October 17, 2018 FFAR Prize Seeks to Revolutionize Egg Production, Improving Animal Welfare and Saving Billions
September 13, 2018 FoodShot Global Launches New Investment Platform to Fund Innovators Taking Bold “Moonshots for Better Food”
August 7, 2018 FFAR Announces 17 Inaugural Fellows for Graduate Training Program in Food and Agriculture Science
July 18, 2018 Breakthroughs 2030 Report Identifies New Scientific Strategy to Transform U.S. Agriculture
National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research: Rodolphe Barrangou Year Awarded 2018 Total award amount $100,000 Location Raleigh, NC Matching Funders Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grantee Institution NC State University Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou was awarded the 2018 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research for pioneering research establishing CRISPR as the adaptive immune system of bacteria, a discovery which promoted the practical use of CRISPR-Cas systems for genome editing.
Identifying Leverage Points for Food System Transformations Year Awarded 2018 FFAR award amount $1,000,002 Total award amount $2,005,803 Location Flint, MI Program Tipping Points Matching Funders Community Foundation of Greater Flint, C.S. Molt Foundation, Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Fitness Foundation, Michigan State University