Market Match Nutrition Incentive Program.

Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture, which is tasked with, among other things, promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state, and seeking to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber to benefit the general welfare and economy of the state. This bill would establish the Market Match Nutrition Incentive Program in the department, and would create the Market Match Nutrition Incentive Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to collect matching funds received from a specified federal grant program used to provide grants under the Market Match Nutrition Incentive Program and to administer the Market Match Nutrition Incentive Program in accordance with specified requirements. The bill would require the department to establish minimum standards, funding schedules, and procedures for awarding grants, as specified, and would require the department to award grants to qualified entities, as defined, in accordance with certain priorities.