Linda Carter voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes New Jersey Minority, Women, and Under-Served Farmer Registry
Signed by Governor Phil Murphy
Title: Establishes New Jersey Minority, Women, and Under-Served Farmer Registry
Vote to pass a bill that establishes New Jersey minority, women, and under-served farmer registry.
Establishes that the Department of Agriculture shall create a New Jersey Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry (Sec. 1).
Specifies that the department shall (Sec. 1):
Coordinate outreach to minority, women, disabled, LGBTQIA+, socially disadvantaged, and other farmers in the State who have been historically underserved and provide them with farming loans and other business assistance;
Automatically register minority, women, disabled, LGBTQIA+, socially disadvantaged, and historically underserved farmers to receive notification of opportunities to apply for and participate in farm loan assistance and business assistance programs;
Ensure that the criteria for inclusion in the Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry is the same as the criteria for inclusion in the federal USDA register;
Provide farmers who are minorities, women, disabled, LGBTQIA+, or socially disadvantaged with information and the opportunity to register with the federal USDA; and
Notify and encourage farmers who are minorities, women, disabled, LGBTQIA+, or socially disadvantaged to register with the federal USDA register.
Title: Establishes New Jersey Minority, Women, and Under-Served Farmer Registry
Title: Establishes New Jersey Minority, Women, and Under-Served Farmer Registry