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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 375 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 413; in 2001, chapters 17<\/a> and 398<\/a>; in 2009, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":357496,"section_number":"3.2-311","catch_line":"Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-311\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1422609,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357548,"identifier":"3.2-3500","token":"3.2\/III\/35\/3.2-3500","url":"\/3.2-3500\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3500\/","token":"3.2\/III\/35\/3.2-3500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Development of farmers market system","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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1.<\/span> Identify farmers market needs throughout the Commonwealth; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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4.<\/span> Promote the coordination of Virginia’s farmers market development with other segments of the Commonwealth’s economy, such as tourism, horticultural production and marketing, fruit and vegetable production and marketing, retail trade, wholesale trade, intrastate marketing, interstate marketing, and new marketing ventures such as electronic marketing; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Advise the Governor on the development of the system of state-owned farmers market facilities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEVELOPMENT OF FARMERS MARKET SYSTEM (\u00a7 3.2-3500)\n\nIn overseeing the development of a farmers market system, the Board shall:\n\n1. Identify farmers market needs throughout the Commonwealth;\n\n2. Promote the orderly growth and development of farmers markets;\n\n3. Promote public awareness of farmers markets;\n\n4. Promote the coordination of Virginia’s farmers market development with\nother segments of the Commonwealth’s economy, such as tourism,\nhorticultural production and marketing, fruit and vegetable production and\nmarketing, retail trade, wholesale trade, intrastate marketing, interstate\nmarketing, and new marketing ventures such as electronic marketing; and\n\n5. Advise the Governor on the development of the system of state-owned farmers\nmarket facilities.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 375, \u00a7 3.1-73.3; 1989, c. 413; 2001, cc. 17, 398; 2009, c.\n860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}