MONEY MOVING USDA drops $67.2M to fund tomorrow's food science, HBCU style.

Key points

• The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has allocated $67.2 million for scholarships at historically Black land-grant universities.
• This funding is intended to increase diversity in the fields of food and agricultural science.
• The beneficiaries are the 1890 Institutions and their students, who will shape the future of the food industry.
• The next milestone is the announcement of the universities that will receive the grant awards from NIFA.

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