Sec. 2. Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
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Section 222 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6923 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting controlled-environment agriculture, such as before indoor ; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (F), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: leveraging the Department and State, Tribal, and local agencies to provide technical assistance for business incorporation, navigating local zoning, and managing farm tract numbers for smaller, noncontiguous parcels to growers implementing activities described in paragraph (3); leveraging the Department and State, Tribal, and local agencies to promote conservation techniques unique to urban agriculture and innovative production, including techniques that address stormwater runoff and the impacted nature of urban land and the subsurface of the land; and assisting urban, innovative, and controlled-environment agriculture producers to navigate Federal, State, Tribal, and local policies and regulations that impact business or operations. ; and by adding at the end the following:
The Director may enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities described in subparagraph
(B)to support the implementation of responsibilities described in paragraph (4). An eligible entity referred to in subparagraph
(A)is— a nonprofit organization; an agricultural cooperative; an Indian Tribe; or a producer network or association. In establishing cooperative agreements under subparagraph (A), the Director shall give priority to cooperative agreements with eligible entities that— serve geographic areas with high concentrations of urban or suburban farms; have established relationships with, or a history of serving, socially disadvantaged populations; have experience working with individuals with limited English proficiency; or demonstrate experience providing urban agriculture technical assistance in their geographic region. ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (5)(B), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; and in paragraph (7)(A), by striking the date that and all that follows through paragraph (2)(B) and inserting September 30, 2028 ; by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following: The Director shall award competitive grants to support the development of urban and innovative agricultural production that improves access to local foods in areas where access to fresh, healthy food is limited, including through community gardens, urban farms, rooftop farms, urban agroforestry, orchards, outdoor vertical production, green walls, indoor farms, controlled-environment agriculture, greenhouses, high-tech vertical technology, hydroponics, aeroponics, and aquaponics. An eligible entity may use funds from a grant under subparagraph
(A)to provide microgrants to urban and innovative producers to support the growth of the farm or farm business of the urban and innovative producer. An entity eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1)(A) is any of the following: A nonprofit organization. A unit of local government. A Tribal government. An agricultural cooperative or other agricultural business entity or a producer network or association, including a community-supported agriculture network or association. Any school that serves any of grades kindergarten through grade 12. In awarding grants under subparagraph
(A)of paragraph (1), the Director shall give priority to applications from eligible entities that plan to use the grant funds to provide microgrants in accordance with subparagraph
(B)of that paragraph. ; in subsection (d)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Pilot projects ; Projects in paragraph (1)(C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 2023 and inserting 2028 ; and in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking shall carry out pilot projects under which the Secretary ; and by inserting and construct at-scale composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects after food waste reduction plans ; in subparagraph (B)— in the subparagraph heading, by striking ; pilot in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting Indian Tribes, after counties, ; by redesignating clauses
(vi)through
(viii)as clauses
(vii)through (ix), respectively; and by inserting after clause
(v)the following: develop food waste-to-energy operations; ; by redesignating subparagraphs
(C)through
(E)as subparagraphs
(D)through (F), respectively; by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: An entity that receives assistance under this paragraph may not use that assistance for an anaerobic digester that uses manure as the majority of its undigested biomass. ; and by striking pilot each place it appears; and by striking subsection
(e)and inserting the following: Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, to remain available until expended. .
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