Cultivating a Crop of Food System Solutions

Five organizations dedicated to eliminating hunger and sustainably boosting nutrition earn top honors in this year’s Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge.

By Dale Buss

May 3, 2024

Women farming Maize in Zambia. — Maize is a staple crop in Zambia, where it is often farmed by women. Photo courtesy of IFPRI

In its third year, the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge is maturing just as are many winners of the annual $1 million in Seed and Growth grants as well as Seeding The Future Grand Prizes that reward their innovative approaches to solving some of the world’s biggest problems.

After receiving a total of more than 2,400 applications from startups and other organizations around the world over its first three years, the Seeding The Future Foundation has put together a global web of ente…

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SEED GRANT WINNERS

The Global Food System Challenge awarded $25,000 to each of eight Seed Grant winners:

Aquagenius, “Small-scale Fish Farming Enhanced by a Circular Economy and Innovative, Eco-friendly Food Strategy”

Feeding Albania Foundation, “Sustainable Egg Production for NGOs and the Impoverished in Albania”

Global Seed Savers, “Empowering Communities for Sustainable, Equitable, Ecological, and Diverse Food Systems through Seed Sovereignty”

Ndalo Heritage Trust, “Sorghum Value-addition: Scaling Up Nutrition, Human and Climate Health for At-risk Populations in Siaya County, Kenya”

Safe Environment Hub, “Black Soldier Fly Farming: Changing Trash to Cash”

Tiny Seed Project, “PISCES: Permaculture Institute, Cultivating Resistance: Promoting Cover Crops for Sustainable Agriculture in Northern Togo, West Africa”

Urban Being Inc., “JRDN-URBN: Building Food Autonomy into the City”

UV4Good, “UVC LED-based Systems to Clean Water in the Field and Other Emergency Situations Around the World”

About the Author

Dale Buss, contributing editor, is an award-winning journalist and book author whose career has included reporting for The Wall Street Journal, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize ([email protected]).