North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1154: Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program.
Status: Introduced, May 13, 2026
What the bill says
An act to expand the farmshare food hub program, to appropriate funds to the north carolina farmers market network, and to expand the double up food bucks program.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO EXPAND THE FARMSHARE FOOD HUB PROGRAM, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS MARKET NETWORK, AND TO EXPAND THE DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS PROGRAM. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be allocated to the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, a nonprofit organization, to be used to provide grants to support the FarmSHARE program administered by the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association in working with partners across the State to purchase locally grown food and distribute it free to food-insecure individuals and households across North Carolina. SECTION 1.(b) Until all funds appropriated by this section have been expended, the Department shall annually report no later than October 1 from the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association during the prior fiscal year to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources and the Fiscal Research Division on at least all of the following: (1) The number of local farmers participating in the program. (2) The participating food hub locations and community organizations, including location type, providing access to participants in the program. (3) The amount of …
Sponsors
- McNeely, Jeffrey C. (R, 84) · primary sponsor
- Penny, Howard (R, 53) · primary sponsor
- Gillespie, Karl E. (R, 120) · primary sponsor
- Almond, Jonathan L. (R, 73) · primary sponsor
- Ager, Eric (D, 114)
- Jennifer Balkcom (R, HD-117)
- Ball, Cynthia (D, 49)
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Branson, Jerry (R, 59)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Brown, Kanika (D, 71)
- Butler, Deb (D, 18)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations
- : Reptd Fav
- : Ref to the Com on Agriculture and Environment, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: AGRICULTURE, BUDGETING, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE DEPT., PUBLIC, FOODS & BEVERAGES, FOOD & NUTRITION PROGRAMS, REPORTING
Common questions
- What is H1154?
- H1154 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program.
- What does H1154 do?
- In its own words: An act to expand the farmshare food hub program, to appropriate funds to the north carolina farmers market network, and to expand the double up food bucks program.
- What is the status of H1154?
- Introduced as of May 13, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations (May 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1154?
- McNeely, Jeffrey C. (R, 84), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1154?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1154
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