Sec. 20212. Producer discretion to plant additional fruits and vegetables on base acres to alleviate food deserts without a resulting reduction in payment acres
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Section 1114(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9014(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The percentages specified in paragraphs
(2)and
(3)are increased by an additional five percent of base acres, to 20 percent and 40 percent respectively, if the crops referred to in paragraph
(1)grown on the additional base acres are grown solely for sale or donation, directly or indirectly by the producer and with or without processing, in a food desert. In this paragraph, the term food desert means a census tract that, as determined by the Secretary— has a poverty rate of 20 percent or greater; and provides difficult access to a retail outlet that provides a wide-variety of fruits and vegetables. .
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Sec. 20212
Producer discretion to plant additional fruits and vegetables on base acres to alleviate food deserts without a resulting reduction in payment acres
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