FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PILOT GRANT PROGRAM

The program’s goal is to support innovation from researchers and entrepreneurs focused on developing technology and other solutions to address food insecurity in New Jersey. The program will accelerate New Jersey’s early-stage innovation-based companies’ research and development of technologies to transform new discoveries from research-stage concepts into commercially viable products and services that address the food security needs of New Jersey’s communities. The program seeks to identify and implement ways to increase access to nutritious foods and develop new approaches to alleviate food deserts.