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FMI Foundation Launches Protocol to Inform Emerging Issues in the Food, Agricultural & Consumer Goods Sectors, FFAR Co-Funds First Pilot Project

FFAR and National Pork Board Collaborate to Launch Swine Health Research Program

16 Research Teams Receive FFAR Grants to Improve Pollinator Health

FFAR Awards $1.25 Million Grant to Study Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing for Cattle

FFAR Awards $1 Million Grant to Improve Health through Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

FFAR Fellows Program 2018 Cohort

Year Awarded  2018

Matching Funders   North Carolina State University

A unique three-year fellowship that prepares up to 48 graduate students to be the next generation of food and agriculture scientists by using an interdisciplinary approach to career readiness. Fellows work with university and industry representatives, as well as their peers, to conduct urgent research and engage in professional development.

Kirchner Food Fellowship 2018-19 Cohort

Year Awarded  2018

Location   Birmingham, AL & Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Kirchner Impact Foundation, North Carolina State University and the Kirchner Group

The Kirchner Food Fellowship, an initiative of the Kirchner Impact Foundation, is a program supporting young agriculture financiers. This cohort represents the first year of collaboration between the Kirchner Impact Foundation, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and North Carolina State University to prepare the fellows to make critical agriculture business investment decisions.

Developing Public School Curricula and Training High School Students and Teachers as Ambassadors for Pollinator Protection

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $297,499

Total award amount   $594,998

Location   West Lafayette, IN

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Purdue University

Grantee Institution   Purdue University

Purdue University’s Entomology Department is developing a public-school curriculum that uses digital badges to encourage students to create community-driven pollinator protection movements.

Impact of Prairie on Reducing Interacting Stressors on Pollinator Health

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $503,028

Total award amount   $1,006,343

Location   Ames, Iowa

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Bayer CropScience LP, DuPont Pioneer, Iowa State University Foundation, Syngenta LLC, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University

Grantee Institution   Iowa State University

Iowa State University researchers are studying bee and monarch butterfly populations to assess whether prairie strips in crop fields impact honey bee health and native pollinator abundance and diversity.

The Effect of Farm Management and Floral Foraging Traits on Exposure of Crop Pollinators to The Multiple Interacting Stressors of Pesticides, Parasites and Inadequate Nutrition

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $490,356

Total award amount   $980,712

Location   Riverside, CA

Program   Pollinator Health Fund

Matching Funders   Hillary Sardinas, Ponisio and Woodard Start-up Funds, University of California (UC) Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UC Riverside Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Research and Economic Development Office

Grantee Institution   University of California Riverside

The University of California, Riverside, is examining how management practices in California almond orchards affect bee nutrition, pesticide exposure and parasites.