IFT Comments on Food Research Grants

On June 2, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) held a public meeting in Washington, D.C., to solicit stakeholder input to improve the development of its FY2011 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) programs. AFRI is charged with funding research, education, and extension grants that address key problems of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of agriculture, including farm efficiency and profitability,…