| Type of Board: |
Policy Making |
Created by: |
NDCC § 4-14.1-01 in 1979
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| Voting Members: |
9 |
Other Members: |
0 |
| Non-Voting Members: |
1 |
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| Length of Terms: |
2 years |
Pay/Benefits: |
State Rate, $62.50 per diem |
| Frequency of Meetings: |
Quarterly for 2 days |
Licensing Board: |
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| Address: |
1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2, Bismarck, ND 58501 |
| Phone: |
701-328-5350 |
| Fax: |
701-328-5320 |
| Website: |
www.growingnd.com |
| Email: |
jfschneider@nd.gov |
| The Commission's duties include to apply for, accept, and expend any appropriation, grant, gift, or service made available from public or private sources. The Commission administers a cooperative marketing grant program designed to encourage agricultural producers groups to develop innovative marketing strategies and it adopts rules to implement this grant program. The Commission also administers a farm diversification grant program designed to stimulate and foster diversification and innovation and to encourage value-added processing. Of the members, four are actively engaged in farming, of whom three are appointed by the governor and one appointed by the commissioner of agriculture; two are actively engaged in business and appointed by the governor. The commissioner of agriculture; director of Economic Development and Finance; president of North Dakota State University, or their designees, also serve. |
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