Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 52 - OREGON FARM DIRECT NUTRITION PROGRAM › Section 333-052-0040 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Adequate participant access" means there
			 are authorized farmers sufficient for participant need.
(2) "Agreement" means a written legal
			 document binding the farmer and the Oregon Health Authority (Authority) to
			 designated terms and conditions.
(3) "Authority" means the Oregon Health
			 Authority.
(4) "Authorized" or
			 "authorization" means an eligible farmer has met the selection criteria and
			 signed an agreement with the Authority allowing participation in Farm Direct
			 and is not currently disqualified.
(5) "Civil money penalty" means a monetary
			 penalty imposed against the farmer for noncompliance of the Oregon Farm Direct
			 Nutrition Program (Program) rules.
(6) "Disqualification" means the act of
			 terminating the agreement of an authorized farmer from the Program for
			 noncompliance with Program requirements.
(7) "Eligible foods" means fresh, nutritious,
			 unprepared, locally grown fruits and vegetables and cut culinary herbs for
			 human consumption. Eligible foods does not include foods processed or prepared
			 beyond their natural state except for usual harvesting and cleaning
			 processes.
(8) "Farm Direct
			 Nutrition Program" or "Farm Direct" or "Program" means the Oregon Farm Direct
			 Nutrition Program which is composed of the collective Senior Farm Direct
			 Nutrition Program and WIC Farm Direct Nutrition Program, regulated by the
			 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service and
			 administered by the State of Oregon.
(9) "Farmer" means an individual who owns,
			 leases, rents or sharecrops land to grow, cultivate or harvest crops on that
			 land.
(10) "Farmers market" for the
			 purposes of Farm Direct, means a group of producers, including farmers who grow
			 fruits, vegetables, or culinary herbs, who assemble over the course of a year
			 at a defined location for the purpose of selling their produce directly to
			 consumers.
(11) "Farm stand" means
			 a location at which a single farmer sells produce directly to
			 consumers.
(12) "Improperly
			 transacted" means any submission not in accordance with Program rules or the
			 agreement.
(13) "Locally grown"
			 means grown in the state of Oregon or in the following counties of a contiguous
			 state: California - Del Norte, Modoc, Siskiyou; Idaho - Adams, Canyon, Idaho,
			 Nez Perce, Owyhee, Payette, Washington; Nevada - Humboldt, Washoe; Washington
			 state - Asotin, Benton, Clark, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Klickitat, Pacific,
			 Skamania, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla.
(14) "Local WIC agency" means the agency or
			 clinic where a WIC participant receives WIC services and benefits.
(15) "Local WIC agency staff" means any local
			 WIC agency staff authorized to issue Farm Direct benefits.
(16) "Market" means a farmers
			 market.
(17) "Market season" means
			 the time period in which Farm Direct vouchers may be transacted as determined
			 by the Authority.
(18)
			 "Participant" means a senior participant or a WIC participant receiving Program
			 benefits.
(19) "Program rules"
			 means OAR 333-052-0030  through 333-052-0130.
(20) "Senior Farm Direct Nutrition Program"
			 means the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funded by USDA that provides
			 senior participants with vouchers that can be used to buy eligible foods from
			 an authorized farmer.
(21) "Senior
			 participant" means an individual who meets all the eligibility components of
			 the Farm Direct program and who receives Farm Direct vouchers.
(22) "SNAP" means the Supplemental Nutrition
			 Assistance Program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States
			 Department of Agriculture.
(23)
			 "Trafficking" means the buying or exchanging of a Farm Direct voucher for cash,
			 drugs, firearms, alcohol, or any other ineligible item.
(24) "USDA" means the United States
			 Department of Agriculture.
(25)
			 "Violation" means an activity that is prohibited by OAR 333-052-0030  through
			 333-052-0090  and classified in OAR 333-052-0080  through 333-052-0130.
(26) "Voucher" means a negotiable financial
			 instrument by which Farm Direct benefits are provided to
			 participants.
(27) "WIC" or "WIC
			 program" means the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants
			 and Children (WIC) authorized by Section 17 of the Federal Child Nutrition Act
			 of 1966, as amended, 42
			 U.S.C. §
									1786.
(28) "WIC Farm Direct Nutrition Program"
			 means the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program funded by USDA that provides WIC
			 participants with vouchers that can be used to buy eligible foods from an
			 authorized farmer.
(29) "WIC
			 participant" means an individual who meets all the eligibility components of
			 WIC Farm Direct and receives Farm Direct vouchers.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  413.500, ORS
				  411.813, 7 CFR 248 & 7 CFR
				  249
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  413.500, ORS
				  411.813,   7 CFR 248   &   7 CFR
				  249