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$2M USDA Grant funds value-added grains project
September 21, 2020: A Cornell scientist is leading a multi-institution team that’s helping turn diverse and ancient grains into staple foods throughout the Northeast and Midwest, thanks to a three-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The project focuses on developing infrastructure to establish an organic industry for grains such as bread wheat, naked barley, hulless oats, rye, emmer, spelt and einkorn. Read the full article here.
Funding
This project was funded in 2020 by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, grant number 2020-51300-32379. A previous Value Added Grains project was funded in 2011, grant number 2011-51300-30697.
