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2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action
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2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action
Indigenous Food Systems
20th Annual SAFSF Forum Request for Proposals
Sustainable Fibers and Textiles

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Network Outreach - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks, Part 5

December 14, 2021
SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and been some prosper while others struggled to find their…

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2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action

February 7, 2022
Funding Base-Building, Narrative Shift, and Policy Strategy for the Farm Bill—2023 and Beyond The 2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action will bring funders together in Washington DC to…

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2022 SAFSF Forum: Commitment & Accountability

June 20, 2022
SUBMIT A SESSION IDEA SAFSF is pleased to accept concurrent workshop and learning dinner proposals for the 2022 Annual Forum from all funders, even those who are…

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Network Outreach - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks, Part 5
December 14, 2021
SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and been some prosper while others struggled to find their…

Learn More ›

2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action
February 7, 2022
Funding Base-Building, Narrative Shift, and Policy Strategy for the Farm Bill—2023 and Beyond The 2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action will bring funders together in Washington DC to…

Learn More ›

2022 SAFSF Forum: Commitment & Accountability
June 20, 2022
SUBMIT A SESSION IDEA SAFSF is pleased to accept concurrent workshop and learning dinner proposals for the 2022 Annual Forum from all funders, even those who are…

Learn More ›

Recent News

Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice Participants Address Funding Disparities with Intention and Commitment

For nearly 15 years, SAFSF has been hosting conversations to highlight the painful reality that Native communities receive only about 0.0025% of all philanthropic giving – and only a small portion of those grant dollars go to Native-led organizations. Philanthropic funding for Native communities, on whose stolen lands our agricultural industry and nation are built upon, lags behind funding to all other communities of color. Yet, in the wake of the health and economic devastation of COVID-19 on Native communities, the need for philanthropic commitment to Indian Country has never been greater. Recognizing the need for deeper focus and intentionality from funders, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and First…

2021 End of Year Acknowledgements

As we near the end of the year, we like to pause to recognize new members and membership milestones, to acknowledge special support, and to say a few farewells. Most importantly, we thank every SAFSF member and all who have participated in our network activities over the past year! Welcome to our New Members! SAFSF welcomed the following organizations as new or returning members in 2021: Butterfly Equity FoundationClementine FundElmina B. Sewall FoundationEmily Hall Tremaine FoundationFoodshed CapitalIda and Robert Gordon Family FoundationInternational Community FoundationStray Dog InstituteTao RisingThe Roundhouse FoundationThe Shachar FoundationThree Sisters Fund Member Milestones Thank you to these funders for completing membership milestones at the end of 2021! 5-Year Members Chef…

USDA Equity Commission Nomination Deadline Oct 27

The USDA announced it will be establishing an Equity Commission and is requesting nominations for membership on the Equity Commission Advisory Committee and Equity Commission Subcommittee on Agriculture. This is a really important opportunity to advise the Secretary of Agriculture and the entire USDA on identifying USDA programs, policies, systems, structures, and practices that contribute to barriers to inclusion or access, systemic discrimination, or exacerbate or perpetuate racial, economic, health and social disparities. The Subcommittee on Agriculture will be formed concurrently and will report back to the Equity Commission and provide recommendations on issues of concern related to agriculture to optimize USDA programs, dismantle structural inequities and systemic discrimination, and promote social justice particularly for…

Food Systems Response & Recovery in the wake of Hurricane Ida

Susan Lightfoot Schempf, Co-Director of the Wallace Center at Winrock International, reached out to SAFSF members last week in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida to share a snapshot of what she saw happening on the ground, as a New Orleans native and resident, and to encourage funders to channel resources through the many community-led efforts underway. SAFSF is grateful to Susan for taking the time from her own family’s recovery efforts to share this critical eye-witness information that most of us would otherwise not hear about. Below are excerpts of Susan’s dispatch from New Orleans. Snapshot of the situation: Much like we saw in the beginning of the Covid pandemic,…