Awarded Grants
Below is a listing of our awarded grants that tackle big food and agriculture challenges.

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56 Grants found

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

FFAR Funds Dashboards to Track Food Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

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

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

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

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

Towards Production of Residue-Free Healthy Fruit Crops

Direct Linkage of Dietary Components with Metabolizers in the Microbiota

Closing the Gap in Delivery of Fruit and Vegetable Benefits

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

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

Using Eye Tracking to Better Understand Food Choices

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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

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

Diet, the human gastrointestinal microbiome and metabolic health

Innovation at the Nexus of Computational, Membrane and Plant Biology

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Fostering Innovative, Sustainable Urban Farming Methods to Meet Food Needs

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

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

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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.

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

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $2,000,000

Total award amount   $4,000,000

Location   Memphis, TN

Matching Funders   Ag Launch, Mississippi State University, The Seam, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee State University, Wallace Center at Winrock International

Grantee Institution   AgLaunch

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that greater tools are needed to ensure flexibility in the food supply chain during major crises to ensure both economic security for farmers and food security for consumers. The Open Market Consortium (OMC)is developing and piloting an open-source, public-access blockchain system to connect small and mid-size farmers to institutional buyers and minimize supply disruptions. OMC, led by AgLaunch Initiative, includes founding members Mississippi State University, The Seam, Tennessee State University and the Wallace Center at Winrock International.

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

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $2,591,231

Total award amount   $4,792,131

Location   Washington, D.C.

Matching Funders   Aerofarms, Fluence, GreenVenus, Priva, BASF

Grantee Institution   Aerofarms

Lettuce is a popular vegetable in the U.S., but much of the produce is not marketable because lettuce leaves discolor after harvest. Our Precision Indoor Plants (PIP) Consortium is researching ways to prevent discoloration in indoor-grown lettuce, while increasing lettuce yield and leaf quality. This is the first project funded by the PIP Consortium.

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

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $1,000,000

Total award amount   $2,044,872

Location   Pullman, WA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Lundberg Family Farms, Washington State University

Grantee Institution   Washington State University

Despite its popularity and nutritional content, quinoa is still underutilized because it is imported, even though nutritious, high-quality varieties can grow and thrive in this country. Washington State University researchers are growing new quinoa varieties and analyzing them for amino acid and micronutrient concentrations. The researchers are testing soil and nutrient management practices that enhance the crops’ nutritional values while also improving yield. Thousands of quinoa varieties are being evaluated in diverse soil types and unique environments.

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

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $2,000,000

Total award amount   $4,000,000

Location   Memphis, TN

Matching Funders   AgLaunch, Mississippi State University, The Seam, Tennessee State University, Wallace Center at Winrock International, Tennessee Department of Agriculture

Grantee Institution   AgLaunch

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that greater tools are needed to ensure flexibility in the food supply chain during major crises to ensure both economic security for farmers and food security for consumers. The Open Market Consortium (OMC)is developing and piloting an open-source, public-access blockchain system to connect small and mid-size farmers to institutional buyers and minimize supply disruptions. OMC, led by AgLaunch Initiative, includes founding members Mississippi State University, The Seam, Tennessee State University and the Wallace Center at Winrock International.

FFAR Funds Dashboards to Track Food Supply Chain Vulnerabilities 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $221,743

Total award amount   $506,743

Location   West Lafayette, IN

Matching Funders   Microsoft

Grantee Institution   Purdue University

Food processing disruptions caused by COVID-19 outbreaks highlight the need for better real-time monitoring and reporting of the status of the food supply chain to prevent or mitigate food crises. 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.

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.

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