The MDA received $4 million of Clean Water Funds to support the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota for fiscal years 2022-2023. Fourteen research projects which focus on incorporating perennial and winter annual crops into existing agricultural practices were selected through a request for proposal process administered by the University. The MDA oversees the distribution of funds and coordinates reporting on progress results and outcomes.
The fourteen projects selected for funding in 2022-2023 are listed below.
| Project Title | Recipient (University of Minnesota) |
$$ | Project Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developing winter pea as a profitable and environmentally friendly crop for Minnesota | Robert Stupar | $350,000 | Active |
| Developing management guidelines and determining environmental outcomes for maize in kura clover living mulch | Jeff Strock | $194,343 | Active |
| Protein blending: Impact on functionality, nutrition and flavor attributes | Baraem Pam Ismail | $349,958 | Active |
| Solid state microbial fermentation of camelina oilseed meal for better animal feed | Bo Hu | $121,000 | Active |
| Ensuring clean water, mitigating climate change, and optimizing yields through advanced fertility management of Kernza | Jessica Gutknecht | $349,988 | Active |
| The role of annual and perennial winter crops rooting system on modulating crops water use and quality | Axel Garcia y Garcia | $194,356 | Active |
| Understanding field-scale variability in Kernza and winter camelina to improve yield and carbon accounting | Joshua Gamble | $349,450 | Active |
| Develop soybean cyst nematode management strategies for pennycress as an oilseed cover crop in corn-soybean production systems | Senyu Chen | $150,000 | Active |
| The continued development of a perennial sunflower | Yaniv Brandvain | $75,593 | Active |
| Leveraging phenomics and root informatics to improve intermediate wheatgrass breeding germplasm | Prabin Bajgain | $175,138 | Active |
| Investigating functionality, end-use characteristics, and processing specifications of IWG grain across stand life and crop varieties | George Amponsah Annor | $349,399 | Active |
| Request for matching funds for the purchase of a TwinLab F 20/40 extruder with a barrel liner made of M390 Alloy and its accessories for research on ready-to-eat products from Forever Green Initiative (FGI) | George Amponsah Annor | $50,000 | Active |
| Field pennycress breeding program support | James A. Anderson | $329,913 | Active |
| Breeding winter camelina for early maturity and improved seed yield and protein | James A. Anderson | $200,000 | Active |
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