Feeding The Next Billion
Sponsored by The Tony Robbins Foundation & FFAR
The two finalist teams outlined below will engage in a head-to-head competition at the Visioneering Summit to determine which idea will move forward to be launched as an XPRIZE.
Finalist Teams
This 3-year prize awards $10 million to the first team to make a full nutritious, healthy diet for 100 people for 100 days in 1 closed soilless system. In the system, 100% of the energy must be renewable, and 90% of phosphorus, water and nitrogen must be recycled. The team aims to make laboratory technology produced food affordable and available to anyone.
A $15 million competition where the winning team will develop the early warning system that gives the longest lead time to farmers that can diagnose and warn of the most destructive pests and diseases with at least 85% accuracy.
Sponsor
The Tony Robbins Foundation & FFAR
About
The Tony Robbins Foundation is a nonprofit created to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of people often forgotten. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, is a nonprofit that builds unique partnerships to support innovative science addressing today’s food and agriculture challenges. The Feeding the Next Billion prize is focused on ensuring that the 10% of the growing global population that remains undernourished has access to nutritious food produced in a sustainable way.
The Tony Robbins Foundation & FFAR