§ 3. Declaration of policy and purposes. The agricultural industry is\nbasic to the life of our state. It vitally concerns and affects the\nwelfare, health, economic well-being and productive and industrial\ncapabilities of all our people. It is the policy and duty of the state\nto promote, foster, and encourage the agricultural industry, with proper\nstandards of living for those engaged therein; to design and establish\nlong-range programs for its stabilization and profitable operation; to\nincrease through education, research, regulation, and scientific means,\nthe quantity, quality, and efficiency of its production; to improve its\nmarketing system; to encourage adequate and skilled assistance for\nagricultural enterprises; to maintain at fair prices uncontrolled by\nspeculation the
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§ 3. Declaration of policy and purposes. The agricultural industry is\nbasic to the life of our state. It vitally concerns and affects the\nwelfare, health, economic well-being and productive and industrial\ncapabilities of all our people. It is the policy and duty of the state\nto promote, foster, and encourage the agricultural industry, with proper\nstandards of living for those engaged therein; to design and establish\nlong-range programs for its stabilization and profitable operation; to\nincrease through education, research, regulation, and scientific means,\nthe quantity, quality, and efficiency of its production; to improve its\nmarketing system; to encourage adequate and skilled assistance for\nagricultural enterprises; to maintain at fair prices uncontrolled by\nspeculation the instrumentalities and products of agriculture; to remove\nunnecessary or unfair costs and obstacles in the transportation,\nstorage, processing, distribution, marketing, and sale of agricultural\nproducts; to prevent frauds in the traffic therein; to promote an\nexpanded demand for the state's agricultural products and the\nintelligent uses thereof by consumers as pure and wholesome food; to\nprotect the public health and to eliminate the evils of\nunder-nourishment; to encourage the selection and consumption of food\naccording to sound dietary and nutritional principles; to improve our\ncitizens' overall health and to combat the increasing incidence of adult\nand childhood obesity; and to make our people conscious of the bond of\nmutual self-interest between our urban and our rural populations.\n Accordingly, all laws enacted concerning the agricultural industry and\nits allied subjects, whether included in this chapter or not, are to be\ndeemed an exercise of the police power of the state and a discharge of\nits obligations for the promotion of the general welfare through\nstate-wide laws and regulations, local initiative and government,\ncooperative action between groups and localities, home-rule measures,\nindividual enterprise, civic consciousness, and appropriate coordination\nwith the federal government and as between educational research\ninstitutions within the state.\n Such laws and all governmental measures adopted pursuant thereto\nshould receive a liberal interpretation and application in furtherance\nof the aforesaid policy and purposes.\n