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Innovations in the Food Supply Chain to Reduce Food Waste 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $188,260

Total award amount   $377,114

Location   Auburn, AL

Matching Funders   Auburn University

Grantee Institution   Auburn University

Global food loss and waste is a growing threat to food security. Auburn University researchers are reducing food waste in the food supply chain by develop “Functional Ice” for storage and transportation of raw poultry and seafood.

Award Winner

Finding the Proper Levers: Identifying Leverage Points for Transformation in Urban Food Systems Through Participatory Modeling 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $1,000,002

Total award amount   $2,005,803

Location   Flint, MI

Program   Tipping Points

Matching Funders   Michigan State University, Michigan Fitness Foundation, Michigan Department of Education, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, C.S. Molt Foundation

Grantee Institution   Community Foundation for Greater Flint

Due to Flint, Michigan’s economic decline, aid from all levels of government and various organizations has poured in to decrease rates of food insecurity and malnutrition. Michigan State University researchers are identifying how interventions from government and external organizations can use resources more efficiently to promote healthy and affordable food access in Flint.

Direct Linkage of Dietary Components with Metabolizers in the Microbiota 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $299,535

Total award amount   $599,070

Location   Raleigh, NC

Matching Funders   North Carolina State University

Grantee Institution   NC State University

Diet effects gut microbiota, which can provide beneficial or detrimental effects in human and animal health. North Carolina State University researchers are linking dietary components to the microbes in intestinal tracts of humans and animals to design diets that foster health-promoting microbes and deprive disease-causing microbes of their food source.

Award Winner

Environmental and Nutritional Benefits of Food Recovery and Redistribution: A Pilot Assessment in New York’s Capital Region 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $433,152

Total award amount   $870,998

Location   Albany, NY

Matching Funders   Bellwether Collaboratory, Capital Roots, The Food Pantries for the Capital District, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Radix Ecological Sustainability Center, University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany School of Public Health—State University of New York

Grantee Institution   Research Foundation of SUNY

Food recovery programs have the potential to reroute food that would otherwise go to waste to underserved people in the community. University of Albany researchers are creating a computational model to evaluate the components of fresh produce recovery and redistribution.

A Coupled Natural-Human System Approach to Solving Locust Plagues 

Year Awarded  2018

FFAR award amount   $298,835

Total award amount   $607,729

Location   Tempe, AZ

Matching Funders   ASU-Global Institute of Sustainability

Grantee Institution   Arizona State University

Locusts devastate agriculture globally, especially in subsistence farming communities. Locust outbreaks are unpredictable; however, sustainable land use can keep locusts at bay. Arizona State University researchers are exploring connections between land-use practices and locust outbreaks, while identifying and addressing barriers to sustainable locust management.

Award Winner

FFAR and AgLaunch Host Convening Event in Memphis to Prioritize Research and Commercialization Objectives for Cropping Systems of the Future 

FFAR Awards $295,000 Grant to Strengthen Urban Agriculture Systems for Farmers and Communities 

FFAR Awards $790,000 Grant to Revolutionize Food Processing Industry 

Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research Convenes International Leaders to Discuss Next Frontiers in Indoor Agriculture at IBM Research Headquarters 

FFAR Awards $1 Million Grant to AeroFarms for Research to Improve Quality of Leafy Greens