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Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Regulations (US Food and Nutrition Service Regulation) (FNS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Regulations (US Food and Nutrition Service Regulation) (FNS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule implements the provision of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 that gives the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to promulgate regulations for the operation and administration of the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), thereby making it a permanent program rather than a competitive grant. The purposes of the SFMNP are to provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs to low-income seniors; to increase the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding or aiding in the expansion of domestic farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs; and to develop or aid in the development of new and additional farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs. This book contains: - The complete text of the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Regulations (US Food and Nutrition Service Regulation) (FNS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section