Executive Director FFAR
Washington, DC
Joined September 2015
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Dr. Sally Rockey retweeted
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, FFAR & @AAVMC are funding 5 additional Vet Fellowships to conduct pandemic and zoonotic research. Learn more about how we are tackling emerging threats through the Vet Fellows Program: bit.ly/2UT2eov
Thank you Mr. Gore!
Great event at #FosterOurFuture2020 where I joined @SenStabenow to talk about how farmers are leading solutions to the climate crisis. Agriculture can & should play a leading role in cutting emissions & sequestering carbon. thefencepost.com/?p=70724 thefencepost.com/?p=70724
So proud of our newly announced partnership - The Ag Climate Partnership - with our wonderful colleagues at US Farmers & Ranchers Alliance, - agriculture as a solution to climate change. Much more info coming in the future. Go @FoundationFAR & @USFRA ! bit.ly/2Uu5Qxy
What a day at Foster Our Future! Thank you Former Vice President Al Gore, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Congressmen Jimmy Panetta & Rodney Davis, former Ag Secretaries Vilsak, Johann and Glickman & all of our honored speakers & guests that made the day so special. @FoundationFAR
Hope to see you all there!
BREAKING FFAR NEWS: Former Vice President Al Gore will headline the Foster Our Future evening program. @AlGore will also participate on an evening panel on the potential for agriculture to mitigate climate change. Register today: bit.ly/2Cl9VJZ
Dr. Sally Rockey retweeted
BREAKING FFAR NEWS: Former Vice President Al Gore will headline the Foster Our Future evening program. @AlGore will also participate on an evening panel on the potential for agriculture to mitigate climate change. Register today: bit.ly/2Cl9VJZ
Hi everyone. Sorry I've been offline for so long. Exciting announcement about the FFAR New Innovator Program. Now not requiring grantee match. Hope to see some exceptional proposals. bit.ly/2N9PdCN
Dr. Sally Rockey retweeted
The RIPE project aims to end hunger worldwide by improving the complex process of photosynthesis to increase crop production. Find out more: bit.ly/36Lm5Jy
Dr. Sally Rockey retweeted
Pleased to welcome Dr. Tim Kurt and the @FoundationFAR to the 2019 Beef and Forage Research and Recommendation Meeting and the @UTIAg campus. – at Knoxville, TN
Thanks Dirk and your team for all the great work on putting together a consortium of our future! @FoundationFAR
@FoundationFAR Dr. Sally Rockey stopped by to talk @WorldFoodPrize. We want to thank FFAR for the passionate support of the @PHL_FWreduction Consortium. #postharvest #foodwaste #internationalpartnerships
Victoria Okot at the World Food Prize said the elimination of the hand plow is a civil rights issue as most farmers in Africa are women and they need mechanization for success. Great thought @WorldFoodPrize
A number of our FFAR projects are featured at the Climate Underground. Go ASU multipaddock Grazing Project and Open Team! @FoundationFAR #climateunderground
Happy to be at the 2019 Global Food Forum to hear more about Issues where the innovation that FFAR funds can help solve. #wsjfood @FoundationFAR
Welcome to our two new FFAR Board members, Beth Ford, CEO of Land O'Lakes bit.ly/2p7zcEm and John Lumpkin, President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation bit.ly/2oiqWRz . Looking forward to working with you!
Delighted to meet our second cohort of FFAR fellows. What a great group! The future of Ag and Food science is in good hands. bit.ly/2MFbXMx
We know that farmers and scientists will be front & center in our battle to reverse climate change - USFRA and FFAR a big part. See former Ag Secretaries Vilsak's and Glickman's editorial. bit.ly/2KLkKdB
What a wonderful event for the presentation of our 100th award! Go Blackfeet Nation, Montana State Univ. and all the cherished people we met there!
FFAR presented our 100th grant to Blackfeet Nation and Montana State University last night for their groundbreaking research that promotes sustainable #ag in Blackfeet Nation
