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FFAR Grant to Address Reemergence of Costly Viral Turkey Disease 

FFAR and Open Philanthropy Announce Six Egg-Tech Prize Winners 

FFAR Joins Consortium to Establish Ecosystem Markets for Agriculture 

FFAR Grant Aims to Halt Spread of Invasive Tick Species 

FFAR Grant Uses Supply-chain Modeling to Reduce Environmental Impacts in Dairy Industry 

Understanding & Reducing Consumer Food Waste 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $336,000

Total award amount   $673,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Walmart Foundation

Grantee Institution   National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (National Academies) is conducting a study to identify how consumers behave toward food and opportunities for system changes. The multidisciplinary, expert committee is examining existing data, information and research on consumer food waste. The resulting report includes recommendations that institutions – such as industry associations, schools and government agencies – can implement to help consumers reduce food waste.

FFAR and National Pork Board Develop Tools to Detect and Understand Spread of African Swine Fever Virus 

FoodShot Global Challenge #1 Innovating Soil 3.0, Deep Dive GroundBreaker Prize (Maine) 

Year Awarded  2019

Total award amount   $35,000

Location   Freeport, ME

Program   FoodShot Global Challenge

Matching Funders   FoodShot Global

Grantee Institution   Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment

FoodShot Global’s GroundBreaker Prize recognizes rising scientific stars whose research has identified technological and ecological tools that enable farmers to optimize yields and the long-term health of the land. Dr. Dorn Cox, Research Director, Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, was awarded a $35,000 GroundBreaker “Seed” Prize to support his ambitious vision of using Open TEAM to collect environmental data, providing access to comprehensive global agricultural knowledge to help growers make sustainable and profitable farm management decisions.

FoodShot Global Challenge #1 Innovating Soil 3.0, Deep Dive GroundBreaker Prize (Colorado) 

Year Awarded  2019

Total award amount   $250,000

Location   Fort Collins, CO

Program   FoodShot Global Challenge

Matching Funders   FoodShot Global

Grantee Institution   Colarado State University

FoodShot Global’s GroundBreaker Prize recognizes rising scientific stars whose research has identified technological and ecological tools that enable farmers to optimize yields and the long-term health of the land. Dr. Keith Paustian, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, received a $250,000 GroundBreaker Prize to accelerate the global adaptation of his COMET-Farm tool systems, which provide farmers and land managers with sustainability metrics and decision support resources that promote regenerative and conservation-based agricultural practices at scale.

President and CEO of Land O’Lakes, Inc. Beth Ford joins FFAR Board of Directors