A new grant is aimed at helping small farmers in Arkansas connect with buyers, affording those producers upward economic mobility while expanding access to healthy food and providing an avenue for buyers to get more local products in their stores.
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $750,000 grant to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The award will be used to develop culturally appropriate food literacy programming for the Arkansas Delta, according to a news release.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to the University of Arkansas Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research.
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