Section 282. Definitions

As used in this article:
    1.  "Direct  marketing"  means  the  sale  of  farm  and food products
  directly from producers to consumers and food buyers.
    2. "Farm and food  product"  means  any  agricultural,  horticultural,
  forest,  or  other  product  of  the  soil or water that has been grown,
  harvested, or produced  wholly  within  the  state  of  New  York.  Such
  products  shall include but not be limited to: fruits, vegetables, eggs,
  dairy products, meat and meat products, poultry  and  poultry  products,
  fish   and  fish  products,  grain  and  grain  products,  honey,  nuts,
  preserves, maple sap products, apple cider, fruit juice,  ornamental  or
  vegetable   plants,   nursery  products,  flowers,  firewood,  fermented
  agricultural products, and Christmas trees.
    3. "Producer" means any person who grows, produces, or  causes  to  be
  grown  or  produced  any  farm and food products in New York state. This
  term shall also  include  members  of  the  producer's  family  and  the
  producer's employees.
    4.  "Farmers'  market"  means  any  building,  structure or place, the
  property of a municipal corporation or under lease to or  in  possession
  of  a  public  or  private agency, used or intended to be used by two or
  more producers for the direct  sale  of  farm  and  food  products  from
  producers  to  consumers  and  food buyers. Such market may also include
  facilities for  the  packing,  shipping,  first-instance  processing  or
  storage  of farm and food products, and shall include all equipment used
  or intended to be used in connection with such facilities.  Such  market
  may  also  include other businesses which reasonably serve the public or
  make the market more convenient, efficient,  profitable  or  successful,
  including,  but  not  limited  to,  food  service,  baking, and non-food
  retailing.
    5. "Public  or  private  agencies"  means  any  department,  division,
  bureau,  or  program  of  the  federal  or  state  government,  or local
  governments,   public   benefit   corporations,    private    non-profit
  organizations, or educational institutions.