USDA Innovation Challenge

Deadline: 2015-10-27
Award: $25,000

Help build a sustainable US food system by putting USDA data into the hands of farmers, researchers, and consumers.

American farmers need more data in order to create a sustainable food system for the United States. They need to analyse the food supply coming from farms and ranches and the economics of consumer demand. They need to know how yields have changed over time so they can prepare for and predict future crops. They need to know what is growing well in their area and what isn’t. Similarly, consumers and researchers want to know where their food is coming from and how we can make US agriculture more sustainable.