The Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM) at WashU advances interdisciplinary solutions for healthier food and a healthier planet.
By bringing together expertise from academia and the private and public sectors, we aim to create innovative approaches that improve nutrition and health locally, nationally, and globally.
FARM Areas of Impact
The goal of FARM is to make WashU a world leader in both research and innovation across plant science, public health, and ag-tech.
Plant Science
Public Health
Ag-Tech
In doing so, we aspire to make St. Louis the intellectual center of sustainable action around hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity.
WashU is revolutionizing food and plant science from right here in St. Louis. See how FARM positions our campus — and our city — at the nexus of solving human and planetary health challenges.
Get a closer look at the future of FARM and see how we’re advancing new ways of thinking, new pathways to impact, and new partnerships that will create real change in our region and beyond.