Climate Change Is Walloping US Farms. Can This Farm Bill Create Real Solutions? “As negotiations around the 2023 Farm Bill, the country’s most important piece of food and farm legislation, heat up, the […]
April 2023 Policy Connection
Congressional News House Passes Debt Limit Framework as Negotiating Tactic The House on Wednesday voted 217-215 in favor of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit framework. The 320-page “Limit, Save, Grow […]
ICYMI: Civic Engagement Webinar Series
Here are a few highlights of our two-part series Civic Engagement Strategies to Advance Food Systems Change. Part I on February 16, was “A Primer with PACE,” co-hosted with Philanthropy […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Member Spotlight: Thornburg Foundation
“I serve as the Thornburg Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Officer, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Thornburg Foundation bases its work in food and agriculture on a vision wherein […]
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) […]
February 2023 Policy Connection
The Policy Connection is a regular digital publication for SAFSF members, providing insights into key policy issues for sustainable agriculture and food systems. Blog post will now be embedded within the recurring […]
February 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. February featured “picks” from Holly Enowski, […]
