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Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Food Recovery and Redistribution: A Pilot Assessment in New York’s Capital Region

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $99,987

Total award amount   $99,987

Location   Albany, NY

Program   Tipping Points

Grantee Institution   University at Albany

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is highlighting food system deficiencies. Producers are struggling to reach consumers due to concerns with processing, distribution and demand. We provided supplemental funding to the University at Albany research team to study how COVID-19 is impacting food access in New York’s Capital Region. This research is focusing on how the fresh produce recovery and redistribution arm of the Capital Region food system is responding to changes resulting from COVID-19.

Protecting Soil Health & Food Safety in Almond Orchards

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $225,000

Total award amount   $450,000

Location   Davis, CA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Almond Board of California, Bays Ranch Inc., Muller Berry Farms, Ples Due Family Farms

Grantee Institution   University of California Davis

UC Davis researchers are examining advanced harvesting practices that improve soil health and ensure food safety. The research team is testing methods of catching almond fruit in above-ground mechanical frames that do not disturb topsoil and allow growers to use the hulls as fertilizer.

FFAR Sponsors Feeding the Next Billion Challenge at XPRIZE Visioneering 2018

FFAR Prize Seeks to Revolutionize Egg Production, Improving Animal Welfare and Saving Billions

FFAR Investment in Downy Mildew Research Benefits Lettuce Producers and Consumers

FFAR Awards Grant to Reduce Methane Emissions from Dairy Cattle

FFAR Awards $1.4 Million to Purdue University, University of California, Davis and University of Edinburgh Researchers to Improve Health and Productivity of Egg-Laying Hens

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $486,593

Total award amount   $486,594

Location   Midlothian, SC

Program   Layer Hen Keel Bone Health Program

Matching Funders   Open Philanthropy Project

Grantee Institution   University of Edinburgh

FFAR awarded one of three Layer Hen Keel Bone Health Program grants to Ian Dunn, research scientist at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute and collaborators at the major poultry genetics companies Hy-Line and Lohmann Tierzucht, to improve health and productivity of egg-laying hens. Dunn is laying the groundwork for breeding hens with stronger bones by developing a novel X-ray based measurement system adapted for on-farm use.

FoodShot Global Launches New Investment Platform to Fund Innovators Taking Bold “Moonshots for Better Food”

FFAR Announces 17 Inaugural Fellows for Graduate Training Program in Food and Agriculture Science

Breakthroughs 2030 Report Identifies New Scientific Strategy to Transform U.S. Agriculture

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