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Working Lands Enterprise Initiative funded 38 projects in FY2025 as demand far outpaced $1 million appropriation
Summary
The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative received about $5.37 million in FY2025 requests but had a $1,000,000 base appropriation; the program funded 38 projects totaling $1,064,208 and reported $19.5 million in cumulative state grants since 2012 with $31.9 million in matching funds.
The Working Lands Enterprise Initiative, a state program created in 2012 to support farm, forest and food businesses, funded 38 projects in fiscal year 2025 with $1,064,208 in grants, program staff said.
Program manager Elizabeth Sippel told the committee the initiative received $5,372,191 in requests for FY2025, meaning roughly one in five requests were funded under the $1,000,000 base appropriation included in the governor’s budget for FY2025 and FY2026. That…
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