$743K Grant Awarded to Strengthen Regional Food Supply Chains - Arkansas Business

“A team of researchers at the University of Arkansas, in partnership with consultants and startup companies, has been awarded a $743,651 grant for a project aimed to strengthening regional food supply chains.

The grant from the National Science Foundation will help connect regional farmers with institutional buyers and ultimately expand access to healthy and nutritious food, the university said in a news release.

The project is one of 16 to receive funding under the foundation's Convergence Accelerator program. It brings researchers from the University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and University of Florida together with two startups, Cureate and Junction AI Inc., and a team of consultants to tackle challenges such as food insecurity while offering novel business solutions.” Read more here.