Advocacy in Action! TGA at the Capitol
The legislative session is in full swing and the last couple of weeks have been very eventful as we’ve participated in three lobby days where our LEAFF bill (HF4471/SF4738) was
03/16/2024
Category: LEAFF
Applications for LEAFF are now open!
This program offers a pathway to sustained wholesale market access for emerging farmers in Minnesota. With state funding and support from donors, farmers are compensated with market rate prices for
02/02/2024
We did it! LEAFF funded in Ag Omnibus Bill
Big news! Funding for our LEAFF program is included in the final 2023 Omnibus Ag, Broadband, and Rural Development Bill! We were honored to join together with partners, agency
05/22/2023
LEAFF Funding in Limbo, Six Weeks Left
Last week the Chairs of the House and Senate Ag Committees released their omnibus finance bills and as it turns out, they both vary greatly in terms of how much
04/06/2023
Legislative Update for LEAFF
March 25th, 2023 In our last update, we shared that our bill had a hearing coming up in the Minnesota House Agriculture Committee. Thanks to our partners and some outreach,
03/25/2023
We have a bill!
If you’ve followed our work for a while, you’ve probably heard about our Local Emergency Assistance Farmer Fund, also known as LEAFF. The program began in 2020 as a way
02/24/2023
LEAFF Funded in Ag Budget!
Minnesota’s legislative session came to a close on Monday, May 23rd, and while time ran out to negotiate many deals, the House and Senate did pass a bill that combined
06/03/2022
LEAFF in the Ag Omnibus – Final Stretch!
When we last checked in about LEAFF funding in the Governor’s Supplemental Agriculture Budget, there was an allocation of $1.5M to fund the program for this and the next biennium.
05/13/2022
An Update on LEAFF Legislation
This was an exciting week in the Minnesota legislature, as both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees ran through Governor Tim Walz’s Proposed Supplemental Ag Budget Bill, HF4366 in the
03/23/2022
Gov. Walz Supports Funding for LEAFF
Minnesota lawmakers kicked off the 2022 legislative session on January 31st with a historic budget surplus of over $7 billion dollars. Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan’s supplemental
02/16/2022
