W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards $6 Million to Michigan State University for Food


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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded $6 million in grants to Michigan State University in East Lansing for research and outreach programs to support and encourage access to healthy food in the region.

The foundation is making two grants over four years to its Center for Regional Food Systems. The grants will support local state farmers, advance local food produce and purchase, and foster farm-to-school programs.


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