New foundation will bolster USDA research funding

July 29, 2014

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke with media at Cornell July 29, 2014 to explain the new private-public foundation that will bolster the USDA’s supplemental research funding.

In the 2014 Farm Bill, the U.S. Congress created the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research and designated $200M in seed money. The remaining $200 million will be tendered by private entities.

Vilsack was joined by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Dean Kathryn Boor, who sits on the foundation’s new 15-member board to oversee its operation.