D.C. Code § 48-311 – Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:

(1) "Food access" means the ability of an individual or a family to consistently obtain affordable, nutritious food equitably across geography and income level.
(2) "Food assets" means any resource or capacity, whether physical or skill-based, in the growth, production, processing, distribution, disposal, or repurposing of food.
(3) Repealed.
(4) "Food procurement" means the purchasing of or contracting for large volumes of locally grown food either directly from farms or from vendors by large entities either public or private, including schools, hospitals, and prisons.
(5) "Local food economy" means an individual, organization, or business that maintains a presence in the District and is involved in the growth, production, processing, distribution, disposal, or repurposing of food within the District.
(6) "Locally grown" means from a grower in Delaware, the District, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or West Virginia.
(6A) "Low food access area" shall have the same definition as in § 7-742.21(7).
(7) "Urban agriculture" means the practice of growing, cultivating, processing, and distributing vegetables, fruits, grains, mushrooms, honey, herbs, nuts, seeds, and rootstock within the District.

History

Mar. 10, 2015, D.C. Law 20-191, § 2

Aug. 23, 2025, D.C. Law 26-27, § 4(b)

Applicability

Applicability of D.C. Law 26-27: § 5 of D.C. Law 26-27 provided that the amendment to this section by § 4(b) of D.C. Law 26-27 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.

Section 7198 of D.C. Law 26-55 repealed section 5 of D.C. Law 26-27, thus removing the applicability limitation. Therefore the amendments made to this section by D.C. Law 26-27 have been implemented.