Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§3002 Definitions
Title 7 › CHAPTER 63 — FARMER–TO–CONSUMER DIRECT MARKETING › § 3002
Summary
Defines "direct marketing from farmers to consumers" as selling farm products straight to people or groups that represent them at places like roadside stands, city markets, or vehicles that go door-to-door. Sales can be by individual farmers or by a farmers' group that speaks for the producers, and are meant to lower food costs, improve food quality, and give farmers higher returns.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §3002
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
For purposes of this chapter, the term “direct marketing from farmers to consumers” shall mean the marketing of agricultural commodities at any marketplace (including, but not limited to, roadside stands, city markets, and vehicles used for house-to-house marketing of agricultural commodities) established and maintained for the purpose of enabling farmers to sell (either individually or through a farmers’ organization directly representing the farmers who produced the commodities being sold) their agricultural commodities directly to individual consumers, or organizations representing consumers, in a manner calculated to lower the cost and increase the quality of food to such consumers while providing increased financial returns to the farmers.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 3002
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102