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FFAR Awards $800,000 Grant to Startup Company Using Facial Recognition and Robotics to Revolutionize Vaccination for Chicks

FFAR Awards $1 Million Grant to University of Nebraska to Develop Integrated Livestock and Crop Production Systems

FFAR Awards $1 Million Grant to AeroFarms for Research to Improve Quality of Leafy Greens

FFAR Grant to Measure On-Farm Nutrient Management Practices

Fostering Innovative, Sustainable Urban Farming Methods to Meet Food Needs

Year Awarded  2017

FFAR award amount   $294,988

Total award amount   $590,189

Location   Berkeley, CA

Matching Funders   The Regents of the University of California

Ensuring urban agriculture can sustainably feed urban populations in the future requires understanding current urban agriculture challenges from a policy and systems perspective. University of California, Berkeley researchers are improving the sustainability and resilience of urban farms by building soil health, conserving water and promoting beneficial insects. The project will also evaluate the effectiveness of existing food access and food distribution methods for meeting food needs of urban food insecure communities and develop policy recommendations in collaboration with community stakeholders.

Enhancing Animal Protein through Crops and Cattle

Year Awarded  2017

FFAR award amount   $1,000,000

Total award amount   $2,402,000

Location   Lincoln, NE

Matching Funders   UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Platte River-High Plains Aquifer

The availability of land for livestock foraging has decreased as farms move toward monocultures. University of Nebraska researchers are integrating livestock and crop production systems. Researchers are investigating various outputs including yields, soil health, greenhouse gas emissions and the economic feasibility of adopting these new practices to improving land use efficiency.

Defining Stressors to Manage Plasticity & Quality in Leafy Greens

Year Awarded  2017

FFAR award amount   $994,035

Total award amount   $1,989,030

Location   Newark, NJ

Matching Funders   AeroFarms

While current plant breeding research focuses on adapting plants to their environments, AeroFarms, Rutgers University and Cornell University, are investigating how to harness environmental conditions indoors to improve characteristics in plants. The project is improving the quality, taste and nutrition of leafy greens crops.

Closing the Gap in Delivery of Fruit and Vegetable Benefits

Year Awarded  2017

FFAR award amount   $999,716

Total award amount   $2,005,846

Location   Raleigh, NC

Matching Funders   Dole Foods Company, Standard Process Inc., NC State University

An estimated 87 percent of Americans do not eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables per day. North Carolina State University researchers are identifying breeding practices to improve the nutritional density of common fruits and vegetables in consumer products. This research is helping food companies develop products that more effectively deliver the health benefits of fruits and vegetables.

An Open Source Framework and Community for Sharing Data and Algorithms

Year Awarded  2017

FFAR award amount   $1,066,348

Total award amount   $2,134,079

Location   West Lafayette, IN

Matching Funders   Winfield United, Centricity, AgGateway, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Purdue University

Farmers gather data on millions of acres of active farmland, but much of that data is not integrated into decision-making tools to better manage the land. The industry is unable to take full advantage of the vast amounts of data available today. Purdue University researchers are converting agricultural data and algorithms into actionable tools for farmers. This project is translating this wealth of data into real-world applications in agriculture through a community-driven, open source framework.

An Open Source Plant Chemogenomics Set

Year Awarded  2017

FFAR award amount   $1,000,000

Total award amount   $2,320,000

Location   Davis, CA

Matching Funders   UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health, the Structural Genomics Consortium, AgBiome and Promega

Drought is a significant concern for farmers, especially rice growers. University of California, Davis researchers are studying genes responsible for drought tolerance in rice. The project is developing and implementing a screening strategy to identify new gene that effect root traits and drought tolerance in rice.