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Join Our Community by December 2

December 2, 2024
For over 20 years, SAFSF has been home to hundreds of philanthropic and investment organizations moving capital toward a more just and sustainable food system. This has…

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December Health Funders Learning Community Call

December 5, 2024
Join us Thursday, December 5 for our next Health Funders Learning Community call. This SAFSF member-only call is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow members funding…

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A Different USDA and a Different Farm Bill Advocacy Landscape: Philanthropy’s role in supporting organizations through forthcoming transitions

December 10, 2024
Thanks to sustained advocacy and organizing both at the Congressional and Administrative level, USDA has made strides in recent years addressing key issues such as climate change…

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Grantmaking Strategies to Support Effective Policy Advocacy—Bolder Advocacy Series

December 11, 2024
Join us for a webinar series exploring how funders can effectively support a wide array of advocacy strategies within a food and agriculture context. Organized in partnership…

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Join Our Community by December 2
December 2, 2024
For over 20 years, SAFSF has been home to hundreds of philanthropic and investment organizations moving capital toward a more just and sustainable food system. This has…

Learn More ›

December Health Funders Learning Community Call
December 5, 2024
Join us Thursday, December 5 for our next Health Funders Learning Community call. This SAFSF member-only call is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow members funding…

Learn More ›

A Different USDA and a Different Farm Bill Advocacy Landscape: Philanthropy’s role in supporting organizations through forthcoming transitions
December 10, 2024
Thanks to sustained advocacy and organizing both at the Congressional and Administrative level, USDA has made strides in recent years addressing key issues such as climate change…

Learn More ›

Grantmaking Strategies to Support Effective Policy Advocacy—Bolder Advocacy Series
December 11, 2024
Join us for a webinar series exploring how funders can effectively support a wide array of advocacy strategies within a food and agriculture context. Organized in partnership…

Learn More ›

Recent News

Member Moments: Fabiola Greenawalt

I serve as The Russell Family Foundation’s Senior Program Officer, based in Gig Harbor, Washington. Our foundation’s vision is ‘a thriving, equitable, and sustainable Earth.’ Guided by this vision, we invest in people and places to advance environmental sustainability and address the climate crisis. As part of our vision, we launched the Food for Climate Solutions grantmaking program in 2023. This program is designed to address the negative impacts of climate change while fostering a thriving local and regional food system and more equitable access to local, healthy, and sustainable grown food.  Throughout the developmental phase of this program, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) has been an invaluable ally. As an organization, SAFSF…

Digging Deeper: Q&A on Industry Consolidation with Claire Kelloway

Dig Deeper with Digging In! Digging In is SAFSF’s first documentary film, produced by Nathan.works and underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation, and was designed as a tool for funders and their grantees to explore the wide-ranging challenges of land access, consolidation and concentration, and climate change on U.S. agriculture. The film uplifts on-the-ground perspectives and solutions across the country.  Claire Kelloway, Open Markets Institute, joined SAFSF and the broader food systems community for a deep dive into meat and poultry consolidation through a recent installment of Digging Deeper, our lunchtime condensed documentary screening series. Featured in the film, Claire is a renowned thought leader and writer on market concentration in the food sector. Building on insights from our series,…

SAFSF’s Election Response

The evening of Election Day, I stepped outside in time to witness a sky full of birds returning to their nesting place for the evening. The sky was stunning, showing off the best of LA sunset colors, and filled with bird flight. That night, I paused with recognition that no matter who is elected president, the birds will keep gliding to and fro with the movements of the sun. Our relationship with land shows us the abundant ecosystems that nurture and sustain us, across time and space. As Daniel Hunter wrote in his excellent article in Waging Nonviolence, “On the days when I can’t sense any of these political possibilities…I zoom out further to the…

Hurricane Helene & Milton Response

As we’ve seen in the news, devastating hurricanes have swept the East Coast, leaving communities in the wake of destruction, with more tropical storms predicted on the horizon. In the face of the challenging circumstances, private philanthropy and community groups are stepping up to aid in recovery and resilience. In response, our team has put together a resource page on our website collecting all the outlets for supporting hurricane relief right now. Please contact Communications Director, Maggie Mosley, if you have anything to add to this list. Federal Support and Shared Resources  Applying for Disaster Assistance: People in designated counties can apply for FEMA assistance in three ways: online by…