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MISSION

Building foundational infrastructure for agriculture’s next era.

WHO WE ARE

Agriculture faces critical challenges that threaten food production, rural economies, and national security. F3i leverages the Central Valley’s unmatched scale of production to build and scale solutions that strengthen our most vital supply chain.

MISSION

WHY WE DO IT

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STRENGTHENING AGRICULTURAL SECURITY

Although agriculture is designated as critical infrastructure, it lacks the strategic redundancy and long-term planning of other sectors—resulting in fragile supply chains, slow recovery from disruption, and limited innovation at scale. F3i was founded to address this gap through new investment models, workforce pathways, and commercialization programs that strengthen rural economies and protect critical agricultural assets.

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REINVESTING IN RURAL ECONOMIES

F3i is headquartered in California’s Central Valley, the country’s largest food producing region and a global proving ground for large-scale agricultural innovation. We work across the agriculture value chain and its partners to develop and apply innovation while rebuilding rural industries and driving economic growth.

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PARTNERING FOR IMPACT

Through collaboration among researchers from Fresno State, the University of California, Merced, and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, alongside industry partners and government leaders at all levels, F3 Innovate serves as a nexus for advancing technologies and practices that secure the future of farming.