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Subcommittee moves farm‑store bill to full committee after debate over scale and local siting
Summary
HB 4153 A would permit farm stores on Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) and mixed farm‑forest lands with size and product limits. The subcommittee adopted recommendations and moved the bill to the full Ways and Means Committee after members voiced both support and concerns that the bill may enable larger commercial activity that could erode farmland.
The Capital Construction Subcommittee voted Feb. 27 to move House Bill 4153 A, which establishes farm stores as a permitted use on Exclusive Farm Use and certain mixed farm/forest lands, to the full Ways and Means Committee.
LFO described the measure: a farm store must sell farm products produced by the operating farm, may occupy up to 10,000 square feet of…
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