Md. Code Ann., Agric. § 2-2201
Value-added agriculture defined
Effective Oct 1, 2023Added by Acts 2023, c. 435, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 436, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.State of Maryland
- (1) Means the alteration or enhancement of a raw agricultural product, including livestock, or an agricultural service in a way that increases the product or service's worth to a consumer and brings more revenue to a farmer, producer, or processor; and
- (2) Includes all enterprises, including those providing equine activities, in which an agricultural business or the agricultural business's products or services are altered, marketed, produced, or processed in a way that adds income to a farmer, producer, or processor.
In this subtitle, “value-added agriculture”:
Added by Acts 2023, c. 435, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 436, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.