N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced
the appropriation for this item by $95,000 to $4,880,165
For the operation of the department of food and agriculture, including the office of the
commissioner, the expenses of the board of agriculture, the division of dairy services, the
division of regulatory services and animal health, including a program of laboratory services at
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the expenses of the pesticides board, the division of
agricultural development and fairs, including the expenses of the agricultural lands board;
provided, that allotment funds for 4-H activities may be expended from this item; provided
further, that not less than $287,245 shall be expended for the farmer's market coupon program;
provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for agricultural fair prizes,
including prizes for pie baking; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be
expended for the cost of leased agricultural equipment at the Smith vocational high school in
Northampton; provided further, that not less than $55,000 shall be expended for the purposes of
the mastitis laboratory at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; provided further, that
funds shall be made available from this item for the cranberry trade initiative, so-called;
provided further, that not less than $49,976 be expended on the rabies control program; and
provided further, that $300,000 shall be expended for implementation of the agricultural
marketing strategic plan, including, but not limited to, a "Buy Local" campaign, so-called, and
funding for agricultural business training and technical assistance
For a reimbursement program for vendors which are certified by the commissioner of the
department of food and agriculture pursuant to section 7A of chapter 128C of the General Laws,
for all or part of the costs of preparing and placing for adoption greyhounds bred for racing
which have reached the end of their racing career or for all or part of the costs incurred by such
vendors for the humane disposition of said greyhounds
Greyhound Disposition and Adoption Trust Fund
...............................................................100.0%
2511-0105
For the purchase of supplemental foods for the emergency food assistance program within the
second harvest nationally-certified food bank system of Massachusetts; provided, that the funds
appropriated herein shall be expended for food to be distributed by the greater Boston food bank
as follows: 73.5 per cent to the greater Boston food bank, including a portion to be distributed to
the Merrimack valley food bank pursuant to a contractual agreement between said food bank and
the greater Boston food bank, 15.2 per cent to the food bank of western Massachusetts, and 11.3
per cent to the Worcester county food bank; and provided further, that no more than $150,000
shall be made available for a statewide nutrition education program
N.B. - The Acting Governor has reduced the appropriation for this item by
$100,000 to $299,500 — the figure $250,000 in the text of the item has been reduced to
$150,000
For the integrated pest management program; provided, that not less than $250,000 shall
be expended for the purpose of a research grant at the University of Massachusetts; provided
further, that said university shall not assess any overhead costs or charges to funds allocated to
said university from this line item
N.B. - The Acting Governor has struck the italicized language and reduced
the appropriation for this item by $165,597 to $140,207
For the development of the aquaculture program, including promotion, marketing, industry
unification, and a grant program that is responsive to the needs of the Massachusetts aquaculture
industry; provided, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for shellfish propagation on
the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket to be administered jointly by the state
aquaculture coordinator and Dukes and Nantucket counties
Mosquito and Greenhead Fly Control Fund ...............................................................100.0%
For the expenses of the following mosquito control projects;
provided, that persons employed in these projects shall be exempt from the provisions of section
29A of chapter 29 of the General Laws: