USDA Announces More Than $146M Investment in Sustainable Agricultural Research
The USDA has announced an investment of more than $146M in sustainable agricultural research projects aimed at improving a robust, resilient, climate-smart food and agricultural system. This investment is made under the National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Sustainable Agricultural Systems program. This innovative program focuses on a broad base of needed research solutions from addressing labor challenges and promoting land stewardship to correcting climate change impacts in agriculture and critical needs in food and nutrition. Projects and institutions from USDA EPSCoR jurisdictions include:
- Food System Resiliency for Children’s Healthy Living (CHL FOOD SYSTEM) (PI: R. Novotny), University of Hawai‘i Honolulu
- Coast to Cow to Consumer: Marine Algae Use to Enhance Milk Production, Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Recover Nutrients (PI: NN Price), President and Trustees of Colby College, The Waterville, Maine
- Using Smart Foodscapes to Enhance the Sustainability of Western Rangelands (PI: JJ Villalba), Utah State University, Logan