Awarded Grants
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61 Grants found

Reducing Wheat Allergenicity: Paving the Way to Non-Allergenic Wheat

Exploring Novel Promoter Alleles for Multiple Vitamin Biofortification Using a Calli-Derived Somatic Embryo Platform

Developing Multifunctional & Durable Agro-based Food Packaging to Reduce Toxic Plastic Waste & Sustainably Advance a Bioeconomy

Water & Soil Sustainability for Nutritious Rice Production

Perennial Grain Staple Foods Program

Researchers Investigate the Promise of Food Procurement

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

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FFAR Grant Develops Premium Strawberry Flavors for Indoor Growing Environments

Uniting Urban Agriculture Operations to Increase Food Security

FFAR, NPB Seek to Improve Air Quality on Pig Farms, Indiana

FFAR, NPB Seek to Improve Air Quality on Pig Farms, South Dakota

FFAR & WUR Launch Nature-Based Future Challenge

FFAR Grant Advances Equitable Food Access

Urban farming at the Water, Food, Energy Nexus: soil health practices with agrivoltaic impacts on crops, soils, carbon, and water

PIP Indoor Tomato Farming Project

FFAR Research Tackles Peanut Allergy

University of Tennessee Receives FFAR Grant to Help Address Food Waste Challenges

FFAR Grant Addresses Food Waste Reduction Challenges

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Periodic Table of Food Initiative

Determining Environmental and Biological Conditions Influencing Lettuce Discoloration, Yield and Leaf Quality

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Rethinking seafood by-product: A path to provide sustainable nutrition and improve resource utilization

Finding the Proper Levers: Identifying Leverage Points for Tranformation in Urban Food Systems Through Participatory Modeling

Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood

Evaluating Food Access Strategies in Austin To Improve Healthy Food Consumption and Food Security

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

Food and Agricultural Vulnerability Index

An Open Source Framework and Community for Sharing Data and Algorithms

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Open Market Consortium: Creating Economic Opportunities for Small and Mid-size Growers

FFAR Funds Novel Supply-Demand Technology, Connecting Institutional Buyers to Specialty Crop Farmers

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Enhancing Human Health and Nutrition from Soil to Society Using Quinoa as a Model Crop Species

Increasing Dietary Fiber in Wheat Crop

A community-based microfarm aggregation model for transforming agricultural production and enhancing asset-based economic development in post-industrial urban areas

Integration of Small Farmers into Technology-enabled, Rapid-response Fresh Food Supply Chains

A Coupled Natural-Human System Approach to Solving Locust Plagues

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Blackfeet Innovation Pathways to Food Sovereignty: Sustainability through Indigenous Applied Research Partnerships

Employing Regional Produce Cooperatives to Enhance Household Nutrition and Reduce Food Insecurity

Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Food Recovery and Redistribution: A Pilot Assessment in New York’s Capital Region

Reducing Food Waste by Reshaping Consumer Behavior Using Data-Informed, Dynamic Economic Incentives

Value-Added and Nutritionally Superior Extruded Foods from Agricultural Waste Streams

Using Eye Tracking to Better Understand Food Choices

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Towards Production of Residue-Free Healthy Fruit Crops

Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood

Innovations in the Food Supply Chain to Reduce Food Waste

Finding the Proper Levers: Identifying Leverage Points for Transformation in Urban Food Systems Through Participatory Modeling

Direct Linkage of Dietary Components with Metabolizers in the Microbiota

Closing the Gap in Delivery of Fruit and Vegetable Benefits

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Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Food Recovery and Redistribution: A Pilot Assessment in New York’s Capital Region

Evaluating Food Access Strategies in Austin, Texas

Defining Stressors to Manage Plasticity & Quality in Leafy Greens

Fostering Innovative, Sustainable Urban Farming Methods to Meet Food Needs

Diet, the human gastrointestinal microbiome and metabolic health

Innovation at the Nexus of Computational, Membrane and Plant Biology

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A novel desiccant system enables energy-efficient drying to reduce postharvest loss of agricultural commodities and foods

Individually-targeted incentives, diet quality and health outcomes among adults

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FFAR Grant Addresses Food Waste Reduction Challenges 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $308,171

Total award amount   $616,378

Location   Knoxville, TN

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Metro Nashville, Resource Capture, University of Tennessee, and Urban Green Lab

Grantee Institution   University of Tennessee

Nearly one-third of landfill waste consists of food waste matter that could be redirected to alternative waste reduction methods, such as composting. However, addressing food waste reduction presents communities, especially cities, with significant challenges related to policy, technology and cost-effectiveness. The University of Tennessee (UT) will develop and execute a food waste Decision Support System (DSS), enabling city planners to easily evaluate innovative waste reduction solutions and technologies.

Bringing Nutrition Back into Rice Yield Gains

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $999,999

Total award amount   $2,191,745

Location   Laguna, Philippines

Matching Funders   International Rice Research Institute

Grantee Institution   University of the Philippines

Excessive consumption of carbohydrate-rich, high-glycemic index rice is linked to increased risk of chronic illnesses. This project will introduce the low glycemic index trait into popular varieties of rice. To maintain or increase the yield of the low glycemic index rice, yield-enhancing genes will be combined with low glycemic index traits through speed breeding technologies. Researchers will also test the suitability of the rice and rice products for U.S. and international markets.

Periodic Table of Food Initiative 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $10,000,000

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   The Rockefeller Foundation, Seerave Foundation

Grantee Institution   Oregon State University

Sustainable, diverse foods that meet individuals’ nutritional needs can prevent diet-related illnesses and malnourishment; however, scientific understanding of the nutritional benefits of individual foods is still rudimentary. At most, 150 of foods’ biochemical components are tracked in conventional databases, representing only a tiny fraction of the tens of thousands of biochemicals in food. The Periodic Table of Food Initiative is a global effort to standardize food analysis and better understand foods’ impact on human health, agriculture and nutrition.

SKY HIGH Consortium Agreement 

Year Awarded  2021

FFAR award amount   $1,061,576

Total award amount   $6,630,342

Location   Wageningen, The Netherlands

Matching Funders   Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, Bayer, Bosman Van Zaal, Certhon, Dutch Research Council, Fresh Forward, Grodan, GrowX, Own Greens, Signify, Solynta, Unilever, Van Bergen Kolpa Architects

Grantee Institution   Wageningen University

SKY HIGH: Vertical Farming, a revolution in plant production, is a program to advance vertical farming by researching plant genetics and indoor growing conditions that help crops thrive and enhance desired qualities.

Rethinking seafood by-product: A path to provide sustainable nutrition and improve resource utilization 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $333,777

Total award amount   $667,570

Location   Corvallis, OR

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Oregon State University, OSU Food Innovation Center, Pacific Seafood Group, Seafood Industry Research Fund, Trident Seafoods, West Coast Seafood Processors Association

Grantee Institution   Oregon State University

The American food system wastes food and resources, in part because raw materials are discarded during processing. This waste, especially of protein sources, is highly problematic as an additional 148 million people may be protein deficient by 2050 due to climate change. Researchers at Oregon State University are developing high protein, nutritious and attractive food products from byproducts of the seafood industry.

Finding the Proper Levers: Identifying Leverage Points for Tranformation in Urban Food Systems Through Participatory Modeling 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $99,230

Total award amount   $99,230

Location   Flint, MI

Program   Tipping Points

Grantee Institution   Michigan 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 Michigan State University research team investigating how emergency food programs, including food banks, schools and Meals on Wheels, intersect with the retail sector.

Modeling the Future of Food in Your Neighborhood 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $100,000

Total award amount   $100,000

Location   Cleveland, OH

Program   Tipping Points

Grantee Institution   Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine

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 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine research team to model the effects of COVID-19 in neighborhoods with high, medium and low food security before March 2020. Their findings will be used to tailor food system solutions to diverse neighborhood contexts.

Evaluating Food Access Strategies in Austin To Improve Healthy Food Consumption and Food Security 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $83,356

Total award amount   $83,356

Location   Austin, TX

Grantee Institution   University of Texas Health Science Center

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 FRESH Austin to examine the impact of the pandemic on access to fresh, nutritious food in the Austin area.

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

Food and Agricultural Vulnerability Index 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $221,743

Total award amount   $506,743

Location   West Lafayette, IN

Matching Funders   Microsoft

Grantee Institution   Purdue University

Purdue University researchers are creating a series of open-access online dashboards that help quantify and illustrate potential disruptions to the food supply chain. The dashboards will focus on COVID-19 but have the flexibility to be tailored to suit future market disruptions.