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Soybean Innovation Lab director Peter Goldsmith (left) visits Pan-African Soybean Trials in Malawi. The lab, based at the University of Illinois, is continuing research on a smaller scale after the Trump administration pulled funding for USAID.
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
The Trump administration cut off nearly all funding for food and agricultural research at universities across the country as part of the Feed the Future Initiative. While some hope Congress will restore the funding, the global research continues on a much smaller scale, funded by private donors and individual universities.
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Like life, Michelle Huneven's newest novel, "Bug Hollow," has it all.
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