SB 487

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection to award an annual grant to a nonprofit organization that operates as a

statewide association of food banks to promote the donation of excess and

unmarketable farm and food products from farms and food processing facilities to

food banks. In awarding the grant, DATCP is required to award $1 for every $1 of

private funds the grant recipient raises for this purpose, up to a total of $250,000 in

a fiscal year. Under the bill, DATCP must require the grant recipient to use the grant

money to reimburse farmers and food processing facilities for the cost of harvesting,

packaging for transport, and transporting to food banks excess or unmarketable

farm and food products and to process, warehouse, and transport donated farm and

food products to food banks, food processing facilities, and food pantries. The bill

prohibits DATCP from awarding this grant after June 30, 2022.