As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Agency” means an entity that receives at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) a year from the state and offers a food service program.
(2) “Agency” includes without limitation: An institution of higher education;
(3) A child care facility;
(4) A state park;
(5) An after-school program;
(6) A state agency or other entity of the state;
(7) A designee under contract to provide a food service program for an agency; and
(8) A designee under contract to provide wholesale local farm or food products for an agency;
(9) “Distributor” means a person or entity involved in marketing and distributing local farm or food products to another entity, including without limitation to: A restaurant;
(10) A healthcare facility;
(11) An educational institution;
(12) A hospitality business, including without limitation a hotel or inn;
(13) A government entity; or
(14) An agency.
(15) “Distributor” includes a person or entity that provides food products at wholesale to another company that provides or manages a food service program;
(16) “Food product” means a substance, whether in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried, or dehydrated form, that is sold for ingestion or chewing by humans and is consumed for its taste or nutritional value;
(17) “Food service program” means the preparation and consumption of food products at an on-site cafeteria.
(18) “Food service program” does not include catered events, franchises, or privately owned third-party vendors that do not serve as the primary provider for the delivery of food products on behalf of an agency; and
(19) “Local farm or food products” means food products that are grown in Arkansas or packaged and processed in Arkansas, or both.