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Registration is LIVE for the 2026 SAFSF Forum in Savannah, GA June 22-25
Movement-Aligned Funding Learning Community
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Upcoming Events

Health Funders Learning Community Call

March 25, 2026
Join us for the first Health Funders Learning Community call of 2026. Health funders are navigating urgent community asks in an increasingly unstable policy and economic landscape.…

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Maximize Your Membership

March 26, 2026
Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization, have not…

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SNAP Funder Working Group: Food Security Data Collection

March 31, 2026
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health have formed a funder Working Group to coordinate a strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R.…

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The Pesticide Industry's Multi-Front Campaign for Legal Immunity: A Critical Moment for Funders

April 9, 2026
Co-hosted by Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA), Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), and URSA Collective. The pesticide industry is…

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Health Funders Learning Community Call
March 25, 2026
Join us for the first Health Funders Learning Community call of 2026. Health funders are navigating urgent community asks in an increasingly unstable policy and economic landscape.…

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Maximize Your Membership
March 26, 2026
Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization, have not…

Learn More ›

SNAP Funder Working Group: Food Security Data Collection
March 31, 2026
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health have formed a funder Working Group to coordinate a strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R.…

Learn More ›

The Pesticide Industry's Multi-Front Campaign for Legal Immunity: A Critical Moment for Funders
April 9, 2026
Co-hosted by Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA), Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), and URSA Collective. The pesticide industry is…

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Recent News

2026 Policy Funding Challenge

A Challenge to SAFSF Members: Invest Boldly in Policy Advocacy and Movement Building The challenges facing our food system—spanning corporate consolidation, land loss, climate change, racial inequity, labor exploitation, access to adequate nutrition, and beyond—make clear that long-term change depends on shifting the policies, systems, and power structures that shape people’s daily lives. Building a truly resilient, just, and democratic food system requires sustained investment in policy advocacy and movement building.  Policy change unfolds over years, legislative sessions, and election cycles. Achieving durable policy successes at the Tribal, federal, state, and local levels requires patient, flexible, and sustained investment in a broad spectrum of offensive and defensive strategies. These include…

February Mycelium View

SAFSF Mycelium View SAFSF’s Mycelium View goes deeper—tracking emerging field developments, policy shifts, and systems change efforts from philanthropy and beyond. Read in browser   Forward to funder colleague   // February 24, 2026 Introducing SAFSF Mycelium View, our new bi-monthly newsletter for funders and movement leaders who want to stay close to the trends, policies, and system change efforts shaping the food and agriculture landscape. Like the mycelium networks that quietly connect and sustain our entire ecosystems underground, this newsletter surfaces important signals for those working toward a more just and equitable food system. While our bi-monthly ‘Network Pulse’ newsletter covers the funding ecosystem through member moves and philanthropy news, Mycelium…

Sit Down with Bruce Karmazin, Long-Time Executive Director at Lumpkin Family Foundation

SAFSF Executive Director Clare Fox and Senior Membership Associate Holly Hanes sat down with longtime SAFSF member and recently retired Executive Director of Lumpkin Family Foundation, Bruce Karmazin, to reflect on his career and two decades of membership with SAFSF.  With a core focus on promoting health and wellness through sustainable food systems, mental health initiatives, and regenerative agriculture, the Lumpkin Family Foundation is a private, family foundation based in Illinois. At the SAFSF 2025 Forum, Lumpkin Family Foundation celebrated 20 years as a member of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders.  Bruce Karmazin recently stepped down as Executive Director after 23 years at the foundation. During his time as…

Beyond the Stereotypes: A Call to Invest in the Rural Communities that Sustain Us – Reflections from the UnConference

Holly Hanes, SAFSF Senior Membership Associate, shares her reflections from attending the United Philanthropy Forum’s UnConference as an Emerging Leader scholarship recipient. She participated in a transformative session discussing the newly released 10 Principles of Rural Philanthropic Engagement, which provides critical framing for funders seeking to deepen their work with rural communities. This year, I had the pleasure of joining colleagues at United Philanthropy Forum’s UnConference as an Emerging Leader scholarship recipient. United Philanthropy Forum is the umbrella membership organization for Philanthropy Infrastructure Organization (PIO), also known as funder networks or affinity groups. This year’s conference was unique in structure – fully peer-driven and peer-led – featuring sessions that harnessed…