Support to build an open platform for Japanese retailers to discuss sustainable seafood, identify the role of the retailer sector in Japan on ending the importation of IUU seafood
To support grantee's initiative to implement steps to encourage private investment in river restoration identified at the Colorado River Basin (CRB) Stream Mitigation Summit (March 2017), including investment in several of the foundation's priority Colorado River tributaries.
Support for a collaborative partnership among commodity groups, agribusinesses, food companies, retailers, conservation groups, universities, and federal agencies working together to improve the environmental performance of row crop agriculture.
To support grantee's initiative to implement an expanded campaign to execute the Colorado Water Plan, with a particular focus on creating sustainable funding of at least $20 million annually for Colorado River Collaborative (CRC) priorities in Colorado (i.e., river health, agricultural and municipal conservation and efficiency, and environmental water transactions.)
To support grantee's initiative to deliver 3,000 acres of bottomland hardwood reforestation in the Mississippi portion of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV), and continued improvements in federal reforestation program policy and administration.
To test implementation of solutions to some of the biggest barriers to commercial fishers through understanding, supporting and adapting its business models to priority restoration projects in Southeast Louisiana.
To support grantee's initiative in addressing the backlog of fishery improvement projects (FIPs) on FisheryProgress.org by contracting an additional FIP analyst, in addition to providing three months’ of bridge grant support to align with funding from the Packard Foundation.
To support grantee's initiative to implement the Alberstons/Safeway, Hy-Vee, and Target sustainable seafood commitments; continue the development of tools to drive efficiency in implementing sustainable seafood commitments; and complete a feasibility study for a buyer engagement strategy in Mexico.
To support grantee's initiative to develop an annual scorecard to assess the continued progress of the foundation's priority restoration projects in Louisiana.
To continue to build the case for soil health practices by completing a study that explores the relationship between practices that build soil health, crop yield and changes in water quality over time.
To build on work in the Wabash River in Indiana to demonstrate how Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE) can be used in the Upper Mississippi River to complement cover crops and other practices to improve water quality.
