A 2320 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires Department of Agriculture to take various actions to publicize and promote community supported agriculture in New Jersey.

This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Agriculture to promote community supported agriculture (CSA) programs, where consumers pay for a share of a farm's seasonal harvest. The Department must create a public website with searchable CSA listings and subscription links, use various media to advertise CSA benefits, and develop promotional labels for CSA products. It also establishes "Community Supported Agriculture Week" in February and requires schools to incorporate CSA into meal programs and curriculum through the existing Farm to School program. The bill expands the use of the "New Jersey Farm Products Publicity Fund" to include CSA promotion and updates the Farm to School website to facilitate CSA subscriptions between schools and farms.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Apr 11, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 18, 2024

How they voted

760
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 80
Mar 18, 2024
D Democratic52
48 Yea 4
92% Yea
R Republican28
28 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 11, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
upper
Mar 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee
lower
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors