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Committee outlines budget priorities: local food, farm supports, conservation districts
Summary
A legislative committee discussed priorities for the governor's recommended budget and additional funding requests for local food programs, farm support grants and conservation districts, and directed staff to draft a letter to the House Appropriations Committee summarizing the committee's positions.
The Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee discussed which programs to emphasize in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee as it reviews the governor's recommended budget.
Committee members said base funding in the governor's recommendation includes $500,000 for the local purchasing incentive and $500,000 for the farm-to-school program, and they noted $200,000 for the fairs-and-fields program. The budget discussion also identified a one-time request of $850,000 to set up a database and contractor support related to CAFOs and ongoing negotiations with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Members also mentioned a request connected to the Land Access and Opportunity work and referenced possible use of cannabis excise tax revenue to support some proposals.
Why it matters: committee members said the letter to appropriations…
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