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Oregon Tilth 

Year Awarded  2023

Total award amount   $63,173

Location   Corvallis, OR

Matching Funders   The Organic Center

Grantee Institution   Oregon Tilth

This 2023 Prize allows Oregon Tilth to train additional farmers and agriculture professionals in organic certification, organic regulations, production practices and profitability tools. The Prize also funds convenings for organic certifiers that explore ways to streamline linkages between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service support and the organic certification process. Lastly, the Prize supports the Know Your Cost to Grow program, an online curriculum and cost calculation app developed to help producers develop and utilize cost information.

Kalona Regenerative Network Producer Education Training Program 

Year Awarded  2023

Total award amount   $77,777

Location   Kalona, IA

Matching Funders   The Organic Center

Grantee Institution   Kalona Regenerative Network

Kalona Regenerative Network is educating farmers to use regenerative and organic farming methods to restore ecosystem health, grow more nutrient dense food and create profitable farms. With this Prize, KRN is offering organic certification in-house and implementing a pay-what-you-can and scholarship model for their Producer Education Program. The Prize also supports accessible education and guidance to help producers and consumers drive change within the U.S. food system.

Grant Aims to Close Biosecurity Gap in U.S. Swine Production 

Partnership Empowers HBCU Students to Become Ag-Tech Impact Investors 

Engineering Beneficial Bacteria to Improve Human Health 

FFAR Fellow, Echo Pan

FFAR is Accepting Pre-Proposals for Seeding Solutions 2023 

Huaijun Zhou Awarded the 2023 NAS Prize in Food & Agriculture Sciences 

AgMission and PepsiCo Seek Regenerative Agriculture Research to Bolster Climate Resilient Farms and Value Chains 

New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award 

Year Awarded  2023

FFAR award amount   Applicants are eligible for grants up to $150,000 per year for a maximum of three years

Total award amount   $150,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

The New Innovator Award supports early-career scientists pursuing research that sustainably enhances agricultural production or improves health through food. By investing in scientists and faculty members at the onset of their careers, this award allows them to pursue research without the pressures of securing additional funding.

FFAR Seeks Nominations for New Innovator Award