Bill > A04210

This bill establishes a veterans in agriculture assistance and outreach program to help integrate veterans into the field of agriculture and support veterans currently working in agriculture. The program includes recruiting and training veterans, providing assistance to formerly incarcerated veterans, offering employment and mentorship opportunities, facilitating educational opportunities, and promoting participation by veterans and qualified veteran business entities. The bill also directs the Department of Agriculture and Markets to design a logotype that identifies products as meeting New York State Grown and Certified standards and being produced by a veteran or qualified veteran business entity, and to make the logotype available to eligible entities at no cost.