NASA Acres applies satellite data solutions to the most pressing challenges facing U.S. agriculture.
NASA Acres brings the value of Earth observation technology down to Earth. We bridge the gap from space-to-farm and education-to-impact together with U.S. farmers, ranchers, and other agrifood system decision makers with addressing the most pressing challenges to sustainable, productive, and resilient agriculture, both today and into the next generation.
Our Impact Areas
We are NASA’s consortium designed to bridge the gap from space-to-farm and education-to-impact in U.S. agriculture.
Launched in 2023, we are led and implemented by the University of Maryland in close partnership with NASA’s Agriculture Program Area.
We have >40 projects which are executed by 12 lead organizations together with >40 collaborating partners across all 48 conterminous states plus Hawaii.
Multisectoral and multiscalar, we count among our partners individual farmers to commodity and farmer groups, private space companies to international space agencies, agri-technology to governmental innovation laboratories, and nonprofits to value chain companies.
We all share the same vision: a stronger, more resilient, and more secure U.S. agrifood system underpinned by the power of satellite data technology and empowered by a workforce best equipped to use it.
Our Vision:
NASA Acres brings togethers actors throughout the agricultural community to share methods, data, and technology to work towards:
Richer knowledge about past and present agricultural land use, productivity, and sustainability in the U.S.
More tools that use satellite-based Earth observations in the hands of farmers, ranchers, and other agrifood system actors
A stronger agricultural technology workforce ready to tackle the challenges of climate change and global hazards to U.S. agriculture and food security
