2. As used in this resolution:
“Access” means the ability of all individuals to save and exchange seeds and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce, and consume the food of their own choosing for their own nourishment, sustenance, bodily health, and well-being, as long as the individual does not commit trespassing, theft, poaching, or infringement of an owner’s property rights under the “Plant Variety Protection Act,” Pub.L. 91-577 (7 U.S.C. s.2321 et seq.) or other abuses of private property rights, public lands, or natural resources in the harvesting, production, or acquisition of food. No individual may sell, trade, or allow reproduction of trademarked or patented seeds for commercial purposes in a manner that would infringe or otherwise violate the rights of the original rightsholder.
“Economic access to food” means an adequate balance, without jeopardizing the satisfaction of other basic needs, between the financial resources of an individual and the cost of food, the means to procure food, or the means of production required in supply systems.
“Food availability” means the ability of every individual to feed themselves adequately, whether directly through work on the land, through the sustainable management of biodiversity, water, and knowledge or through efficient and affordable supply systems.
“Food sovereignty” means the capacity of the people of New Jersey to freely establish the State’s priorities regarding the production, supply, and access to adequate food for the entire population, based on State production and including the choice of techniques and technologies that are optimal for ensuring people's well-being.
“Healthy food” means food that is consistent with the federal Food and Drug Association requirements for the use of the term “healthy” in food labeling pursuant to 21 C.F.R. s. 101.65.
“Individual” means a natural person.
“Local” means relating to the State of New Jersey.
“Nutritional needs” means the combination of nutrients for physical and mental growth, development, and maintenance and physical activity that is sufficient to satisfy human physiological needs at all stages of the life cycle, according to sex and occupation.
“Person” means the same as that term as defined in R.S.1:1-2.
“Physical access to food” means the ability of every individual to have food or the means to procure food physically within their reach.
“Sustainability” means reducing the environmental impact of food production, respecting biodiversity and ecosystems, and prioritizing locally grown food in order to enable access to food for present and future generations.
“Underdeveloped community” means a community that the Commissioner of Health determines exhibits lower levels of economic prosperity, education, healthcare, and access to food, compared to other communities in the State.