Headline : Minnesota should increase agriculture budget to deliver for famers, communities and rural Minnesota

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Today, leading Minnesota organizations on hunger relief and agriculture submitted a letter to the Minnesota House and Senate leadership, urging legislators to increase the 2023 agriculture budget to invest in our farmers and food systems. With a historic $17.6 billion surplus, the Minnesota Legislature has a unique opportunity to deliver for small and mid-sized farmers, farm and food system, and rural communities.

Twenty-two groups signed onto the letter, led by Land Stewardship Project, Second Harvest Heartland, and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. 285 individual farmers also signed on to an earlier petition for a higher agriculture budget.

Right now, Minnesota spends less than 0.5% of its budget on agriculture. Agriculture is responsible for $112 billion annually in total economic impact in Minnesota, driven by farmers, farmworkers, food makers, processors and entrepreneurs. To better support the state’s farmers and rural communities, the Agriculture Committees deserve at least a $110 million budget target.

An increased budget would provide appropriate space to support the many priorities funded through the Agriculture Committees, including programs that would:

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