                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS MARKET SYSTEM (§ 3.2-3500)

In overseeing the development of a farmers market system, the Board shall:

1. Identify farmers market needs throughout the Commonwealth;

2. Promote the orderly growth and development of farmers markets;

3. Promote public awareness of farmers markets;

4. Promote the coordination of Virginia&#8217;s farmers market development with
other segments of the Commonwealth&#8217;s economy, such as tourism,
horticultural production and marketing, fruit and vegetable production and
marketing, retail trade, wholesale trade, intrastate marketing, interstate
marketing, and new marketing ventures such as electronic marketing; and

5. Advise the Governor on the development of the system of state-owned farmers
market facilities.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 375, § 3.1-73.3; 1989, c. 413; 2001, cc. 17, 398; 2009, c.
860.