1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for a farmer outreach coordinator.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; FARMER OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
 1.5 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $150,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from the 
1.6 	general fund to the commissioner of agriculture to hire a full-time emerging farmer outreach 
1.7 	coordinator. The emerging farmer outreach coordinator shall connect ethnic minority and 
1.8 	immigrant farmers to farming opportunities and farming programs throughout the state.