Section 20

(505 ILCS 92/20) Sec. 20. Program administration. (a) The grant administrator shall create an independent Local Food Infrastructure Steering Committee to guide the implementation and evaluation of the grant program created by this Act. The Steering Committee shall be composed of, at a minimum, the following members: at least 3 farmers, including one specialty crop farmer, one livestock farmer, and one farmer of color; one representative from the local food processing industry; one representative from a nonprofit organization serving farmers of color; one representative from a nonprofit organization serving farmers at large; and one representative from the Illinois Stewardship Alliance Local Food Farmer Caucus so long as the Caucus exists. (b) The Steering Committee's responsibilities shall include advising the Department and any other grant administrator on the following matters: (1) application requirements and terms of grant agreements; (2) grant criteria and preferences, including additional criteria and preferences to be