University of Kentucky students will have new opportunities to study animal agriculture following the Wednesday ribbon-cutting of the new Meats and Foods Industry Advancement Center.
In addition to the new research facility, originally budgeted at $90 million, the site at the C. Oran Little Research Farm will also feature a community farm store, Wildcat Market, offering meat produced by UK students studying animal agriculture, butchering and processing.
UK Vice President for Land-Grant Engagement Laura Stephenson said the facility is “an important step forward” for agriculture in the commonwealth…