[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4971 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4971

To increase the emphasis on urban agricultural issues in the Department 
of Agriculture through the establishment of a new office to ensure that 
    Department authorities are used to effectively encourage local 
agricultural production and increase the availability of fresh food in 
urban areas, particularly underserved communities experiencing hunger, 
 poor nutrition, obesity, and food insecurity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2010

  Ms. Kaptur (for herself, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Fudge, Mr. 
Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Lee of 
California, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
   Mr. Clay, Mr. Rush, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Hare, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Tonko, 
Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sherman, and 
 Mrs. Dahlkemper) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
   the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To increase the emphasis on urban agricultural issues in the Department 
of Agriculture through the establishment of a new office to ensure that 
    Department authorities are used to effectively encourage local 
agricultural production and increase the availability of fresh food in 
urban areas, particularly underserved communities experiencing hunger, 
 poor nutrition, obesity, and food insecurity, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Greening Food 
Deserts Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and sense of Congress.
Sec. 3. Office of Urban Agriculture.
Sec. 4. Natural Resource Conservation Service technical assistance in 
                            support of backyard conservation and 
                            community gardening programs.
Sec. 5. Urban forest invasive species control program.
Sec. 6. Extension and additional funding for seniors farmers' market 
                            nutrition program.
Sec. 7. Infrastructure funding for farmers' markets.
Sec. 8. Evaluation of state of farmers' markets in census of 
                            agriculture.
Sec. 9. Renaming of Rural Energy for America Program to reflect purpose 
                            of the program.
Sec. 10. Urban agriculture outreach program.
Sec. 11. Promotion of agricultural education programs in schools by 
                            authorizing higher reimbursement rates 
                            under school lunch, school breakfast, and 
                            summer food service programs.
Sec. 12. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program pilot program of 
                            local sustainability grants.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND INTENT OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Dramatic economic, demographic, and land use changes in 
        the United States have created areas where no supermarkets 
        exist and where limited food choice, poor food quality, and 
        lack of affordable food prices impact large segments of the 
        country's population.
            (2) Demographic changes have opened vast pockets of arable 
        land for agriculture in America's urban centers.
            (3) Diversifying United States food production from a 
        globally consolidated and industrial food chain to one which 
        includes local production represents an important opportunity 
        to strengthen United States agriculture.
            (4) With poverty rising due to chronic unemployment and 
        with food becoming a more significant component of family 
        budgets, local production becomes an important option for 
        families facing food insecurity.
            (5) It is estimated that 18.5 percent of American 
        households have withheld food purchases due to economic 
        circumstances, and many of these households reside in 
        ethnically and racially diverse communities.
            (6) Food insecurity, epidemic levels of obesity, 
        hypertension, diabetes and youth osteoporosis are caused by 
        improper nutrition in food deserts without nutritious, 
        reliable, and locally available healthy food options.
            (7) Advances in agricultural technologies makes production 
        possible in regions previously cordoned off from such 
        opportunity.
            (8) With studies suggesting that much of the American west 
        is becoming permanently more arid and 40 percent of all fresh 
        water resources in the United States are used for irrigation, 
        the need for more efficient food production and agriculture 
        closer to point of consumption is critical.
            (9) Concentration in agricultural production and 
        outsourcing have exacerbated the food insecurity of many 
        communities.
            (10) In 2001, at least 2,300,000 Americans lived in homes 
        in urban areas located more than a mile from the nearest 
        supermarket.
            (11) Because many of these Americans are without access to 
        a motor vehicle with which to reach supermarkets located more 
        than a mile away from their homes, and there is no accessible 
        local farm production, vast segments of urban areas are now 
        described as ``food deserts''.
            (12) The majority of youth in the United States are growing 
        up in environments with little knowledge of natural food 
        production and nutrition and lack basic survival skills.
            (13) Two million, two hundred four thousand, seven hundred 
        ninety-two farms were in operation in 2007, including 300,000 
        new farms that began operations with smaller less consolidated 
        operations and lower sales than the average of all farms 
        nationwide.
            (14) These new farms, on average, consisted of 201 acres of 
        land and generated an average of $71,000 in income, which was 
        nearly half the average size and income levels for the average 
        American farm.
            (15) Rising fuel costs make transporting food long 
        distances significantly more expensive, but create 
        opportunities for the economical production of food closer to 
        point of consumption.
            (16) From 1997 to 2009, the value of imported food products 
        to the United States increased over 100 percent from 
        $43,000,000,000 to $86,700,000,000, which has led to a growing 
        reliance on foreign-produced food, particularly during cold 
        seasons, as diminished options exist for locally produced fresh 
        and affordable choices.
            (17) Expanding production and access to locally produced 
        food strengthens the vital link between healthy populations, 
        sustainable living, and the natural world.
            (18) Diabetes and obesity alone cost the American people 
        approximately $130,000,000,000 annually in medical expenses and 
        lost productivity.
            (19) Expanding access to food for vulnerable populations 
        involves regional food production in communities where the link 
        between daily life and the natural world has been all but 
        eliminated.
            (20) Many of the tools exist to break the cycle of food 
        insecurity and empower communities: For example, by the end of 
        World War II, over 20,000,000 home gardens were supplying 40 
        percent of domestically consumed produce.
            (21) Between 1994 and 2008, the number of farmers' markets 
        nationwide grew 167 percent and between fiscal years 2005 and 
        2006, the number of farmers' markets with electronic benefit 
        transfer devices grew from 436 to 532.
            (22) Promoting the many different forms of agriculture, 
        both consolidated, industrial agriculture and small scale, 
        decentralized agriculture, is beneficial to serving many 
        different needs in a diverse society.
            (23) In 2007, 247,772 farms harvested 39,259,592 acres of 
        specialty crops and produced $67,417,397,000 worth of food 
        products, which, if expanded to include production in food 
        deserts across the country, has the potential to provide 
        investment and improved nutrition to communities and reinvent 
        urban landscapes that lack sufficient access to food.
            (24) In the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
        (Public Law 110-246), Congress provided the Department of 
        Agriculture with sufficient flexibility in implementing certain 
        programs to promote locally based agricultural enterprises, 
        including a 5 percent set-aside for business and industry loan 
        program for underserved communities, significant increases for 
        the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program that links local 
        producers and consumers, an expanded authorization for the Farm 
        to School Program, and new legal requirements allowing 
        flexibility in local purchase by some nutrition programs.
    (b) Intent of Congress.--It is the intent of Congress--
            (1) to augment existing authorities to engage agricultural 
        production, combat food insecurity, and counteract the 
        substitution of imported products as they displace greater 
        shares domestically produced products;
            (2) to pursue better coordination to empower communities to 
        eliminate food deserts, purchase and produce food locally, 
        create sustainable food systems, and connect better the 
        existing programs that can and should be used to alleviate 
        pockets of hunger and severe food insecurity;
            (3) to work with the various State agencies responsible for 
        administering the Federal nutrition programs on methods and 
        strategies for using Federal food dollars to create local and 
        micro-enterprise development in areas where these nutrition 
        programs are used; and
            (4) to develop a unified strategy to use the Federal 
        nutrition programs as a tool for economic development in food 
        insecure regions, even in regions that have not traditionally 
        been centers for food production where human need is evident.

SEC. 3. OFFICE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 220 (7 U.S.C. 6920) 
the following new section:

``SEC. 221. OFFICE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish within the 
executive operations of the Department an office to be known as the 
Office of Urban Agriculture.
    ``(b) Purpose and Responsibilities of Office.--
            ``(1) Purpose.--The Office of Urban Agriculture is 
        established for the purpose of coordinating activities 
        throughout the Department of Agriculture related to urban 
        agriculture and nutrition.
            ``(2) Specific responsibilities.--The Office of Urban 
        Agriculture shall be responsible for coordinating Department 
        activities and conducting oversight in the following mission 
        areas:
                    ``(A) Ensuring that Department authorities are used 
                to effectively encourage agricultural production in 
                underserved communities to combat hunger, poor 
                nutrition, obesity, and food insecurity.
                    ``(B) Ensuring that Department authorities are used 
                to empower communities, especially communities with a 
                large percentage of low-income residents, to eliminate 
                shortages of affordable, fresh food products, increase 
                the local production and sale of food, and create 
                sustainable food systems.
                    ``(C) Developing a unified strategy to link the 
                agricultural production and nutrition programs 
                administered by the Department as a tool for economic 
                development in underserved communities in a manner that 
                addresses local conditions and engages local residents 
                through agricultural economic development.
                    ``(D) Ensuring that nutrition programs administered 
                by State agencies maximize the impact of Federal funds 
                in creating local agricultural microenterprises.
                    ``(E) Conducting systematic and regular reviews of 
                Department authorities and making policy 
                recommendations to Congress and the Secretary on new 
                authorities or regulation changes to assist underserved 
                communities to combat hunger, poor nutrition, obesity, 
                and food insecurity.
                    ``(F) Ensuring that the programs established by the 
                Greening Food Deserts Act and by amendments made by 
                that Act are implemented in a manner consistent with 
                the goal of eliminating underserved communities.
    ``(c) Underserved Community Defined.--In this section, the term 
`underserved community' has the meaning given that term in section 
25(a)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2034(a)(3)).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 296(b) of the Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(8) the responsibility of the Secretary to establish in 
        the Department the Office of Urban Agriculture in accordance 
        with section 226B.''.
    (c) Sufficiency of Resources for Office.--Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall submit to Congress a report describing the resources and staff 
necessary to permit the Office of Urban Agriculture established 
pursuant to section 221 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994, as added by subsection (a), to carry out its 
responsibilities under such section.

SEC. 4. NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN 
              SUPPORT OF BACKYARD CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY GARDENING 
              PROGRAMS.

    Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Technical Assistance for Backyard Conservation and Community 
Gardening.--
            ``(1) Authority to provide assistance.--The Secretary shall 
        provide technical assistance in support of backyard 
        conservation and community gardening programs involving small-
        scale subsistence and personal-use agriculture for the purpose 
        of--
                    ``(A) achieving expanded and improved production; 
                and
                    ``(B) implementing conservation methods related to 
                small-scale and personal-use production.
            ``(2) Use of botanical gardens.--To provide technical 
        assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall seek to 
        certify botanical gardens as third-party providers under 
        subsection (e).
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Secretary $20,000,000 each fiscal 
        year to carry out this subsection.''.

SEC. 5. URBAN FOREST INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL PROGRAM.

    (a) Investment in Invasive Resistant Species.--Section 9(e) of the 
Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105(e)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``In carrying 
out this subsection, the Secretary shall give a priority to the 
production and procurement in urban areas of plant materials that are 
resistant to invasive species.''.
    (b) Challenge Cost-Share Grants for Invasive Species Control, 
Management, and Recovery Efforts.--Section 9(f) of the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``50 percent'' the 
        following: ``(75 percent in the case of a project involving 
        invasive species control, management, or recovery)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Set-aside for invasive species control, management, 
        and recovery efforts.--Of the funds made available for a fiscal 
        year for the challenge cost-share program, the Secretary shall 
        reserve $10,000,000 for projects in urban areas involving 
        invasive species control, management, or recovery efforts.''.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SENIORS FARMERS' MARKET 
              NUTRITION PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension and Funding.--Section 4402(a) of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007(a)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds 
available to the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out and expand a 
seniors farmers' market nutrition program in the following amounts:
            ``(1) For fiscal year 2011, not less than $25,000,000.
            ``(2) For fiscal year 2012, not less than $50,000,000.
            ``(3) For fiscal year 2013, not less than $75,000,000.
            ``(4) For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017, not less 
        than $100,000,000.''.
    (b) Purposes.--Section 4402(b)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``unprepared'' and inserting ``minimally 
        processed''; and
            (2) by striking ``and herbs'' and inserting ``herbs, and 
        other locally produced farm products, as the Secretary 
        considers appropriate,''.
    (c) Administrative Costs; Unexpended Funds.--Section 4402 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(f) Administrative Costs.--Not more than 10 percent of the funds 
made available for a fiscal year under subsection (a) may be used to 
pay administrative costs incurred in carrying out this section.
    ``(g) Unexpended Funds.--To the extent the funds made available 
under subsection (a) for a fiscal year are not expended in that fiscal 
year, the Secretary may use such funds in a subsequent fiscal year for 
the same purpose.''.

SEC. 7. INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR FARMERS' MARKETS.

    (a) Loans, Loan Guarantees, and Grants for Farmers' Market 
Expansion.--In addition to assistance provided through the seniors 
farmers' market nutrition program under section 4402 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) to expand or 
aid in the expansion of domestic farmers' markets, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall make loans, provide loan guarantees, and make grants 
to public agencies and nonprofit organizations for--
            (1) the construction of new farmers' markets; and
            (2) the improvement or rehabilitation of existing farmers' 
        markets.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a loan, loan guarantee, 
or grant under subsection (a), a public agency or nonprofit 
organization involved in the construction, improvement, or 
rehabilitation of a farmers' market shall--
            (1) demonstrate financial need, as determined by the 
        Secretary; and
            (2) commit to reserving at least 50 percent of the floor 
        area of the farmers' market for the sale of products that are 
        produced locally, as determined by the Secretary, by farmers, 
        ranchers, or aquaculture, mariculture, or fisheries operators, 
        or by associations of farmers, ranchers, or such operators.
    (c) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Grants.--The amount of a grant under subsection (a) 
        shall not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the activity to be 
        supported by the grant.
            (2) Maximum amount of combined grant and loan.--The 
        combined amount of a grant and loan made or guaranteed under 
        subsection (a) shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the 
        activity to be supported by the grant and loan.
    (d) Interest Rate.--
            (1) In general.--A loan made by the Secretary under 
        subsection (a) shall bear interest at the rate equivalent to 
        the rate of interest charged on Treasury securities of 
        comparable maturity on the date the loan is approved.
            (2) Duration.--The interest rate for each loan will remain 
        in effect for the term of the loan.
    (e) Funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
Secretary shall make available to carry out this section $50,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012.

SEC. 8. EVALUATION OF STATE OF FARMERS' MARKETS IN CENSUS OF 
              AGRICULTURE.

    Section 2(a) of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (7 U.S.C. 
2204g(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Inclusion of farmers' markets.--Effective beginning 
        with the first census of agriculture conducted after the date 
        of the enactment of the Greening Food Deserts Act, the 
        Secretary shall include as part of each census of agriculture--
                    ``(A) an evaluation of the state of farmers' 
                markets in the United States, including information 
                regarding the size, location, operational capacity, and 
                geographic dispersion of farmers' markets and types of 
                products sold (both in terms of product diversity and 
                sales locations) through farmers' markets; and
                    ``(B) an analysis of the economic impact of 
                farmers' markets, including the success of Federal 
                programs in promoting and supporting farmers' 
                markets.''.

SEC. 9. RENAMING OF RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM TO REFLECT PURPOSE 
              OF THE PROGRAM.

    Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8107), as amended by section 9001 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008, is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``rural energy'' 
        and inserting ``renewable energy''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Rural Energy for 
        America Program'' and inserting ``Renewable Energy for America 
        Program''.

SEC. 10. URBAN AGRICULTURE OUTREACH PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        community organization, municipality, institution of higher 
        education, or nonprofit organization.
            (2) Food production.--The term ``food production'' 
        includes--
                    (A) the implementation of small scale, organic, 
                aquiculture, and such other urban production models as 
                the Secretary of Agriculture considers appropriate;
                    (B) the deployment of food infrastructure in an 
                underserved community;
                    (C) the conversion of vacant land into animal and 
                plant food production areas;
                    (D) the creation of infrastructure for community 
                gardens;
                    (E) education regarding small-scale subsistence and 
                personal-use agriculture; and
                    (F) other activities that promote agricultural 
                enterprise and development in communities not 
                traditionally associated with agricultural production.
            (3) Microloan or grant.--The term ``microloan or grant'' 
        means a business loan or grant of not more than $25,000.
            (4) Underserved community.--The term ``underserved 
        community'' has the meaning given that term in section 25(a)(3) 
        of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034(a)(3)).
    (b) Microloans and Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
may make a microloan or grant available to an eligible entity to 
support outreach activities for--
            (1) developing food production in communities not 
        traditionally associated with agricultural production; and
            (2) supporting the local distribution of food products 
        derived from the food production activities.
    (c) Loan Terms.--A microloan made by the Secretary under this 
section shall--
            (1) be for a term not to exceed three years; and
            (2) bear an annual interest rate not to exceed Treasury 
        bearing rates.
    (d) Deferral of Interest and Principal.--The Secretary may permit 
the deferral of payments on principal and interest due on a microloan 
made under this section for a two-year period beginning on the date the 
loan is made.
    (e) Grant Cost Sharing Requirements.--
            (1) Matching requirement.--The Secretary shall require an 
        eligible entity receiving a grant under this section to match 
        not less than 10 percent of the total amount of the grant.
            (2) Form of non-federal share.--The matching requirement 
        may be satisfied through the provision of--
                    (A) cash (including through fees, grants (including 
                community development block grants), and gifts); or
                    (B) in-kind contributions acceptable to the 
                Secretary.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $20,000,000 for 
each fiscal year.

SEC. 11. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS BY 
              AUTHORIZING HIGHER REIMBURSEMENT RATES UNDER SCHOOL 
              LUNCH, SCHOOL BREAKFAST, AND SUMMER FOOD SERVICE 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) School Lunch.--Section 8 of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1757) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(h) The maximum per meal reimbursement rate otherwise applicable 
to a school shall be increased by 20 percent in the case of any meals 
consisting in whole or part of foods produced through agricultural 
education programs that use enrolled students to produce food and 
provide the food to in-house feeding programs. Agricultural education 
programs include after-school programs in gardening or agriculture 
production, agricultural internships teaching practical agricultural 
activities, and other school activities associated with food 
production, processing, and preparation.''.
    (b) School Breakfast.--Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1773) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Higher Reimbursement Rate for In-House Food Production.--The 
maximum meal reimbursement rate otherwise applicable to a school shall 
be increased by 20 percent in the case of any breakfasts consisting in 
whole or part of foods produced through agricultural education programs 
that use enrolled students to produce food and provide the food to in-
house feeding programs. Agricultural education programs include after-
school programs in gardening or agriculture production, agricultural 
internships teaching practical agricultural activities, and other 
school activities associated with food production, processing, and 
preparation.''.
    (c) Summer Food Service Program.--Section 13(b)(1)(C) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(1)(C)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``If the 
service institution continues during the summer or school vacation an 
agricultural education program for which the service institution 
received a higher reimbursement rate under section 8(h) of this Act or 
section 4(f) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(f)), 
the higher rate shall continue to apply to the service institution 
under this section.''.

SEC. 12. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PILOT PROGRAM OF 
              LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS.

    The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 is amended by inserting after 
section 25 (7 U.S.C. 2034) the following new section:

``SEC. 25A. PILOT PROGRAM OF LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS.

    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--From amounts made available to carry out 
this section, the Secretary shall make eight grants each fiscal year to 
regional food banks or consortiums of community feeding programs to 
carry out a demonstration project for the purpose of--
            ``(1) producing fresh fruits and vegetables at these 
        facilities while teaching eligible households how to engage in 
        small-scale food production residentially or at community 
        gardens;
            ``(2) integrating processing and distribution of the 
        produced fresh fruits and vegetables; and
            ``(3) providing an increased benefit under subsection (c) 
        for eligible households procuring the produced fresh fruits and 
        vegetables at these facilities.
    ``(b) Grant Limits.--The total amount of funds provided as grants 
to a single recipient under this section for a fiscal year may not 
exceed $300,000.
    ``(c) Increased Benefits.--Eligible households participating in the 
pilot program shall be eligible to receive 120 percent of the value of 
the supplemental nutrition assistance that would otherwise be provided 
to the household under this Act when purchasing food that was produced 
through the program.
    ``(d) Grant Cost Sharing Requirements.--
            ``(1) Matching requirement.--As a condition of any grant 
        made under this section, the Secretary shall require the grant 
        recipient to match not less than five percent of the total 
        amount of the grant.
            ``(2) Form of non-federal share.--The matching requirement 
        may be satisfied through the provision of--
                    ``(A) cash (including through fees, grants 
                (including community development block grants), and 
                gifts); or
                    ``(B) in-kind contributions acceptable to the 
                Secretary.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.
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