S 6848 NY
Provides for the expansion of regional farmers' markets
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Summary
This bill directs the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to expand regional farmers' markets that facilitate the direct marketing of farm and food products. The regional farmers' markets are designed to handle wholesale and bulk sales to large-volume purchasers of agricultural products. The bill encourages the department to locate these markets in areas that lack adequate access to high-quality, reasonably priced food and agricultural products, commonly referred to as food deserts. The department is authorized to cooperate with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and the Empire State Development Corporation in establishing these regional markets. The act takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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Official abstract
Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state.
Sponsor (1)
- Lea Webb Democratic · primary
3 coauthors / cosponsors
- Pamela Helming Republican · cosponsor
- Peter Oberacker Republican · cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Mar 25, 2025 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · upper
- Apr 8, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.644 · upper
- Apr 9, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 10, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 6, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 6, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 6, 2025 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · upper
- May 7, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.998 · upper
- May 11, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 12, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 19, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 19, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 19, 2026 REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE · lower
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  SPONSOR WEBB   COSPNSR HELMING, OBERACKER, ROLISON   MLTSPNSR   Amd §284, Ag & Mkts L   Directs the department of agriculture and markets to increase the number of regional farmers' markets for the direct marketing of foods and produce produced in the state.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
6848
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 25, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the expansion of regional farmers' markets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 284 of the agriculture and markets law is amended 2 by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. Development and facilitation of the establishment of regional 4 farmers' markets to promote the direct marketing of farm and food 5 products on a wholesale or bulk sales basis to large volume purchasers 6 of farm and food products. Such regional farmers' markets should be, 7 whenever possible, located in areas that have poor consumer access to 8 high quality and reasonably priced food and farm products or food 9 deserts; or which would sell to or cater to the needs of retailers or 10 bulk purchasers of food and farm products that are located in areas that 11 have poor consumer access to high quality and reasonably priced food and 12 farm products or food deserts. The department is authorized to work in 13 cooperation with the New York state urban development corporation and 14 the empire state development corporation for the purposes of this subdi- 15 vision, section sixteen-m of the New York state urban development corpo- 16 ration act and article five-D of the economic development law. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09405-01-5
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