Insights
Featured agricultural insights and education across all Priority Areas covered by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research.

We invite members of the food and agriculture community to share their Insights on food and agriculture. Thought leaders from across the food and agriculture community author these Insights, including experts, partners, grantees, funders and farmers. Insights provide an opportunity to share important views, perspectives, research and opinions about current food and agriculture topics.

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Finding a New Way to Control Weeds in Cotton. 

Sarah Chu

Sarah Chu

FFAR Fellow, Texas A&M University

Indigenous Farmers are Leading a “New Green Revolution” Focused on Hemp 

James DeDecker, Director, Michigan State University – Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center Mary Donner, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians – Ziibimijwang Farm Executive Director and Tribal Citizen

The Algae-rithm of Sustainable Agriculture: Can Algae Replace Harmful Pesticides and Fertilizers? 

Mira Conyers

Protecting the Vidalia Onion 

Portrait of Padel in an onion field.

Sujan Paudel

FFAR Fellow

Irrigation’s Role in Ensuring Global Food Security 

Luke Reynolds

Irrigation Association

A Biomass Carol: Bioenergy for The Future 

Portrait of Ekramul Ehite.

Ekramul Ehite

FFAR Fellow, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

The “Good Soil Discount” — A Game Changer for U.S. Agriculture 

Harley Cross

Harley Cross

Land Core Co-founder & Director of Strategy

Illuminating Pest Management with the Help of the Washington State Wine Commission 

Alexa McDaniel

FFAR Fellow, Washington State University

Global Agriculture Leaders See How Maryland Farmers Use Land-based Tools to Benefit Waterways 

Ernie Shea

President, Solutions from the Land