Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.
This bill allocates $2 million from New Jersey's General Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA NJ) to support specific programs. The funds are directly distributed as follows: $750,000 for on-farm infrastructure grants, $350,000 for equipment lending, $300,000 for value-added processing education, $300,000 for bulk supplies purchasing, $150,000 for technical support to organic and underserved farmers, $100,000 for grant writing assistance, and $50,000 for Hispanic farming communities. These programs target organic, regenerative, beginning, and underserved farmers across New Jersey. The bill supplements the FY2025 budget to fund these established initiatives without changing existing laws.
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Introduced Oct 24, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee
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Alex Sauickie
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