Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 63 — Farmer–to–consumer Direct Marketing
§ 3001. Congressional statement of purpose
Statutory text
It is the purpose of this chapter to promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. To accomplish this objective, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall initiate and coordinate a program designed to facilitate direct marketing from farmers to consumers for the mutual benefit of consumers and farmers.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Farmer-to-Con sum er Direct Marketing Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–463 § 2 · 90 Stat. 1982
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 3001
(Pub. L. 94–463, § 2, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1982.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–463, § 2, Oct. 8, 1976, 90 Stat. 1982.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. purpose It is the purpose of this Act to promote, through appropriate means and on an economically sustainable basis, the development and expansion of direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. To accomplish this objective, the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall initiate and coordinate a program designed to facilitate direct marketing from farmers to consumers for the mutual benefit of consumers and farmers.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 94–463, § 1, , 90 Stat. 1982, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under section 5145 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] may be cited as the ‘Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976’.”