<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/sfrcgrant823.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>Small Farms Research Center Receives $8.5 Million USDA, Farm Service Agency Grant</title><summary>The Alabama A&amp;M University Small Farms Research Center (SFRC) has received $8.5 million in grant funding from USDA/Farm Service Agency (FSA) to lead outreach efforts to deliver education and technical assistance to underserved farmers of color in the Deep South (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee). </summary><date>2023-08-30T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Student learning disaster recovery skills</imageAltText><image>/_images/farmer4.png</image><name>New Funding to Allow AAMU to Facilitate Access for Farmers of Color </name><first>New</first><last>Funding to Allow AAMU to Facilitate Access for Farmers of Color </last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/sfrcgrant823.html</url><tags/></item>