Key Takeaways
- PepsiCo and the National Geographic Society awarded five new grants for on-farm regenerative agriculture research
- Research targets climate-stressed regions and key crops including wheat, maize, potato, soy, and coffee
- Initiative is part of the Food for Tomorrow collaboration launched in 2025
- Scientists were selected from proposals submitted across 140 countries
- PepsiCo has expanded its goal to support regenerative practices across 10 million acres by 2030
PepsiCo Expands Food for Tomorrow with New Research Grants
PepsiCo and the National Geographic Society have announced five new grants to fund on-farm research aimed at advancing regenerative agriculture. The selected scientists were chosen from a competitive pool of applicants across 140 countries and will join the Society’s global community of Explorers.
The funding is part of Food for Tomorrow, a collaboration launched in 2025 between PepsiCo and the National Geographic Society. The initiative combines scientific research, storytelling, and education to promote regenerative agriculture practices in climate-stressed production regions.
“For over a century, the Society has been funding innovative science to better understand our world. Regenerative agriculture is an exciting new area of focus for us,” said Ian Miller, Chief Science and Innovation Officer at the National Geographic Society. “This work is deeply interconnected with many longstanding issues that we tackle: safeguarding freshwater and coastal ecosystems; restoring landscapes to support biodiversity, reduce our carbon footprint, and secure irrecoverable carbon reserves, and more.”
