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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Manure – Waste or Resource? 

Portrait of Manny Sabbagh.

Manny Sabbagh

University of Minnesota

Diversifying the Future of Venture Capital 

The first cohort of the HBCU Kirchner Fellows are Bryana Pittman, Kwame Jackson and Martin Adu-Boahene who co-wrote this Insights piece to share the value of this fellowship and its potential impact.

Dusting the Soil for Fungus-Prints 

Portrait of Batson.

Alex Batson

Washington State University

What Do We Call Innovation? 

Portrait of Susie Hutton.

Susie Hutton

The Homestead Act, an Agricultural Revolution 

Portrait of Friefeld.

Dr. Jacob K. Friefeld

Springfield, IL

Theodore Roosevelt and the “Tiller of the Soil” 

Portrait of Duane Jundt.

Duane Jundt

Orange City, IA

Farmer Veterans 

A day on the Battlefield 

Portrait of Kelsey Peterson.

Kelsey Peterson

2019-2022 FFAR Fellow

FFAR Fellows Alumni Share Program Highlights 

Francesco Cappai, Danielle Gelardi and Kevin Xie