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Panel backs cleanup to Sustainable Farms and Fields grant to prioritize fuel and energy savings
Summary
Senate Bill 5391 would allow Sustainable Farms and Fields grants to prioritize projects that reduce emissions by improving energy efficiency or cutting fuel use, and would clarify confusing compost‑spreader language.
Senate Bill 5391, which would amend the Sustainable Farms and Fields grant program, received a public hearing before the Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee.
Committee staff explained three primary changes: remove a narrowly worded allowable use tied to compost spreader purchases that staff said is difficult to implement as written; add a prioritization criterion to explicitly allow consideration of projects that “reduce or avoid carbon dioxide‑equivalent emissions through…
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