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2023 SAFSF Forum Registration Opens April 3!
Four Principles We Believe In
SAFSF Board Nominations Due March 24
Current Focus Areas and Areas of Impact

Featured Work

2023 SAFSF Forum Registration Opens April 3!
Four Principles We Believe In
SAFSF Board Nominations Due March 24
Current Focus Areas and Areas of Impact

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Sponsor the 2023 SAFSF Forum

March 31, 2023
Your sponsorship of the 2023 SAFSF Forum boosts our power to convene funders across the agriculture and food system spectrum at a critical moment for philanthropy. Your…

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Farm Bill Platforms - Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security

April 19, 2023
Co-hosted with Grantmakers In Health (GIH). The nutrition title of the farm bill authorizes several essential food assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the…

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Offshore Fish Farming Primer: OFF 101

April 21, 2023
Co-hosted with GRACE Communications Foundation and Don’t Cage Our Oceans Offshore Fish Farming (OFF) – the mass cultivation of finfish in underwater or floating net pens, pods, and…

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The Land Heals: Part One

April 25, 2023
SAVE THE DATE! Co-hosted with Ceres Trust and 11th Hour Project In the face of our collective history of colonization, slavery and white supremacy, and the fierce…

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Sponsor the 2023 SAFSF Forum
March 31, 2023
Your sponsorship of the 2023 SAFSF Forum boosts our power to convene funders across the agriculture and food system spectrum at a critical moment for philanthropy. Your…

Learn More ›

Farm Bill Platforms - Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security
April 19, 2023
Co-hosted with Grantmakers In Health (GIH). The nutrition title of the farm bill authorizes several essential food assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the…

Learn More ›

Offshore Fish Farming Primer: OFF 101
April 21, 2023
Co-hosted with GRACE Communications Foundation and Don’t Cage Our Oceans Offshore Fish Farming (OFF) – the mass cultivation of finfish in underwater or floating net pens, pods, and…

Learn More ›

The Land Heals: Part One
April 25, 2023
SAVE THE DATE! Co-hosted with Ceres Trust and 11th Hour Project In the face of our collective history of colonization, slavery and white supremacy, and the fierce…

Learn More ›

Recent News

Note from Board Chair on Executive Director Transition

After over twenty years of dedicated service at SAFSF, Virginia Clarke has decided to step down as Executive Director and will transition out of her role at the end of December 2023.20+ years is a phenomenal run at any organization, and Virginia’s contributions to SAFSF and the broader field cannot be overstated. SAFSF’s stature and reach has grown under Virginia’s leadership – from a staff of a single part-time coordinator with a budget of $125,000 with five supporting funders to a membership of 105 (and growing), 11 staff in eight states, and a budget of over $2 million. My time working alongside Virginia has allowed an up-close view of her powerful…

Virginia’s Note on Stepping Down in December 2023

Dear SAFSF Network, When I started with SAFSF in 2003 I would never have imagined—even in my wildest dreams—that I would still be here some twenty plus years later. I look back and wonder how so many years have flown by and how I came to be blessed with work and relationships that would captivate my attention – and my heart—for over two decades!  This has been such a joyful, soulful ride – such an incredible honor and opportunity to work and learn alongside you.   I write now to let you know I will step down from my role as Executive Director at the end of 2023.  Leadership changes are…

March Picks of the Month

Monthly in our News & Resouces funder newsletter one staff shares a few media pieces that they have been reading, watching, or listening to. March featured “picks” from finance associate Ian McHugh. A Green New Deal for Agriculture: the financial arithmetic of a modern food system depends on a permanent exploitation of soil, atmosphere, and labor. at the moment, those who want to farm with dignity in the web of life plead a case for which there is no business logic. As We Have Always Done by author, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and this Pacific Standard article featuring her led me to this question: scientific empiricism is associated with combatting climate change, but should it…

SAFSF Policy Staff on the Move in Washington, D.C.

Last week, Traci Bruckner, SAFSF, senior director, public policy, and Maggie Mascarenhas, SAFSF, public policy associate were in D.C. for Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) and Environmental Grantmakers Association’s (EGA) 2023 Federal Policy Briefing. Left to right: Ansje Miller, HEFN Executive Director, Kalila Booker-Cassano, HEFN Director of Programs, Traci Bruckner, SAFSF Senior Director of Public Policy, Maggie Mascarenhas, SAFSF Public Policy Associate, Ann Mills, Agua Fund Executive Director. During FOTH, they took the opportunity to schedule meetings with several Senate Agriculture Committee member offices, as well as Senate Agriculture Committee professional staff, and share SAFSF 2023 Farm Bill Principles and further position SAFSF staff and members as a resource. They…