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Urban farming at the Water, Food, Energy Nexus: soil health practices with agrivoltaic impacts on crops, soils, carbon, and water 

Year Awarded  2022

FFAR award amount   $880,898

Total award amount   $1,798,114

Location   Claremont, CA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   American Farmland Trust CA, City of Riverside, Climate Resolve, GRID Alternatives, Huerta del Valle, Inland Empire Resource Conservation District (IERCD), The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Biochar Benefit Corporation, Pitzer College, and Pomona College

Grantee Institution   Pitzer College

This research aims to understand the benefits of agrivoltaics—regenerative farming soil practices paired with solar energy production—on a local food system.

The Map of Food 

Nancy Brown

PTFI: Unlocking Food Composition to Revolutionize Human and Planetary Health 

Informational Session Virtual

Close-up of raw amaranth seeds.

PIP Indoor Tomato Farming Project 

Year Awarded  2022

Total award amount   $2,112,454

Location   Gainesville, FL

Matching Funders   AeroFarms, BASF, Fluence by OSRAM, GreenVenus, Priva

Grantee Institution   University of Florida

Controlled environment agriculture is a promising opportunity to sustain and develop our food systems despite climate change. Yet, there is still limited knowledge of the conditions popular crops need to thrive indoors. Controlled environment agriculture’s potential is also hampered by scientists’ lack of understanding of genetic advantages that can smooth a crop’s transition to indoor farming. University of Florida researchers are defining and enhancing the physical and genetic traits in tomatoes that affect flavor and that can make them suitable for controlled environments.

FFAR-Funded Periodic Table of Food Initiative to Standardize Food Analysis 

Periodic Table of Food Initiative: Unlocking Food Composition to Revolutionize Food Systems for Human and Planetary Health 

Informational Session Geneva, Switzerland

Close-up of teff flour.

FFAR & NPB Focus on Continuous Air Quality Improvement Efforts 

FFAR & GAIN Announce Challenge for Screening Underutilized Crops 

PIP Consortium Promotes Indoor Tomato Farming 

Toward a True Systems Approach to Reducing Food Loss and Waste from Farm-to-Table 

Informational Session Online

Consumer level work infographic.