To conduct two studies related to the perceived economic and agronomic risks farmers associate with cover crops and other soil health building practices
To support grantee's initiative to write and produce a public strategy document for the Seafood Markets strategy based on the templates completed for Indonesia and Chile.
State University of Iowa Foundation dba the University of Iowa Center for Advancement
Continued work to assess progress by Iowa and Illinois in advancing their State Nutrient Reduction Strategies.
2017
Environment
$19,585
Sustainable Food Lab
Support for grantee's initiative to continue work with companies in the agricultural supply chain to advance soil health practices within their sustainability programs
Support for grantee's initiative to cultivate support for changes in agriculture that improve fiscal accountability while also improving environmental outcomes, with a focus on water quality
Sponsorship of grantee's 5th annual Americas Latino Eco-Festival (ALEF)
2017
Environment
$5,000
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
To work with other universities and the state-federal partnership known as the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Taskforce (HTF) to improve measurement of the impact of agricultural conservation practices on water quality
Support for the Network for Good, a project of the grantee’s Donor-Advised Fund: Capacity Building Fund, to develop and deliver a capacity-building program to grantees working across the Gulf Coast.
To build U.S. leadership in addressing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing by making the connection between the social and environmental impacts of IUU fishing to issues of national security
Implementation of a workshop in partnership with IMARPE (Marine Institute of Peru) as host, for the management of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in Peruvian waters.
To maintain staff capacity dedicated to improving bottomland hardwood reforestation policy and administration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas