Sec. 503. Study on local food production and program evaluation

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The Secretary shall— collect data on the production and marketing of locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; facilitate interagency collaboration and data sharing on programs related to local and regional food systems; and monitor the effectiveness of programs designed to expand or facilitate local food systems. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— collect and distribute comprehensive reporting of prices of locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; conduct surveys and analysis and publish reports relating to the production, handling, distribution, retail sales, and trend studies (including consumer purchasing patterns) of or on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs in growing local and regional food systems, including— the impact of local food systems on job creation and economic development; the level of participation in the Farmers' Market and Local Food Promotion Program established under section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 ( 7 U.S.C. 3005 ), including the percentage of projects funded in comparison to applicants and the types of eligible entities receiving funds; the ability for participants to leverage private capital and a synopsis of the places from which non-Federal funds are derived; and any additional resources required to aid in the development or expansion of local and regional food systems; expand the Agricultural Resource Management Survey to include questions on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; seek to establish or expand private-public partnerships to facilitate, to the maximum extent practicable, the collection of data on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products, including the development of a nationally coordinated and regionally balanced evaluation of the redevelopment of locally or regionally produced food systems; form an interagency work group that includes representatives from— the Agricultural Marketing Service; the Agricultural Research Service; the Economic Research Service; the Food and Nutrition Service; the Food Safety and Inspection Service; the National Agricultural Statistics Service; the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and other agencies that are involved in data collection and research on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; and authorize the National Agricultural Statistics Service to create and administer— a follow up survey to the Census of Agriculture to collect detailed data on producers who indicated that the producers sell to markets for locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; and a survey for the purpose of collecting market data, including sales by product type and supply chain or sourcing data, from all vendors, including retail and wholesale vendors, of locally and regionally produced agricultural food products.

Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until September 30, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the progress that has been made in implementing this section and identifying any additional needs related to developing local and regional food systems. Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

In addition to the funds made available under (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, to remain available until expended.

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