A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for american indian mothers, inc., for the establishment of three sisters' farm, cannery, and co‑op.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Agriculture the sum of one million six hundred seventy‑seven thousand two hundred two dollars ($1,677,202) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year to provide funding for American Indian Mothers, Inc., to assist in the establishment of Three Sisters' Farm, Cannery, and Co‑op, located in Shannon, North Carolina. The goal of this project is to strengthen the ability of local farmers to continue meaningful farming activities on their own farms and to improve their operational effectiveness and economic viability while increasing their ability to invest in and create sustainable income from their own farms and land. The cannery to be established as part of the project will create jobs for the citizens of Robeson County and provide a new revenue base for the area.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.