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Agriculture committee releases four bills including soil‑district board changes and CSA promotion
Summary
The Assembly Agriculture Committee released A-2519 (allowing soil conservation districts to expand beyond five supervisors) and A-3108 (promotion of community-supported agriculture), joining other bills released that day; both bills passed the committee by recorded roll call without substantive amendments.
The Assembly Agriculture Committee released two additional bills with limited debate.
A-2519 would authorize soil conservation districts to have more than five supervisors to reflect merged district footprints and to ensure quorums; members said expanded boards help represent larger consolidated districts. A-3108 would direct the Department of Agriculture to publicize and promote community-supported agriculture in New Jersey and was described by sponsors as complementary to the Farm to School program.
Both bills were moved and released by recorded roll calls. Witness slips and support came from the New Jersey Farm Bureau, New Jersey Food Democracy Collaborative, Fluffy Farms and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; no committee amendments were recorded for these two bills in the hearing.
