Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act”.
Preserving Healthy Food for the Hungry Act
A BILL
To provide grants to enhance the most effective freezing methods to improve access to affordable and locally produced specialty crops.
Sec. 2 Quick freeze and flash freeze local produce grants
In general— Section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a) is amended—
in subsection (b)(7)(B), by inserting “and subsection (f)” after “subsection”;
in subsection (e)(2), by inserting “, except pursuant to subsection (f)” before the period; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Quick freeze and flash freeze local produce grants
“(1) In general—Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Secretary shall make grants to institutions eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503–505, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 301–305, 307 and 308), or the Act of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417–419, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) that applies therefor, to assist persons in preserving the quality and shelf-life of fruit and vegetable crops produced by the persons on qualified land, through the use of mobile and fixed flash freezing and quick freezing units and other units utilizing freezing methods which produce the same result, in accordance with any applicable Federal, State, or local food safety law, regulation, or ordinance.
“(2) Definitions—In this paragraph:
“(A) Qualified land—The term qualified land means, with respect to a person, any plot of land owned or operated by the person, the annual gross sales from the specialty crops produced on which are not more than $249,000.
“(B) Specialty crop—The term specialty crop has the meaning provided in section 3(1) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004.”
Effective date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.