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DIVISION 1. STATE ADMINISTRATION 101-1501›PART 1. THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 101-894›CHAPTER 3. Other Powers and Duties 401-593›ARTICLE 10. Farm to Community Food Hub Program 590-593

§ 590

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Beginning,” in reference to a farmer or rancher, means a person who has materially and substantially participated in the operation of a farm or ranch for 10 years or less.

(b) “Limited resource” has the same definition as in Section 760.107 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(c) “Office” means the Office of Farm to Fork in the department.

(d) “Program” means the Farm to Community Food Hub Program.

(e) “Socially disadvantaged” has the same definition as in Section 512.

(f) “Sustainable agriculture production practices or methods” means practices, including, but not limited to, organic methods, biological control, and integrated pest management, and ecologically beneficial means of soil improvement, irrigation, cultivation, harvesting, transportation, and marketing for California agriculture based on methods, as identified by the department.

(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 608, Sec. 1. (AB 1009) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, pursuant to Section 593.)

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