Support for the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders to bring funders’ attention to a range of agricultural policy issues through an annual briefing
To support grantee's initiative to identify, via polling and messaging work, messages and frames that help create urgency around restoration every day, that are also appropriate and relevant in the aftermath of big storm events.
To support grantee's initiative to finalize its work securing a fishing concession for a local fishing cooperative in La Paz, Mexico and to document lessons learned throughout the process.
To complete a study that links source water quality to water treatment costs, quantifying the drinking water impacts of agricultural runoff in the Mississippi River Basin.
To conduct scientific analysis, provide technical support and advocate for strong management and recovery plans for two overfished fisheries in Chile - common hake and anchoveta/sardine
To support grantees project of Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) which develops and hosts "design sprints" aimed at innovating how Environmental Impact Statements are created for permitting applications in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
To support the position of grantee's National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council’s (NFI) envoy in implementing the blue swimming crab fishery improvement project (FIP) in Indonesia.
To conduct two studies related to the perceived economic and agronomic risks farmers associate with cover crops and other soil health building practices
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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
To fund a coordinator for a non-governmental organization (NGO) coalition to align on priorities related to key conservation measures in national-level fisheries policy and to recruit additional NGOs to the coalition.
