For purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:
CCC--Commodity Credit Corporation.
Eligible Organization--Any U.S. organization, including, but not limited to, U.S. government agencies, State government agencies, non-profit trade associations, universities, agricultural cooperatives, and private companies.
FAS--Foreign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Participant--An entity which has entered into a TASC agreement with the CCC.
Specialty crop--all cultivated plants, or the products thereof, produced in the United States, except wheat, feed grains, oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, and tobacco.
TASC--Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops.
United States--the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. [67 FR 57327, Sept. 10, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 42564, July 18, 2003]