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Growing Impact Award Pre-Application Informational Webinar 

Informational Session Virtual

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Grassland Futures: Transboundary and Transdisciplinary Insights for Mitigating Grassland Conversion 

Year Awarded  2025

FFAR award amount   $1,554,575

Total award amount   $3,109,245

Location   Arlington, VA

Matching Funders   Nature United, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, University of Wyoming, Cornell University, The Governors University of Alberta

Grantee Institution   The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy and collaborators are conducting research to help keep grasslands intact across the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains. Researchers are using the funding to develop practical solutions that help ranchers maintain thriving, working grasslands while slowing conversion to other uses.

Kernza® Supply Chain from Farm to Fork: Building Systems to Trace the Ecological, Nutritional and Community Benefits of Kernza® Production in Fields and Food Products 

Year Awarded  2025

FFAR award amount   $986,462

Total award amount   $2,003,394

Location   Moundridge, KS

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Wichita State University, 40 Century Grain, Inc., Merge Impact, NETZRO, Saltine Food, Colorado Malting Co, Denver Distillery LLC, Easy Modular Manufacturing, Sustain-A-Grain, Inc., Service Press, Artisan Naan Bakery, Boot Hill Distillery, LLC, Farmer Direct Foods, Sandhills Brewing, Midland Railroad Hotel, The FARM and The Odd Fellows, Smoky Valley Distillery, Prairy, The Land Institute, Perennial Agriculture Project, Perennial Spirits.

Grantee Institution   Sustain-A-Grain

Food and beverage companies have expressed interest in Kernza, which became commercially available in 2016; however, demand for Kernza supply chain has remained small over the last decade and has yet to reach the scale needed for broader adoption. Sustain-A-Grain researchers are developing a traceable supply chain framework for Kernza to aid grain producers and food companies.

Advancing Soil Carbon Solutions through an Ecosystem Modeling and Data Consortium

Year Awarded  2025

FFAR award amount   $1,500,000

Total award amount   $3,000,000

Location   Fort Collins, CO

Matching Funders   Colorado State University, Soil Carbon Solutions Center

Grantee Institution   Colorado State University 

Colorado State University’s Ecosystem Modeling and Data Consortium is building an open, community-driven platform to advance ecosystem models and critical soil and greenhouse gas data, improving access, transparency and usability across the sector. The consortium brings together researchers, nonprofits, industry, and policy stakeholders to support rigorous soil carbon and greenhouse gas accounting while reducing barriers to data and model adoption. 

Growing Impact Award Request for Applications 

Applications are under review

Grant to Increase Agriculture Data Sharing Among Farmers, Partners 

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

Seeding Solutions Grant Supports Transition to Sustainable Almond Production 

Building Resilient Desert Agricultural Systems Webinar 

Informational Session Virtual

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