Bill > HB204

This bill, the Healthy Soil Act, creates the Healthy Soil Program and Healthy Soil Grant Program in the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. The program aims to promote and support farming, ranching, and other land management systems that increase soil organic matter, aggregate stability, microbiology, and water retention to improve the health, yield, and profitability of the state's soils. The bill outlines the program's components, including a soil assessment and education program, a grant program for technical assistance to producers and land managers, and efforts to encourage collaboration and support local economic growth. The funds appropriated for the program may be used for various purposes, such as the grant program, assessment and education, promotion, staffing, capacity building, and soil health research.

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https://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislation.aspx?chamber=H&legtype=B&legno=204&year=19