Cargill donates $500,000 to U of I’s CAFE project

Mar 01, 2023

Dairy sustainability scientists and innovators will soon have the nation’s largest research hub to test their ideas and develop technologies in the Pacific Northwest.

The Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE) will be the backdrop to short-term and longer-term research projects to benefit dairy farmers in Idaho and beyond.

To help support this University of Idaho project, Cargill is donating $500,000 to the university.

Located in the nation’s third-largest dairy-producing state and home to a thriving agriculture sector, CAFE is designed with the size and scale of a commercial dairy, with additional capabilities to grow and study crops used for animal nutrition.

CAFE researchers will examine the sustainability of the dairy farming value chain from feed to milk and beyond to help bring solutions to dairy farmers in the Western region for years to come. In addition, researchers will study additional revenue streams for farmers beyond milk from emerging bio-based products and carbon credit markets.

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