8 CCR 1204-9-1 - Definitions
1.1.
"Agriculture" means the science and art of production of plants and animals
useful to humans, including, to a variable extent, the preparation of these
products for human use and their disposal by marketing or otherwise, and
includes horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, forestry, dairy, livestock,
poultry, bee, and any and all forms of farm products and farm
production.
1.2. "Advisory
Committee '' means the committee created in section
35-1-117(3)(b)(i),
C.R.S., to recommend to and assist the Department with the development of grant
applications for the Grant Program, a disbursement timeline for the grants; a
rubric to evaluate grant applications, the evaluation of grant applications,
and awarding grant money to eligible recipients.
1.3. "Award Period" means the period of time
during which the Department will receive applications in support of Grant
Awards from the Grant Program and includes the Department's time to process
such applications.
1.4. "Awardee"
means an applicant for a Grant Award that has been offered, or has received, a
Grant Award from the CFA Grant Program. Also known as a beneficiary for
purposes of SLFRF funding.
1.5.
"BIPOC" means Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Pronounced "bye-pock,"
this is a term specific to the United States, intended to center the
experiences of Black and Indigenous groups and demonstrate solidarity between
communities of color.
1.6.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's
designee.
1.7. "Community Food
Access Program (CFA Program or Program)" means the program created in section
35-1-117, C.R.S., to improve
access to and lower prices for healthy foods in low-income and underserved
areas of the state by supporting small-food retailers through grants and the
Consortium.
1.8. "Community Food
Consortium (Consortium)" means the community food consortium created in section
35-1-117(8)(a),
C.R.S., to support small-food retailers and Colorado-owned and
Colorado-operated farms by connecting them to resources, subsidizing
distribution fees, and performing value chain coordination.
1.9. "Department" or "CDA" means the Colorado
Department of Agriculture created in section
35-1-103, C.R.S.
1.10. "Direct Impact" means an increase in
the distribution or sale of healthy food for a LILA community, or lowered price
of healthy food for a LILA community, which can be reasonably attributed as an
output from a Grant Award.
1.11.
"Eligible Use" means an applicant's or Awardee's expense that qualifies as:
1.11.1. a necessary operating
expense;
1.11.2. costly equipment
purchase;
1.11.3. point of sales
systems; or
1.11.4. accounting and
book management necessary to fulfill an Awardee's requirements as set forth in
Part 3 of this rule.
1.12. "Eligible Business" means a Small
Family Farm or a Small Food Retailer that has been awarded a Grant Award for an
Eligible Use.
1.13. "Farm Direct
Operation" means a farm that sells Colorado grown or raised products directly
to consumers.
1.14. "Grant Award"
means a contractual award of funds to an Eligible Business through the Small
Food Business Recovery and Resilience Grant Program.
1.15. "Grant Program" or "CFA Grant Program"
means the Small Food Business Recovery and Resilience Grant Program created in
section 35-1-117(3)(a),
C.R.S.
1.16. "Healthy Food" means
fresh, frozen, unprocessed or minimally processed produce; locally grown or
raised products; other food items that may not be normally present in a
particular location but that serve the culinary and health needs of a
particular population; nutrient dense proteins and grains; or other foods
meeting a local definition of "healthy" and that provide nutritional value for
human health. Healthy food does not include prepared foods or hot and ready
foods.
1.17. "Limited Supermarket
Access Area" means an area where households have inadequate and inequitable
access to supermarkets, based on income, distance to existing stores, and car
ownership rates.
1.18. "Low-income,
low-access community (LILA community)" means a residential area (rural, urban,
semi-urban) whose residents are primarily low-income and who have limited
access to affordable, healthy food.
1.19. "Minimally processed food" means a food
that has been slightly altered for the main purpose of preservation, but which
does not substantially change the nutritional content of the food. Examples
include cleaning and removing inedible or unwanted parts, grinding,
refrigeration, pasteurization, fermentation, freezing, and vacuum-packaging to
permit food to be stored for a greater amount of time and remain safe to
eat.
1.20. "Prepared Foods" means
foods that are hot at the point of sale, or packaged food intended to be
consumed immediately.
1.21.
"Qualified Census Tract" means any census tract that is designated by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and, for the most recent year for
which census data are available on household income in such tract, either in
which 50 percent or more of the households have an income that is less than 60
percent of the area median gross income for such year or that has a poverty
rate of at least 25 percent.
1.22.
"Rural" means any population, housing, or territory not in an urban area as
defined in this rule.
1.23. "Season
extension" means any action or investment by a small family farmer or small
food retailer that extends their growing season to support both the production
and sale of healthy local food during times of the year when healthy local food
is not traditionally available.
1.24. "Small Family Farm" means a farm that
is Colorado-owned and Colorado-operated and has an annual gross revenue below
three hundred fifty thousand dollars, as set forth in section
35-1-117(8)(d).
1.25. "Small Food Retailer" has the same
meaning as set forth in section
35-1-117(8)(e)(I) and
(II), C.R.S.
1.26. "SNAP" means the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program established in Part 3 of Article
2 of Title
26 of the Colorado Revised
Statutes.
1.27. "Staple food" means
food in the following categories: meat, poultry, or fish; bread or cereals;
vegetables or fruits; and dairy products. The meat, poultry, or fish category
also includes up to three types of plant-based protein sources (i.e.,
nuts/seeds, beans, and peas) as well as varieties of plant-based meat analogues
(e.g., tofu). The dairy category also includes varieties of plant-based dairy
alternative staple food items such as, but not limited to, almond milk and soy
yogurt. Hot foods do not qualify as staple foods. Commercially processed foods
and prepared mixtures with multiple ingredients that do not represent a single
staple food category shall only be counted in one staple food category. "Staple
food" does not include accessory food items, such as coffee, tea, cocoa,
carbonated and uncarbonated drinks, candy, condiments, and spices.
1.28. "Technical Assistance'' means direct
support provided to an applicant for a Grant Award or an Awardee to complete
and submit an application for a Grant Award; to identify and gather required
documentation to receive a Grant Award; to comply with reporting and invoicing
requirements after a Grant Award is offered; and to provide assistance with any
other direct support that advances funding of a Grant Award or use of a Grant
Award. Technical Assistance may include translation and interpretation services
upon request and as the Department determines necessary.
1.29. "Unprocessed food" means the natural
edible food parts of plants and animals.
1.30. "Urban" means a densely settled core of
census blocks that encompasses at least 2,000 housing units or that has a
population of at least 5,000 people or that is identified in the 2020 "Census
Qualifying Urban Areas and Final Criteria Clarifications," adopted by reference
herein (87 Federal Register Vol. 87, No. 249, 80114; effective December 29,
2022). Material incorporated by reference does not include any later amendments
or editions of the incorporated material. Copies of material incorporated by
reference are available for public inspection during regular business hours and
may be obtained at a reasonable charge or examined by contacting the Markets
Division, Colorado Department of Agriculture, 305 Interlocken Parkway,
Broomfield, CO 80021. Further, the incorporated material may be examined at no
cost on the Internet at:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/29/2022-28286/2020-census-qualifying-urban-areas-and-final-criteria-clarifications.
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