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Environmental Enrichment Effects on Pig Welfare 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $75,000

Total award amount   $150,000

Location   Peoria, IL

Matching Funders   Tyson Foods

Grantee Institution   USDA-ARS

The environment in which pigs are raised contributes to their health, welfare and productivity. Damaging behaviors in group housing, such as tail-biting and ear chewing are detrimental to their welfare. USDA-ARS scientists are measuring behavior, health and growth rates to develop environmental enrichment management strategies that assess pigs’ welfare. The result of this research can be applied to the U.S. livestock industry.

National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food & Agriculture Research: Zachary Lippman 

Year Awarded  2020

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Laurel Hollow, NY

Matching Funders   Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Grantee Institution   Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dr. Zachary Lippman was awarded the 2020 National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture for his work to increase crop productivity in the face of declining agricultural land and population growth through novel gene editing techniques.

Integrating Community and Modeling Efforts to Evaluate Impacts and Tradeoffs of Food System Interventions 2020 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $100,000

Total award amount   $2,000,718

Location   Fort Collins, CO

Program   Tipping Points

Grantee Institution   Colarado State University

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 Colorado State University research team to evaluate how food is provided through emergency feeding programs, who uses these services, the costs of these services, the food provided and its dietary quality

Earth Day is Every Day 

Emergency Food for Children & Families During the Pandemic 

Breakthrough for Integrating Community and Modeling Efforts to Evaluate Impacts and Tradeoffs of Food System Interventions

North American Plant Phenotyping Network Inaugural Convening Event 

Convening Event West Lafayette, IN

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Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition 

New York, NY

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C-Quest: Charting a Course for Climate Research in Agriculture 

Louis, MO

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FFAR and APS Convening Meeting on Phytobiomes 

Convening Event Tampa, FL

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Healthy Soils, Thriving Farms Convening Sessions 

Phoenix, AZ

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