1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; appropriating money for the Sustainable Agriculture Project 
1.3 	in northeastern Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AGRICULTURE RECLAMATION ACT.
 1.6 	(a) $265,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $265,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the general fund to the commissioner of agriculture for transfer to the Board of Regents of 
1.8 	the University of Minnesota for the Sustainable Agriculture Project at the University of 
1.9 	Minnesota, Duluth, to train young people and others who are interested in sustainable 
1.10 	agriculture and regional food systems and to generate economic development, jobs, and 
1.11 	access to healthier foods in rural northeastern Minnesota. The base for fiscal year 2023 is 
1.12 	$0.
1.13 	(b) This act may be cited as the "Northeast Minnesota Agriculture Reclamation Act."