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Agriculture Innovation Center Program
The Agriculture Innovation Center (AIC) Program was authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, better known as the 2002 Farm Bill. In 2003, ten grants were awarded to centers around the country to provide technical and business development assistance to agricultural producers seeking to enter into ventures that add value to commodities or products they produce. A list of centers is below.
State
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Center
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Amount
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Indiana
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Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center
http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/aicc/conf.asp
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$1,000,000
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Iowa
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Iowa Agriculture Innovation Center
http://www.iowaaginnovationcenter.com/
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$1,000,000
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Kansas
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Kansas Ag Innovation Center
http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/innovation/
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$1,000,000
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Michigan
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Great Lakes Agriculture Innovation Program
Michigan State Univeristy Product Center
http://www.productcenter.msu.edu
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$999,860
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Minnesota
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Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
http://www.auri.org/
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1,000,000
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Montana
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Montana Agriculture Innovation Center
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$1,000,000
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New Jersey
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Rutgers University Food Innovation Center
http://www.fire.rutgers.edu/
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$1,000,000
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New York
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New York Agricultural Innovation Center
http://agviability.cornell.edu/index.htm
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$993,200
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North Dakota
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Agricultural Innovation Demonstration Center
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$1,000,000
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Pennsylvania
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The Keystone Agricultural Innovation Center
http://kaic.psu.edu/
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$996,935
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