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Seeding Solutions

Seeding Solutions is our annual grant program that funds audacious research supporting each of our Research Priority Areas. The pioneering science funded through this program convenes unique partners from across the food and agriculture sector to solve bold challenges.
Seeding Solutions is our annual grant program that funds audacious research supporting each of our Research Priority Areas. The pioneering science funded through this program convenes unique partners from across the food and agriculture sector to solve bold challenges.

Program Contact

Dr. Kathleen Boomer
kboomer@foundationfar.org

Partnerships & Development Contact

Lauren Hershey
lhershey@foundationfar.org

2024 applications are under review. FFAR will not accept Seeding Solutions applications for the 2025 cycle.

Recently Awarded Seeding Solutions Grants

Row Crops to Perennial Pasture: Feeding the World, Conserving Water, Enhancing Soil and Safeguarding the Climate

Year Awarded  2024

FFAR award amount   $996,165

Total award amount   $1,992,231

Location   Lubbock, TX

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Cactus Feeders and Texas A&M AgriLife

Grantee Institution   Texas A&M AgriLife

Advancing Knowledge and Adoption of Climate-Smart Practices in Semi-Arid Perennial Cropping Systems

Year Awarded  2023

FFAR award amount   $462,374

Total award amount   $924,749

Location   Davis, CA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   The Almond Board of California, Ceres AI, TriNut Farm Management Inc., University of California, Davis and the University of California, Merced

Grantee Institution   University of California, Davis

A Novel Cell-Surface-Receptor Strategy for Mitigating Mycotoxins

Year Awarded  2023

FFAR award amount   $1,000,000

Total award amount   $2,727,930

Location   Evanston, IL

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   2Blades, Bayer Crop Science, Mars

The Latest

Insights

Our Insights highlight unique perspectives from across the food and agriculture community.

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Calculate GHGs at the Individual Farm Level 

Kaiyu Guan

Dr. Kaiyu Guan

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Data for Dairy: Research to Guide Farmers in Their Sustainability Journey 

Reza Afshar

Reza Afshar

Vice President, Soil, Feed and Water Research at Dairy Management Inc.

Advancing Ecosystem Service Markets for Sustainable Farming 

Portrait of LaKisha Odom.

LaKisha Odom & DJ May

A Place for Everyone in Agriculture 

Portrait of LaKisha Odom.

Dr. LaKisha Odom & Jocelyn Hittle

Finding a New Way to Control Weeds in Cotton. 

Sarah Chu

Sarah Chu

FFAR Fellow, Texas A&M University

Irrigation’s Role in Ensuring Global Food Security 

Luke Reynolds

Irrigation Association

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

Harley Cross

Harley Cross

Land Core Co-founder & Director of Strategy

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

Ernie Shea

President, Solutions from the Land

Organic Ag Podcast Features Innovative Industry Topics 

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Kathleen Delate

Professor, Organic Agriculture Program, Iowa State University 

Building Bridges Between Academics & Farmers 

Elizabeth Ellis

FFAR Fellow, Elizabeth Ellis

Manure – Waste or Resource? 

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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.

What Do We Call Innovation? Looking for Common Cause in a Sea of Needs 

Portrait of Susie Hutton.

Susie Hutton

Can Adding Carbon to the Soil Help us Manage Weeds? 

Portrait of Maria Gannett.

Maria Gannett

2019-2022 FFAR Fellow

Gene Editing is a Real Solution for Climate Change 

Portrait of Nicholas Karavolias.

Nicholas Karavolias

FFAR Fellow 2020-2023

Taking Science Beyond the Bench: Critical Reflections for Change-Oriented Research 

Portrait of Krista Marshall.

Krista Marshall

2019-2022 FFAR Fellow

Soil is Not Dirt 

Portrait of Prairie.

Aaron Prairie

2020-2023 FFAR Fellow

Farmers & Ranchers Can Help In The Climate Crisis 

Dan Glickman and Bob Stallman

Fine-tuning photosynthesis 

Portrait of Dhruv Patel smiling.

Dhruv Patel

2019-2022 FFAR Fellow

Can biochar help adapt agriculture to a hotter, dryer climate? 

Portrait of Shelby Hoglund.

Shelby Hoglund

2018-2021 FFAR Fellow

News

The latest news and updates from FFAR.

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WFO-AgMission™ Report: Global Young Farmers’ Consultation on Climate-Smart Agriculture 

Seeding Solutions Grant Supports Transition to Sustainable Almond Production 

Seeding Solutions Grant Helps Develop Corn Resistant to Fungal Disease 

FFAR & OCP North America Announce Fertilizer Fellowship Awardees & Grant Opportunity 

FFAR & Danone North America Announce Grant Opportunity to Support Regenerative Agriculture 

Danone Insititute North America Accepting Grant Proposals for Sustainable Food Systems Initiatives 

Efficient Fertilizer Consortium Seeks Research to Evaluate Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Impact Globally 

FFAR’s Dr. LaKisha Odom Selected for Two Prestigious Agriculture Industry Awards 

Seeding Solutions Grant Promotes Clean Water Through Performance-Based Financing 

FFAR Seeding Solutions Grant Evaluates the Benefits of Converting Row Crops to Perennial Forage Systems 

Seeding Solutions Grant Provides Decision Support Tool for Extreme Weather Events 

Seeding Solutions Grant to Preserve Groundwater and Economically Benefit Growers 

FFAR & Eight Member Organizations Commit $8.45 Million to Efficient Fertilizer Consortium 

Seeding Solutions Grant Developing Tomato Resistance to Parasitic Weed 

Seeding Solutions Grant Develops Cotton-Based Precision Irrigation 

AgMission Grant Evaluates Successful Incentives for Persistent Cover Crop Adoption 

FFAR Grant to Improve Sorghum & Strengthen Nutritional Security 

FFAR & FoodShot Global Announce GroundBreaker Prize Winners in Water Research 

U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef & FFAR Announce Focus Group Series to Develop Sustainable Beef Research Roadmap 

AgMission & PepsiCo Grants Bolster Climate-Resilient Farms & Value Chains 

Breakthroughs

Tools, technologies and strategies from the research we fund.

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AI & Supercomputing Can Quantify Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Individual Farms 

Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Quantifies Organic Carbon to Improve Agricultural Productivity

Developing an Extensive Database of US Groundwater Wells 

Breakthrough for Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Management Through Innovative Governance & Optimal Agricultural Water Use Under Conflicting Objectives

Building Collaborations for Technology-Driven Solutions in Agriculture 

Breakthrough for Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management (OpenTEAM)

Increased Fiber, Same Great Taste 

Breakthrough for Increasing Dietary Fiber in Wheat Crop

Connecting Growers & Markets 

Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Develops Tools to Predict Consumer Demand, Reduce Food Waste

Accelerating Crop Development with Improved Haploid Fertility 

Breakthrough for Accelerated Development of Crops of the Future

Documenting Adaptive Multi-Paddock Grazing’s Benefits 

Breakthrough for Quantifying the Advantages of Multi-Paddock (AMP) Grazing in the U.S. Southeast & Northern Great Plains

RIPE Researchers Prove Bioengineering Better Photosynthesis Increases Yields in Food Crops for the First Time 

Breakthrough for Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Reinvestment

Research Pinpoints Why Dairy Cows Produce Less Milk in Warm Weather and Develops Nutrition-Based Solution 

Breakthrough for FFAR Grant Helps Heat-Stressed Dairy Cows Weather Increasing Temperatures

The Irrigation Innovation Consortium & Parallel 41 Network: Building a path to data-driven management 

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