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A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program<\/span>) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance organizations<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may contract<\/span> with charitable food assistance organizations<\/span> operating in Virginia or regional charitable food assistance organizations<\/span> to carry out the provisions of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> shall provide grants from the Fund<\/span> to charitable food assistance organizations<\/span> to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donated, sold, or otherwise provided to such charitable food assistance organizations<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may develop guidelines and adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations shall prohibit any charitable food assistance organization<\/span> that contracts<\/span> with or receives a grant from the Commissioner<\/span> from attributing more than 10 percent of the total grant or contract<\/span> amount to administrative costs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER (\u00a7 3.2-4782)\n\nA. The Commissioner shall establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance\nProgram (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell,\nor otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance\norganizations.\n\nB. The Commissioner may contract with charitable food assistance organizations\noperating in Virginia or regional charitable food assistance organizations to\ncarry out the provisions of this chapter.\n\nC. The Commissioner shall provide grants from the Fund to charitable food\nassistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs\nassociated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture\nproducts donated, sold, or otherwise provided to such charitable food assistance\norganizations.\n\nD. The Commissioner may develop guidelines and adopt regulations to carry out\nthe provisions of this chapter. Such regulations shall prohibit any charitable\nfood assistance organization that contracts with or receives a grant from the\nCommissioner from attributing more than 10 percent of the total grant or\ncontract amount to administrative costs.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 332, 333.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}