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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 Applauds International Research Team led by University of Illinois for Breakthrough Crop Engineering Discovery that Will Conserve Water, Resist Drought 

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

Breaking Down the Barriers – Opportunity for Feedback 

Food Waste and Loss – Opportunity to Provide Feedback 

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.