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FFAR Grant Advances Urban Food Systems Through Community Networks

Rethinking seafood by-product: A path to provide sustainable nutrition and improve resource utilization

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $333,777

Total award amount   $667,570

Location   Corvallis, OR

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Oregon State University, OSU Food Innovation Center, Pacific Seafood Group, Seafood Industry Research Fund, Trident Seafoods, West Coast Seafood Processors Association

The American food system wastes food and resources, in part because raw materials are discarded during processing. This waste, especially of protein sources, is highly problematic as an additional 148 million people may be protein deficient by 2050 due to climate change. Researchers at Oregon State University are developing high protein, nutritious and attractive food products from byproducts of the seafood industry.

FFAR Grant Increases Dietary Fiber in Wheat Crop

Genome Editing Wheat for Durable & Sustainable Disease Resistance

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $900,000

Total award amount   $3,272,723

Location   Berkeley, CA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   2Blades Foundation, Innovative Genomics Institute

To control plant epidemics by breeding plants for disease resistance, scientists use traditional crop breeding to introduce, or stack, multiple resistance genes – though this is a time-consuming approach and pathogens evolve to overcome resistance.  University of California, Berkeley researchers are using gene editing technology to stack resistance genes in the wheat crops that specifically recognize the pathogen’s proteins. By recognizing the pathogen’s proteins, the plant can fight the pathogen, even if the pathogen mutates.

Accelerated Development of Crops of the Future

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $748,549

Total award amount   $1,497,098

Location   Ames, IA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Iowa State University, KWS SAAT SE & Co, Beck’s Superior Hybrids, BASF, SAATEN-UNION BIOTEC and RAGT

On average, it takes farmers ten years to produce a new crop. With an increasing global population, there is high demand for more crops sooner. Iowa State University researchers are developing breeding methods that accelerate plant breeding for multiple crop species. These breeding techniques deliver improved crop varieties – with greater yields – into the hands of farmers sooner.

Seeding Solutions

FFAR Grant Evaluates Gene Editing to Improve Heat Resistance in Cattle

FFAR Grant Quantifies Organic Carbon to Improve Agricultural Productivity

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $1,000,000

Total award amount   $2,070,000

Location   Urbana-Champaign, Ill.

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   University of Illinois, the University of Minnesota and Ag Air Imaging, LLC

While also providing environmental benefits, carbon retention in the soil is critical for effective water retention, nutrient absorption and root development. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) awarded a $1 million grant to the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota to develop an integrated technique to monitor soil organic carbon, a measurable component of soil organic matter, in the US Corn Belt.

FFAR Grant Addresses Wheat Crop Disease Using Gene Editing

FFAR Grant to Accelerate Crop Development