Holly Enowski, SAFSF Senior Membership Associate, shares her reflections after attending two rural-forward convenings: 2024 Rural Philanthropy Summit: Creating Thriving Communities, presented by Philanthropy Missouri and Community Foundation of the […]
Funding for a Better Farm Bill Has Been Sparse and Inconsistent. Is That Changing?—Inside Philanthropy
This week, Inside Philanthropy published an article about shifts in philanthropy to support sustained grassroots organizing and advocacy on the Farm Bill, the massive piece of federal legislation that governs […]
Making a SHOT for Real Agriculture Change via Federal Ag Funding
By Maria Doerr, Program Officer, Rural Climate Partnership The SAFSF Member Policy in Action highlights SAFSF members who are funding food and agriculture policy advocacy at the federal, state, tribal, […]
Call for 2024 Board Nominations
Interested in stewardship of Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders? We are accepting nominations for our Board of Directors until April 15! We are looking to fill up to four […]
Physics, Philanthropy and Affirmative Action
by Renee Catacalos, SAFSF vice president, strategy and impact Newton’s Third Law of Motion says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. This immutable relationship between physical objects […]
June 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 […]
March 2023 Policy Connection
Congressional News Agriculture Resilience Act Reintroduced Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has reintroduced one of the largest climate-focused “marker bills,” or a bill that can be folded into a larger bill, […]
Early-Bird Registration Open!
Today is the day we’ve all been waiting for, registration is LIVE for the 20th Annual SAFSF Forum: Commitment & Accountability! We will gather in Kansas City, Missouri on June 20-22, to connect in person […]
Call for Nominations for Directors
I’m Jen Zuckerman, chair of the SAFSF Nominating Committee. I am so excited to share that the opportunity to nominate SAFSF members to serve on the SAFSF Board has been […]
New Speakers Confirmed as SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action Shifts to Virtual Format
We are pleased to announce U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh, Senator Cory Booker, and Representative Abigail Spanberger as speakers for the 2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action. Considering the continued challenges with COVID, we have […]