Bison Underground

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  1. We are bison underground an organization working to
  2. address intersectional climate agriculture and social issues.
  3. We are a multidisciplinary team with a passion for
  4. tackling complex challenges and working with marginalized communities.
  5. We have developed a technology that takes leftover stocks and
  6. leaves from crops and transfers them back into the soil
  7. where they help improve soil health, crop yields and climate resilience.
  8. This is especially important for minority farmers as they are the
  9. most likely to lose their farms after one poor harvest.
  10. Oklahoma is one of the poorest and least educated
  11. states in the country with wide social disparities.
  12. It also has a number of environmental challenges,
  13. all of which affect marginalized populations disproportionately.
  14. Mhm.
  15. Our proposal for the Inclusive Energy Prize focuses on three main objectives.
  16. First, building the technical capacity of farmers and potential farmers.
  17. Second,
  18. increasing awareness of and access to tools to help them retain and grow their farms
  19. and three
  20. provide economic opportunities for marginalized groups
  21. to build technical capacity.
  22. We will engage with agricultural communities
  23. to identify their main challenges and
  24. needs and provide demonstrations of useful
  25. tools and technologies at community colleges,
  26. state fairs and Farm expose
  27. to increase awareness of and use of these technologies.
  28. We will integrate climate and soil science into our regular work with farmers,
  29. provide interest free financing to farmers who want to use our technology
  30. and offer videos and tutorials to everyone on practices. They can adapt today
  31. to provide economic opportunities to marginalized communities.
  32. We will establish paid internships on fellowships on our team.
  33. Host skills based training open to the public,
  34. conduct intensive recruitment and outreach for roles on our team
  35. as well as on partner farms
  36. to build trust.
  37. We will dedicate full time staff to this work as well as
  38. engaged bison underground's leadership to demonstrate
  39. that this is quarter our mission.
  40. Our work is driven by belief that relationships are primary
  41. with all other achievements deriving from those connections.
  42. We will foster relationships across the social network and aim
  43. to serve everyone with dignity, transparency and optimism.
  44. To achieve these goals,
  45. we will need $200,000 which will complement existing
  46. funding and other resources we are pursuing.
  47. In order to make the most of these funds,
  48. we will build on relationships we have with the University of Oklahoma,
  49. leveraging their and our own expertise to conduct activities.
  50. In addition to the employment opportunities generated
  51. we believe this will re energize the farming community in Oklahoma
  52. with a renewed interest in climate change and new technologies.
  53. Greater far meals will help address food insecurity and ensure
  54. that people of all backgrounds have access to nutritious meals
  55. in closing while others may overlook the intersection of agriculture,
  56. climate change and social justice.
  57. We hope you'll invest in our vision,
  58. We have the tools, technology and passion
  59. to address these complex issues
  60. and move our community towards a clean energy future