1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture finance; appropriating money for the Forever Green 
1.3 	Agriculture Initiative at the University of Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$1,395,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of agriculture for a grant to the Board of Regents of the University of 
1.8 	Minnesota to fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative and protect the state's natural 
1.9 	resources while increasing the efficiency, profitability, and productivity of Minnesota 
1.10 	farmers by incorporating perennial and winter-annual crops into existing agricultural 
1.11 	practices.