FFAR Awards $540,000 Grant to Minimize Food Waste
- Health-Agriculture Nexus

Reducing agricultural waste benefits farmers, consumers and the environment. It is a shame to waste a nutritionally potent by product like pomace and we are thrilled that Cornell is looking to use this product, thereby reducing food waste and increasing the nutritional content of snacks.Sally Rockey, Ph.D.
Executive Director
FFAR’s Seeding Solutions grant program is an open call for bold ideas that address a pressing food and agriculture issues in one of the Foundation’s Challenge Areas. Cornell University’s project supports FFAR’s Food Waste and Loss Challenge Area (currently the Health-Agriculture Nexus Challenge Area). FFAR’s work in this area supports innovative, systems-level approaches aimed at reducing food and nutritional insecurity and improving human health in the United States and around the globe.
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Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR), a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization originally established by bipartisan Congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, builds unique partnerships to support innovative and actionable science addressing today’s food and agriculture challenges. FFAR leverages public and private resources to increase the scientific and technological research, innovation and partnerships critical to enhancing sustainable production of nutritious food for a growing global population. The FFAR Board of Directors is chaired by Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum, Ph.D. and includes ex officio representation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation.
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