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Transforming Wastewater to Crop Fertilizer 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $330,256

Total award amount   $660,517

Location   Brattelboro, VT

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Cornell University, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Rich Earth Institute, University of Michigan

Grantee Institution   Rich Earth Institute

Synthetic fertilizers accelerate crop growth and are commonly used in agriculture; however, these products contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, wastewater is also a source of pollution, and only a fraction of the vast quantity of nutrients flowing through modern wastewater treatment systems is captured for beneficial reuse. A significant portion of regional fertilizer needs could be met by reclaiming the nutrients present in wastewater. Rich Earth Institute is producing biochar from wastewater material to potentially be used to develop safe, renewable fertilizers that enhance agricultural productivity, support soil health, reduce nutrient pollution and mitigate climate change through soil carbon sequestration. This grant furthers the work of a previous FFAR Seeding Solutions grant to Rich Earth Institute

FFAR Announces $1 Million for Organic Research to Tuskegee University 

FFAR Supports AIM for Climate Summit in May 2023 

AIM for Climate Summit 

Signature Event Washington, D.C.

Shutterstock image related to agriculture.

FFAR Grant Develops Additional African Swine Fever Vaccines 

AgMission Seeks Input on Standardized Data Use in Agricultural Research 

FFAR’s Seasonal Soirée 

Signature Event Washington, D.C.

Holiday party celebration.

David Donnan Joins FFAR Board of Directors 

AAAS Riley Memorial Lecture: Designing Pest Suppressive Agricultural Landscapes for a Changing World 

Informational Session Washington, D.C.

Agricultural pest management

Identifying Proteins Required for Immunity to ASFV 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $500,000

Total award amount   $1,000,000

Location   Plum Island, NY

Program   Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research

Matching Funders   National Pork Board

Grantee Institution   USDA

African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) is a highly contagious, fatal disease in pigs that spreads rapidly and there is no commercially available vaccine to mitigate the spread of ASFV. Led by Dr. Douglas Gladue, USDA researchers are pinpointing the viral proteins involved in immunity and infection to develop a vector-based subunit vaccine, a vaccine that include a component of the virus to stimulate an immune response, for ASFV.