More than $30 million in grants will fund research projects to improve food safety, reduce antibiotic resistance, and increase the resilience of plants. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the grants for 80 research projects through USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. Vilsack also announced that the President's 2017 budget $700 million for AFRI, the fully authorized funding level established by Congress in the 2008 Farm Bill. USDA says AFRI has led to innovations and discoveries in childhood obesity, rural economics, and food production and safety. Vilsack said, “funding in research to respond to these challenges should be considered as an investment in our nation's future.”
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