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

1.5 	Section 1. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DEMONSTRATION GRANTS.
 1.6 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for grants to farmers for demonstration 
1.8 	projects involving sustainable agriculture as authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.9 	17.116. Up to one-fourth of the annual appropriations may be used for dissemination 
1.10 	of information about the demonstration projects. This appropriation is available until 
1.11 	expended.