to carry out the purpose established under § 301A of this title.\n(b) In administering the Program, the Department shall coordinate with the Delaware Farm and Food Council to do all of the following:\n(1) Establish requirements for all of the following:\na. Participating in the Program.\nb. Applying for, receiving, and using Program funds, including prioritizing procuring local food products from farmers and processors located in Delaware.\nc. Reporting on the use of the funds, including a breakdown of expenses.\n(2) Evaluate community outlets to determine if the community outlets are eligible to participate in the Program.\n(3) Facilitate communication and contact between community outlets and farmers.\n(4) Ensure Program participants comply with state and federal food safety standards, including by providing technical assistance or by facilitating access to resources for technical assistance.\n(5) Establish reporting requirements for community outlets participating in the Program.\n(c) To implement the Program, the Department may do any of the following:\n(1) Enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or subawards with community outlets to carry out the procurement, aggregation, storage, and distribution of local food products.\n(2) Grant funds to community outlets with an active program agreement under § 304A(b)(1) of this title to do 1 or more of the following:\na. Procure local food products from farmers, processors, or both, and distribute the local food products in this State through 1 or more food distribution sites, delivery to residences, or both. The local food products may be gleaned as part of a second or third harvest and made for sale, discounted sale, or donation to a community outlet.\nb. Offer an increased payment, at a fixed rate, to a farmer that will pick up and transport local food products from 1 or more farms not operated by the farmer and deliver the local food products to 1 or more food distribution sites or community outlets participating in the Program.\n(3) Collaborate with agricultural organizations, other state agencies, and nonstate entities to promote and advance the Program.\n(4) Coordinate with other state agencies to do any of the following:\na. Disburse funds to eligible community outlets.\nb. Ensure that community outlets participating in the Program comply with the requirements of the Program.\nc. Annually review funding allocations made and reports submitted under this chapter.\n(5) Adopt rules and regulations to implement this chapter.","path":["Title 3. Agriculture","Part I. Department of Agriculture","Chapter 3A. Delaware Farm to Community Program"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title3/title3.pdf","current_through":"2026-10-01 (85 Del. Laws, c. 550)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-21T05:48:34Z","sha256":"01a29058fc3cab8cd1553e502d8f76477e1c92238cebf10f469f3b3e44c5b0c8","source_id":"us-de","stale":false,"prev":"us-de/3-del.-c.-302a","next":"us-de/3-del.-c.-304a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}