1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for
1.3 	sustainable agriculture grants.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
1.6 	GRANTS.
 1.7 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $200,000 in fiscal year
1.8 	2007 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.9 	of agriculture for grants to farmers for demonstration projects
1.10 	involving sustainable agriculture as authorized in Minnesota
1.11 	Statutes, section 17.116.  Up to $20,000 of the amount
1.12 	appropriated in each year may be used for dissemination of
1.13 	information about the demonstration projects.