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Committee reviews governor’s budget items and outside funding requests for farm and food programs
Summary
The Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee reviewed governor’s proposed base funding for several agriculture programs and a series of additional funding requests (working lands, food bank programs, conservation districts). The committee agreed to draft a letter to appropriations and continue deliberations on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Committee leaders reviewed budget requests affecting farm, school and conservation programs and asked members to confirm priorities before sending a letter to the House Appropriations Committee.
Why it matters: the committee’s recommendations feed the appropriations process and could influence whether request items such as local purchasing incentives, farm-to-school funding and emergency farm relief appear in the final state budget.
Key items discussed: the governor’s proposed base funding included $500,000 each for the Local Purchasing…
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