Enacts the homegrown foods act to exempt the production and sale of certain homegrown food products grown and processed at or in a private residence from certain food processing licensure requirements where the food is sold directly to consumers and total sales do not exceed $12,500.
Exempts retail food stores from various state and local taxes provided such store derives at least seventy percent of its annual gross sales from staple foods and food products for off-premises consumption.
Enacts the New York state food security purchase and processing act to establish a state-level program that purchases food grown or raised by New York farmers; requires processing within New York State; distributes such food to communities in need.
Enacts the New York state food security purchase and processing act to establish a state-level program that purchases food grown or raised by New York farmers; requires processing within New York State; distributes such food to communities in need.