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A Debt to

Why URI’s Land-Grant Mission Still Matters

By Anna Vaccaro Gray ’12, M.S. ’16

This story was originally published in University of Rhode Island Magazine; Vol. 7, No. 3; Summer 2025. Amended and reprinted with permission. Photos: Seth Jacobson; Nora Lewis; Courtesy URI Master Gardeners Program

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