<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2022/01/kentucky-state-university-agriculture-professors-receive-nearly-60000-to-encourage-organic-agriculture .php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate/><title>Kentucky State University agriculture professors receive nearly $60,000 to encourage organic agriculture</title><author/><summary/><image><img src="/brand-identity-approved-images/news-images/academic-logo-lt-grn-featured-image.jpg" alt="Kentucky State University agriculture professors receive nearly $60,000 to encourage organic agriculture"/></image><caption/><description>Kentucky State University’s Dr. Shawn Lucas and Dr. Marcus Bernard received a $59,626 grant to bring information about organic agriculture and careers in organic agriculture to minority and underrepresented stakeholders. The three-year grant is funded by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Black Grant, administered through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The project is titled “Addressing diversity, equity...</description></item>