Farm to Fridge Act
United States116th CongressHR-7035House of Representatives
Updated: May 27, 2020
Summary
Farm to Fridge Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to eligible entities under the local agriculture market program for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) losses. Eligible entities must submit USDA an application containing (1) a description of how the applicant's business has been impacted by COVID-19, (2) a narrative explaining how the applicant proposes to use such payments to expand the capacity of their sales in order to properly package and sell agricultural products to consumers either through grocery stores or direct sale, and (3) other information as USDA may require.
Bill texts
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
House of Representatives
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E492-493)
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