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FFAR and Gates Foundation Help Farms Combat Pests, Disease 

FFAR Partners with FoodShot Global to Award 3 GroundBreaker Prizes 

FFAR and OFRF Promote Soil Health and Profits for Organic Farmers in the Northern Great Plains 

FFAR Grant Improves Soil Health and Increases Farm Sustainability 

FFAR Awards Grant to Enhance Soil Practices in Almond Orchards 

Open Technology Ecosystem for Agricultural Management (OpenTEAM) 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $12,008,763

Location   Freeport, ME

Matching Funders   The Stonyfield Foundation, Stonyfield Organic, Wolfe's Neck Center, Our.Sci, Regen Network, UBC, MSU, AGS, CSU, Cool Farm Alliance, Soil Health Partnership, CU Boulder, General Mills

Grantee Institution   Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment

OpenTEAM, the first open source technology ecosystem in the world to address soil health and mitigate climate change, is projected to provide quantitative feedback on millions of acres of farmland by 2024. The platform offers field-level carbon measurement, digital management records, remote sensing, predictive analytics and input and economic management decision support in a connected platform that reduces the need for farmer data entry while improving access to various tools.

FFAR Grant Combats Climate Change Through Soil Health Practices 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $748,836

Total award amount   $1,513,612

Location   Washington, D.C.

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Hudson Carbon and Dagan

Grantee Institution   American Farmland Trust

Farmers and ranchers are facing increasing challenges from climate change, such as more frequent droughts and flooding, which can devastate crops. Extreme weather imposes drastic changes that ultimately threaten food security. The grant’s research team, led by AFT’s Climate Initiative Director, Dr. Jennifer Moore, is developing a data-driven decision platform that can be used at various capacities to analyze current global warming potential (GWP) for major agronomic systems with the ability to prioritize key areas within states or regions.

FFAR Grant Provides Technical Training to Enhance Soil Health 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $284,436

Total award amount   $569,037

Location   Columbia, MO

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Walton Family Foundation, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, American Seed Trade Association

Grantee Institution   University of Missouri

Cover crops are essential to preserving nutrient-rich soils for cultivating health foods and improving overall soil health. Although there are various training programs for farmers on how to use cover crops, there is a dire need for technical training for industry agronomists and other farm advisors who influence farmers’ management decisions.

Harnessing Multi-Trophic Chemical Ecology to Obtain Sustainable Pest Control and Improved Soil Health 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $300,000

Total award amount   $600,000

Location   State College, PA

Matching Funders   Pennsylvania State University, University of California (UC), Davis Department of Entomology, Almond Board of California, Hedgerow Farms, UC Davis Student Research Farm, UC Davis Saratoga Research Endowment, IF LLC, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Sola Bee Farms, Henry’s Bullfrog Bees, Steve Godlin, Regents of the University of Minnesota, Dickinson College

Grantee Institution   Penn State University

Pests and pathogens destroy food crops, causing significant losses to farmers and threatening food security. The Pennsylvania State University research team is discovering mechanisms and management practices that manage interactions between cover crops, soil dynamics and beneficial organisms to increase crop resistance to pests and pathogens.

FFAR and OFRF Promote Soil Health and Profits for Organic Farmers in the Northern Great Plains 

Year Awarded  2019

Total award amount   $20,000

Location   Bozeman, MT

Matching Funders   Organic Farming Research Foundation

Grantee Institution   Montana State University

In the Northern Great Plains, where wheat is the primary crop, organic farmers are rotating in lentils. Lentils generate additional income and improve soil health. However, little is known about the optimum amount of lentil seeds that should be planted to ensure maximum nutrient acquisition, weed management and yield potential. Montana State University Researchers are addressing this research gap by exploring the relationship between seeding rates, lentil yields and soil health.