<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2021/12/kentucky-state-university-received-nearly-350000-to-help-improve-water-quality.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>12/10/2021</pubDate><title>Kentucky State University received nearly $350,000 to help improve water quality</title><author/><summary/><image><img src="/brand-identity-approved-images/news-images/academic-logo-lt-grn-featured-image.jpg" alt="Kentucky State University received nearly $350,000 to help improve water quality"/></image><caption/><description>Kentucky State University recently received a grant for nearly $350,000 to help farmers improve water quality. Kentucky State University recently received $349,781.50 from the USDA for a grant titled, “Helping Small-Scale and Socially Disadvantaged Growers in Improving Water Quality to Ensure Food Safety of Produce for Consumers and Increased Sales.”  More than 75 percent of Kentucky farmers have sales of less than $25,000 per year...</description></item>