Support of Greenfield Farm Writers Residency Tops $4 Million

Donors, state legislature provide resources for Greenfield Farm Writers Residency at UM.

From the University of Mississippi Foundation News

Mississippi author Aimee Nezhukumatathil at the future site of Greenfield Farm Writers Residency. Image from UM Foundation news. 

Support for the University of Mississippi’s plans to develop Greenfield Farm Writers Residency — the state’s first significant infrastructure investment in contemporary writers — now tops $4 million thanks to two new private gifts and the Mississippi Legislature.

The Gertrude C. Ford Foundation of Jackson, Mississippi, has committed $500,000 to the project, and Ouida and Wayne Drinkwater of Oxford, Mississippi, have made a $250,000 gift. The Mississippi Legislature has appropriated $750,000 for the retreat-style writers’ compound.

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