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A4755 • 2026

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.

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Sponsor
Sauickie, Alex
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4755

ASSEMBLY, No. 4755

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $2 million
from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic
Farming Association for certain programs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and the General Assembly
of the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� In addition to the amounts
appropriated under P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund the
following amount for the purposes specified:

10 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

40 Community Development and
Environmental Management

49 Agricultural Resources, Planning,
and Regulation

GRANTS-IN-AID

�05-3350 Food and Nutrition
Services .............................. $2,000,000

���������������� Total
Grants-in-Aid Appropriation,��������������������������������������

������������������ Agricultural
Resources, Planning, and Regulation
$2,000,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 05��� Northeast
Organic Farming Association of New Jersey ($2,000,000)

Notwithstanding the provisions of
any law or regulation to the contrary, the amount hereinabove appropriated for
the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey shall be directly
distributed as follows: $750,000 for grants for critical on-farm infrastructure
and farm viability projects; $350,000 for an on-farm processing and equipment lending
program; $300,000 for value-added processing education and technical assistance
programs; $300,000 for a Statewide bulk supplies purchasing program; $150,000
for technical support to organic, regenerative, beginning and underserved
farmers; $100,000 for grant writing education and technical assistance; and
$50,000 to provide support for Hispanic farming communities.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill supplements the
Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Act to make an additional appropriation of $2
million from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture, to be
distributed to the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA
NJ).

���� NOFA NJ is a Statewide
organization serving organic, regenerative, beginning, and underserved farmers
in New Jersey, with programming and services that meet the community�s needs.
NOFA NJ�s work supports all farmers and participants in the food system, increasing
opportunities for collaboration and engagement between a wide variety of
stakeholders and producers.�����

���� The $2 million supplemental
appropriation is required to be used for the following programs in the
designated amounts:

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$750,000
for mini-grants for critical on-farm infrastructure and farm viability projects
to continue a mini-grant program established in February 2024;

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$350,000
for an on-farm processing and equipment lending program;

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$300,000
for value-added processing education and technical assistance programs to
provide comprehensive education and services such as product development,
marketing, labeling, profitability studies, food handling hazard analysis, and
miscellaneous technical support services;

�

$300,000
for a Statewide bulk supplies purchasing program;

�

$150,000
to provide technical support to organic, regenerative, beginning and
underserved farmers;

�

$100,000
for grant writing education and technical assistance; and

�

$50,000
to support Hispanic farming communities in the State.