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An inspector at work at a Southern California farmers’ market.
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By David Karp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bringing to fruition a decade-long campaign by farmers market stakeholders, on Friday,\u00a0California Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1871, which for the first time provides what\u00a0supporters say is adequate funding to ensure that growers at certified farmers markets\u00a0produce what they sell.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the single-most significant change to farmers market laws since they were established in\u00a01977,\u201d said Ben Feldman, chair of the California Alliance of Farmers’ Markets.<\/p>\n

Starting Jan. 1, 2015, the bill will increase the state fee paid by markets for their vendors from 60\u00a0cents to $2 daily. Currently only farmers pay the fee, but next year it will extend to all vendors,\u00a0including food and crafts sellers in non-agricultural sections.<\/p>\n

Legislative analysts have estimated that the bill will raise $1.35 million annually, including more than $1 million in new revenues, which will go to the California Department of Food and\u00a0Agriculture. It will be used chiefly for hiring new state inspectors and reimbursing counties for\u00a0local investigative work, as well as maintaining a database of markets and growers.<\/p>\n

Across the state, consumers should see more inspectors at farmers markets. As cheaters are caught\u00a0and fined or suspended from participation, shoppers will have greater confidence that the farms\u00a0they buy from really grew the produce. In the short term, they may also see a reduction in the\u00a0quantity and variety of produce at certain markets, as cheating becomes more difficult.<\/p>\n

Among other noteworthy provisions of the bill, vendors will no longer be allowed to sell \u201cfresh\u00a0whole fruits, nuts, vegetables and flowers\u201d in adjacent non-agricultural sections of markets.<\/p>\n

Noncertified flower vendors are the most common of these. Depending on how state regulators\u00a0interpret the law, well-known mushroom resellers such as David West and LA Funghi may be\u00a0excluded from markets, unless they restructure to become growers. Noncertified vendors of juices\u00a0and dried fruits will not be affected.<\/p>\n

Growers will be required to post conspicuous signs with the name and location of their farm,\u00a0which will be helpful for shoppers. The sign must also state \u201cWe grow what we sell,\u201d a declaration\u00a0that may appear superfluous (vendors in agricultural sections already are supposed to grow what\u00a0they sell), but is intended to make cheating a more clear-cut violation. The bill creates a new\u00a0misdemeanor, making false statements about the grower, growing area or growing practices of\u00a0agricultural products punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and imprisonment of up to six months.<\/p>\n

In late 2012, stung by media exposes of farmers market cheating, Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner Kurt Floren boosted enforcement. Since then, inspectors have issued 66 citations\u00a0for cheating, resulting in multiple fines totaling up to $6,600 per vendor, and 16 suspensions and\u00a0proposed suspensions, said Ed Williams, deputy agricultural commissioner. This is a huge change\u00a0from previous years, when only a few citations were issued.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County inspectors will now have a long-term source of funding for enforcement, and\u00a0when they suspect a vendor of cheating, they will have greater assurance that their counterparts in\u00a0other counties will have the resources to conduct timely farm visits. A pilot program funded by the\u00a0state Department of Food and Agriculture between May 1 and June 20 proved effective in\u00a0coordinating enforcement efforts between Los Angeles and eight other counties, according to a\u00a0report presented at a farmers market advisory meeting in Sacramento on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n

A survey of a dozen farmers and shoppers at markets last weekend found almost unanimous\u00a0support for enhanced enforcement. As he loaded his cart at the Hollywood farmers market, Daniel Mattern, chef of Cooks County\u00a0restaurant, said that AB 1871 will \u201chelp protect me, because as someone who buys a lot of produce\u00a0at farmers markets, I like to know that it\u2019s actually coming from the farm I buy it from.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe devil\u2019s in the details whether enforcement will be effective, but I\u2019m cautiously optimistic,\u201d\u00a0said Scott Beylik, a vegetable grower in Fillmore.<\/p>\n

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