Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.**…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** SR1(scientificresearch),locatedinridgeland, MS, ISANONPROFIT501(c)(3)organizationthatseekstoeliminatedisparitiesin health, education, and technology through partnerships and research. SR1's community oriented opportunities for learning (C.O.O.L.™) farming project goal is to educate and train 70 beginning and socially-disadvantage (BSD) farmers to plan, launch, and/or sustain independent organic farm businesses.theproject'sproposedtargetaudienceareblacks, latinx, andindigenousbsdfarmerswhoresideinsevencentralmississippi counties (hinds, leake, madison, neshoba, rankin, scott, and smith). The C.O.O.L.™ farming project will be an intensive three-year project with ongoing sustainability beyond the project period to increase the number of BSD farmers that are able to launch, incubate and/or sustain independent organic farm businesses.