Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act

This bill would require the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to set up a program that makes noncompetitive cooperative agreements with state, territorial, and Tribal agencies to buy local foods. Those agencies would use the money to buy unprocessed or minimally processed food from producers within their boundaries or within 400 miles, and give it to food distribution groups such as nonprofits. At least 25 percent of purchases would have to come from small, mid-size, beginning, or veteran farmers or ranchers. The program would receive $200 million each year from the Commodity Credit Corporation starting in fiscal year 2026, and Congress could approve another $200 million per year for 2026 through 2030. Ten percent of funds would go to Tribal governments, 1 percent to each state, and the rest by an existing food assistance formula.

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Sponsors

• Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. Republican sponsor
• 73 cosponsors