An Act To Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1431
Committee Amendment CA_B_S467 (Senate)
Amends: 7 MRSA §434, 7 MRSA §435, 10 MRSA §1023-J, 20-A MRSA §6602

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "8 " to S.P. 517, L.D. 1431, Bill, "An Act To 
Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 4 in L.D.) 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 7 MRS A §306-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 72, §5, is amended 
to read: 
2. Fund operation. The commissioner shall utilize the agricultural development 
fund to: 
A. Provide grants to individuals, firms or organizations to conduct market research 
or to undertake market promotion activities for the purpose of expanding existing 
markets and developing new markets for state agricultural products; aB:d 
B. Test and demonstrate new technologies related to the production, storage and 
processing of state agricultural commodities~; and 
C. Provide local foods grants to Maine-based individuals, firms or organizations 
under section 320-B, subsection 1 to conduct market feasibility studies, in diverse 
geographic areas of the State if possible, to identify the demand for and pricing, 
logistical parameters and availability of minimally processed fresh foods grown in 
this State, and of seafood grown or harvested in this State for aggregated and 
institutional markets, including school food service programs. 
Sec. 2. 7 MRS A §306-A, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2013, c. 64, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
3. Rulemaking. The commissioner shall establish, by rule, in a manner consistent 
with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A criteria for the allocation of grant money, 
application requirements consistent with the provisions of this section and section 320-B, 
a schedule for accepting and reviewing applications, repoliing requirements on grant 
expenditures and project results and any other administrative requirements necessary for 
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the efficient implementation of this program. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection 
are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. The 
commissioner is guided by the following criteria: 
A. Applications may be submitted by individuals, firms or organizations in response 
to a request for proposals for competitive grants. The commissioner may also contract 
directly with individuals, firms or organizations for a special project under section 
307; 
B. A percentage of the total cost of any project must be funded by the applicant or 
applicants and a percentage of the total cost must be funded from nonpublic sources. 
These percentages must be established by rule. A single grant may not exceed 50% 
of the total funds available to be granted in a given year; 
C. Information relative to market research or development activities provided to the 
commissioner prior to formal application, included in grant applications or provided 
to the commissioner to fulfill reporting requirements~ is confidential information and 
may not be publicly disclosed by the COlmnissioner as long as: 
(1) The person to whom the infonnation belongs or pertains has requested that 
certain information be designated as confidential; and 
(2) The cOlmnissioner has determined that the information gives the person 
making the request opportunity to obtain business or competitive advantage over 
another person who does not have access to the information or will result in loss 
of business or other significant detriment to the person making the request if 
access is provided to others; atffi 
D. When possible, the commissioner shall award grants to applicants representing 
diverse agricultural enterprises and geographic areas of the State~; and 
E. The commissioner shall consider administrative requirements necessary for local 
foods grants under section 320-B, subsection 1, including a definition of "minimally 
processed foods," the allocation of grant funds, application requirements consistent 
with the provisions of chapter 10-C, a schedule for accepting and reviewing 
applications and reporting requirements on grant expenditures and project results. 
Sec. 3. 7 MRSA c. lO-C is enacted to read: 
§320-A. Definitions 
CHAPTER lO-C 
LOCAL FOOD HUB PROGRAM 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following tenns 
have the following meanings. 
1. Local food. "Local food" means food produced or harvested by a Maine food 
producer as defined by section 212, subsection 2. 
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§320-B. Local food hub program; grants and loans 
The commissioner shall issue grants under section 306-A for the purpose of 
conducting market feasibility studies and developing business plans for local food hubs in 
this State to connect and enhance relationships between fresh food producers in the State 
and aggregated and institutional markets, including school food service programs. The 
commissioner shall issue low-interest loans under subsection 2 and section 435 for the 
development and operation of local food hubs in this State based on how well the local 
food hubs' business plans, as reflected in competitive applications, serve to connect and 
enhance relationships between fresh food producers in the State and aggregated and 
institutional markets, including school food service programs. 
1. Local foods grants. The commissioner shall award at least one grant each of no 
more than $30,000 to applicants based in this State to conduct market feasibility studies 
and develop business plans for local food hubs. An applicant must demonstrate: 
A. The capacity to research aggregated and institutional markets' demand for and 
pricing, logistical parameters and availability of fresh and minimally processed foods 
produced in this State; 
B. Expertise related to the market feasibility study and the capacity to create and 
implement business plans for local food hubs located in this State if the applicant is 
applying for a local food hub loan under subsection 2; and 
C. 
A commitment to the requirements of the United States Department of 
Agriculture with regard to meals provided in schools. 
The intent of a market feasibility study and business planning process supported by grant 
funds must be to serve local fanus. A business plan must be crafted to maximize the 
benefits to fanus that supply the local food hub and to minimize, if not remove, any 
negative effects of a new local food hub on existing fann operations. The commissioner 
may not award a grant under this subsection to an applicant unless matching funds from 
the applicant are available in an amount that is no less than 50% of the grant amount. 
2. Local food hub loans. The commissioner shall award local food hub loans from 
the Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund established under Title 10, section 1023-J in 
accordance with the provisions of section 435 to applicants in diverse geographic areas of 
the State for the purpose of establishing local food hubs in this State. Prior to awarding a 
loan under this subsection, the commissioner shall determine that the potential overall 
impact of the application to the agricultural economy and agricultural industry in this 
State is beneficial to and in the best interest of the agricultural industry and well-being of 
the State. Applications for loans under this subsection must include business plans that 
examine economic impacts and are based on the market studies completed under 
subsection 1 or equivalent market knowledge. An application must demonstrate: 
A. That the application is based on sound business and financial principles; 
B. That the applicant is able to locate and obtain food from growers based in this 
State and, where feasible, fisheries in this State, and has the capacity to handle the 
logistics of supplying and delivering those foods as ordered by aggregated and 
institutional markets, including school food service programs; 
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C. That the applicant has the capacity to provide fresh food or minimally processed 
food sourced in this State; 
D. That the applicant has knowledge of health-oriented food production methods in 
order to maintain nutritional value and minimize food contaminants; 
E. 
That the applicant will exercise sustainable waste management practices, 
including composting of food waste and minimal use of disposable nomeusable 
packaging materials; 
F. 
That the applicant has the ability to encourage food producers to plant or 
otherwise scale capacity to meet anticipated food service demand; 
G. That the applicant has a willingness to work cooperatively with other local food 
hubs in the State to meet statewide demand for fresh food sourced in this State in a 
cost-effective manner; and 
H. That the applicant has an ownership or governance structure that inherently holds 
in high regard the value provided to the producer. Examples of such an ownership or 
governance structure include, but are not limited to, an entity that is a cooperative of 
fresh food producers in this State, or an entity whose bylaws require a majority of the 
board of directors to be fresh food producers in this State. 
3. Maine Food Hub Advisory Committee. The commissioner shall establish the 
Maine Food Hub Advisory Committee, referred to in this subsection as "the advisory 
committee." The commissioner shall include representatives of statewide and regional 
organizations involved in supporting agriculture, public health, the environment and the 
state economy as part of the advisory committee. The advisory committee shall: 
A. Advise the department on definitions and the implementation and evaluation of 
applications for grants and loans under this section and shall review project results; 
and 
B. Advise the Department of Education on design and evaluation of the local foods 
training program under Title 20-A, section 6602, subsection 13. 
The commissioner shall, where applicable, consult with the Department of Marine 
Resources and the Department of Education regarding the awarding of grants and loans 
under this section. 
Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §434, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2001, c. 152, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Agricultural enterprise. "Agricultural enterprise" means a person or business 
located in this State and engaged in the commercial growing or harvesting of plants; 
raising of animals; growing or obtaining plant or animal by-products; aquaculture, as 
defined in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 1; or fUliher processing, storing, packaging 
or marketing a raw product derived from plants, animals, plant or animal by-products or 
aquaculture, as defined in Title 12, section 6001, subsection 1, with the intent that the 
product be sold or otherwise disposed of to generate income. "Agricultural enterprise" 
includes a business or activity that attracts visitors to a farm for the purpose of 
supplementing income from the primary crop or livestock operation or that is a local food 
hub, pursuant to chapter 10-C. "Agricultural enterprise" does not include a business 
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engaged primarily in the growing, harvesting or further processing of forest species of 
trees for the purpose of producing pulp or other materials used in the paper manufacturing 
or wood manufacturing process. 
Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §435, sub-§2, ~A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 168, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
A. An agricultural marketing loan for any project under this subchapter or section 
320-B, subsection 2, the total cost of which exceeds $100,000, may not exceed 75% 
of the project cost. A loan from the fund may not be provided for such a project 
unless the applicant demonstrates a commitment of private funds of at least 5% of the 
total cost of the project; except that, in order to encourage the undertaking of 
cooperative projects by 2 or more agricultural enterprises, an agricultural marketing 
loan may not be provided unless the cooperating agricultural enterprises as a group 
demonstrate a commitment of private funds of at least 5% of the total cost of the 
project. 
Sec. 6. 7 MRSA §435, sub-§2,~, as amended by PL 2003, c. 168, §1, is fulther 
amended to read: 
B. An agricultural marketing loan for any project under this subchapter or section 
320-B, subsection 2, the total cost of which is $100,000 or less, may not exceed 90% 
of the total cost of the project. 
Sec. 7. 7 MRSA §435, sub-§2, ~-1 is enacted to read: 
B-l. An agricultural marketing loan for any project under chapter IO-C may not 
exceed 50% of the total cost ofthe project. 
Sec. 8. 7 MRSA §435, sub-§2, ~J is enacted to read: 
J. When considering a local food hub loan under section 320-B, subsection 2, the 
commissioner is guided by the criteria established in chapter 10-C. 
Sec. 9. 10 MRSA §1023-J, first~, as amended by PL 2011, c. 380, Pt. 000, §1 
and c. 657, Pt. W, §6, is further amended to read: 
The Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund, referred to in this section as the "fund," is 
created. The fund must be deposited with and maintained by the Finance Authority of 
Maine. 
The fund must be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry in accordance with Title 7, chapter 101, subchapter I-D. All 
money received by the Finance Authority of Maine from any source for the development 
and implementation of an improved agricultural marketing loan program must be credited 
to the fund. Any money credited to the fund from the issuance of bonds on behalf of the 
State for financing loans for agricultural enterprises may be used only for the following 
purposes: to provide assistance to agricultural enterprises in this State for the design, 
construction or improvement of commodity and storage buildings and packing and 
marketing facilities; for the purchase, construction or renovation of buildings, equipment, 
docks, wharves, piers or vessels used in connection with a commercial agricultural 
enterprise; for the purchase of land in connection with development of new cranberry 
acreage; for the purchase of land for irrigation reservoirs or to provide direct access to 
water for irrigation; for the purchase of land necessary for the stmt-up of a new 
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agricultural enterprise; for the expansion of an existing agricultural enterprise when the 
land acquisition is necessary to comply with land use regulations; for the d@,<'@lopm@Ht of 
a busiHess plaH iH accordaHce with the provisioHs of Title 7, s@ctioH 436 l. establishing 
local food hubs pursuant to Title 7, chapter 10-C; for improvements to pastureland, 
including seeding and actions to promote rotational grazing; or, if the commissioner so 
approves at the time of loan insurance commitment, to pledge money in the fund as 
security for, and to apply money in the fund to, payment of principal, interest and other 
amounts due on any term loans insured by the Finance Authority of Maine to an eligible 
dairy farmer. Repayment of these loans and interest on these loans must be credited to 
the fund and may be used for the purposes stated in this section or Title 7, section 436. 
Interest earned on money in the fund and interest earned on loans made from the fund 
may be used to pay the administrative costs of processing loan applications and servicing 
and administering the fund and loans and grants made from the fund since the inception 
of the agricultural marketing loan program, to the extent that these costs exceed the fee 
for administrative costs established by Title 7, section 435, subsection 4. 
Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §6602, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 447, §1, is 
amended to read: 
12. 
Local Produce Fund. The Local Produce Fund is established within the 
DepartrHent of EducatioH department. The fund is authorized to receive revenue from 
public and private sources. The fund must be held separate and apart from all other 
money, funds and accounts. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal 
year must be carried forward to the next fiscal year. The fund must be used to match $1 
for evelY $3 a school administrative unit pays for produce or minimally processed foods 
purchased directly from a fanner ef~ farmers' cooperative or local food hub in the State, to 
a maximum state contribution of $1 ,000 or $2,000 if the school administrative unit sends 
a food service employee to local foods training administered by the department under 
subsection 13. At the end of the fiscal year, the school administrative unit may provide 
the department with receipts documenting purchases pursuant to this subsection during 
that year. 
For purposes of this subsection, "minimally processed" means only the 
washing, cleaning, trimming, drying, sorting and packaging of food items or a 
combination of those activities. 
Reimbursement or partial reimbursement to school 
administrative units may only be made up to the amount available in the fund. Failure to 
reimburse does not constitute an obligation on behalf of the State to a school 
administrative unit. 
Sec. 11. 20-A MRSA §6602, sub-§§13 to 15 are enacted to read: 
13. Local foods training. The department shall adlninister a program to encourage 
and expand the use of local foods in school food service programs. The program must: 
A. Provide competitive grants for a training program to be conducted in up to 6 
regions to provide training throughout the State without cost for local school food 
service programs to encourage and expand the use of local foods, as defined in Title 
7, section 320-A, subsection 1, in school food service programs. 
The training 
program must emphasize practical training for food preparers, including creative and 
effective cooking skills using local fresh foods and local food procurement skills. 
The training program must also emphasize the establishment of local food hubs 
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established under Title 7, chapter 10-C within and across each region of the State that 
encourage the use of local foods in school food service programs; 
B. Foster collaboration between school food service programs throughout the State; 
C. Facilitate and encourage the use of local food hubs developed by the Department 
of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry under Title 7, chapter 10-C; and 
D. Provide guidance to schools in the use of local food products and the nutritional 
attributes of local foods and provide strategies for encouraging maximum knowledge 
and acceptance of the nutritional value of locally produced food by students and 
communities. 
The Maine Food Hub Advisory Committee, established under Title 7, section 320-B, 
subsection 3, shall advise the department on the design and evaluation of the program 
under this subsection. 
14. Food service program personnel; position description. The department shall 
develop and post a position description for school food service program persOlmel on its 
publicly accessible website. The position description must meet the federal guidelines 
established under the Nutrition Education and Training Program and Team Nutrition 
initiative of the National School Lunch Program under 7 Code of Federal Regulations, 
Part 210. 
15. Food service recognition. The department shall provide for the development of 
an annual competitive skill-oriented school food service recognition based on criteria 
developed by the department emphasizing creative and effective use of local food 
products to attract students to eat healthier meals and snacks and promoting community 
interest in good nutrition and other factors determined by the department. 
Sec. 12. Advisory committee; pilot program. The Maine Food Hub Advisory 
Committee established in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 
320-B, subsection 3 must include to the extent possible, but is not limited to, 
representatives of the member entities of the farm-to-school work group established by 
Resolve 2009, chapter 106. 
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry may establish a local food hub pilot program if insufficient funding is available 
from the Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund under Title 10, section 1023-J for the local 
food hub program under Title 7, chapter 10-C. 
The Maine Food Hub Advisory 
Committee shall prepare and submit an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the pilot 
program to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, the Department of 
Education and the Department of Marine Resources within 90 days following the 
completion of the pilot program. 
Sec. 13. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Division of Agricultural Resource Development 0833 
Initiative: Provides an allocation in fiscal year 2014-15 for lUle-making costs related to 
local food grants. These costs will later be reimbursed by the Finance Authority of Maine. 
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Local Foods Training Fund N171 
2013-14 
2014-15 
$0 
$3,893 
$0 
$3,893 
2013-14 
2014-15 
$0 
$3,893 
$0 
$3,893 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds to support competitive training grants for regional 
training programs for local food service program providers to encourage and expand the 
use of local foods in school food service programs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Local Produce Fund N148 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
$30,000 
$30,000 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to increase the cap on the amount that the State 
matches for the acquisition of local foods by a school administrative district if the district 
sends a food service employee for training in the acquisition and use of local foods. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2014-15 
$120,000 
$120,000 
2014-15 
$150,000 
$150,000 
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SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
$150,000 
$3,893 
$153,893 
This amendment, which retains the emergency preamble and clause, strikes and 
replaces the bill and is the minority report. The amendment requires the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Department of Education to administer 
programs to support the expansion and coordination of the use of fresh Maine foods in 
aggregated and institutional markets, including school food service programs. 
The Department of Agticulture, Conservation and Forestry is directed to provide 
grants under the Agricultural Development Grant program for the purpose of conducting 
market feasibility studies and developing business plans for local food hubs in Maine to 
cornlect and enhance relationships between fresh food producers in Maine and aggregated 
and institutional markets, including school food service programs. The Commissioner of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may not award a local foods grant unless the 
applicant provides matching funds in an amount that is no less than 50% of the grant 
amount. 
The department is also directed to provide loans under the Agricultural Marketing 
Loan Fund to applicants in diverse geographic areas in the State for the purpose of 
establishing local food hubs located in Maine. Prior to awarding a local food hub loan, 
the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is required to determine that 
the potential overall impact of a proposal to Maine's agt'icultural economy and industry is 
beneficial to and in the best interest of the State. The amendment also provides that a 
loan for a local food hub project may not exceed 50% of the total cost of the project. 
The amendment also establishes the Maine Food Hub Advisory Committee, which 
includes representatives of statewide and regional organizations involved in SuppOliing 
agriculture, public health, the enviromnent and the state economy, including 
representatives of the member entities of the farm-to-school work group established by 
Resolve 2009, chapter 106. 
The amendment also directs the Department of Education to develop and support 
local food training programs for public school food service personnel and facilitate the 
use of local food hubs to expand the use of local foods in schools. The amendment 
retains the provision from the bill that increases the limit on the amount that the State 
matches for the acquisition of local food by a school administrative unit if the unit sends a 
food service employee for training in the acquisition and use of local foods. 
The 
amendment directs the depaliment to develop and post a position description for school 
food service program personnel on its publicly accessible website and to develop an 
annual competitive skill-oliented school food service recognition. 
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The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAI~ NOTE REQUIRED 
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LD 1431 
LR 1673(03) 
An Act To Support School Nutrition and Expand the Local Foods Economy 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "6'( S _ <../u'7) 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2014-15 
$150,000 
$150,000 
$3,893 
$3,893 
Proj ections 
FY 2015-16 
$150,000 
$150,000 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$120,000 
$120,000 
$0 
$0 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $150,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2013-14 to the 
Department of Education to develop and support local food training programs for public school food service personnel 
and the use oflocal food hubs, Of this amount, $120,000 per year in ongoing funds is appropriated to the Local 
Produce Fund within the Department of Education to increase the cap on the amount of matching funds provided by 
the State for the acquisition oflocal foods by a school administrative unit (SAU) from $1,000 to $2,000 if the SAU 
sends a food service employee to training provided by the department An additional $30,000 per year is appropriated 
in fiscal year 2013-14 and fiscal year 2014-15 only to a newly created Local Foods Training Fund within the 
department to support the competitive training grants for regional training to encourage and expand the use oflocal 
foods in school food service programs, 
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The bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) to utilize the Agricultural 
Development Fund to provide local food grants to State-based local food hubs to conduct market feasibility studies 
identifying the demand for minimally processed fresh food. The bill directs DACF to establish the Maine Food Hub 
Advisory Committee, responsible for advising DACF on the grant and loan process, evaluating applications for grants 
and loans and advising the Department of Education on design and evaluation of local food training programs. DACF 
must award at least one grant of up to $30,000 to an applicant. Any agricultural marketing loan for any project under 
the local food hub program may not exceed 50% of the total project cost. The bill includes a one-time Other Special 
Revenue Funds allocation of $3 ,893 for printing, advertising and room rentals to DACF to make amendments to its 
rules relating to the allocation of grant money. DACF will be reimbursed by the Finance Authroity of Maine for these 
rulemaking costs. 
Pursuant to provisions in Title lO, section 1 023-J related to the payment of administrative costs related to the 
Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund, any additional costs to the Finance Authority of Maine associated with 
implementing the requirements of this legislation, estimated to be approximately $4,200, will be reimbursed by the 
fund and no General Fund appropriation will be required. 
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