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SUMMARY:Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed for this event. \n\n\n\nJoin Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a day of peer funder engagement\, generative discussion\, and strategic alignment around funding regenerative agriculture\, held in San Francisco\, California on March 19\, 2024.  \n\n\n\nWe will ground our discussions in two recent reports from peers in this space: \n\n\n\n\nCultivating Change: Accelerating and Scaling Agroecology and Regenerative Approaches by Global Alliance for the Future of Food and\,\n\n\n\nInvesting in Regenerative Agriculture: Shaping a Livable Future by Josh Cavanaugh\, board member of The Russell Family Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nParticipation is limited to 40 funders* currently funding regenerative agriculture or seriously considering activating their resources in this space. SAFSF members\, non-members\, regional funders\, and national funders are all welcome.  \n\n\n\nThis is the first of three in person gatherings hosted by SAFSF in 2024 in lieu of a Forum.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Registration for this event is limited to funders. SAFSF defines funders as organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. Please reach out to Holly Enowski (holly@safsf.org) with any questions.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/regenerative-agriculture-california-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits
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SUMMARY:Executive Director Meet and Greet
DESCRIPTION:in San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nCurious to learn more about SAFSF? Join our new Executive Director Clare Fox and the SAFSF team on Monday evening. Come by for a casual Meet and Greet to learn what SAFSF has to offer and how to get involved.  \n\n\n\nCome as you are and as you wish! This will be a drop-by event\, open to all current and prospective members in the area. Please register so we know to expect you.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register for this via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/executive-director-meet-and-greet/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits
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SUMMARY:Kansas City Digging In Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the FREE hometown premiere of Digging In: An Exploration of the US Food System on Sun Nov 19\, 2023 at 408 Armour Road\, North Kansas City\, MO 64116. 3-5 pm CT.  \n\n\n\nFrom KC-filmmakers Nathan Johnson and Jay W. Austin\, Digging In follows our host (Masika Henson) around the country to understand who controls our food\, who owns the the land its grown upon\, and whether our systems can adapt to a changing climate. \n\n\n\nAt this event\, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the filmmakers and others featured in the film\, connect with others who have questions and answers about the food system\, and enjoy special finger foods prepared by a local chef. Holly Enowski\, SAFSF\, will be in attendance.  \n\n\n\nCelebrate local creators\, enjoy a film before it’s released to the public\, and learn more about filmmaking and food. This family-friendly event is a beautiful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your tickets now! \n\n\n\n\nSecure Your FREE Ticket Here!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/kansas-city-digging-in-screening/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Member Only,Tours / Site Visits,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Funders + Lawyers + Family Farmers = Success
DESCRIPTION:View Recording\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Farmers Lawyer story of saving 245\,000 Family Farms from Illegal Foreclosures in the 1980s and Why Funding Legal Strategies is Crucial \n\n\n\n\n\nThis session will tell three stories. The first story is how Sarah Vogel\, then a solo practice lawyer in North Dakota\, brought a lawsuit against USDA for nine broke farmers that grew into a case that protected 245\,000 farmers from illegal practices and unconstitutional foreclosure. She will use her new book\, The Farmer’s Lawyer\, to explain how a small $15\,000 grant from a funder allowed her to do this case. The second story is how Willie Nelson held the first Farm Aid concert and used some of the $7 million in proceeds to help start a non-profit law firm\, Farmers’ Legal Action Group\, to support farmers with their legal needs. The third story will be how Farm Aid and FLAG have continued this work from the 1980s and how vital this work is to today’s family farm system of agriculture. This session will feature Sarah Vogel\, attorney\, advocate and author of The Farmer’s Lawyer\, Carolyn Mugar\, Executive Director of Farm Aid since its inception\, Glenda Yoder\, Associate Director of Farm Aid\, and Stephen Carpenter\, Deputy Director and Senior Staff Attorney of Farmers Legal Action Group (FLAG).Session outcomes:  \n\n\n\nParticipants will learn from Sarah Vogel how a small $15\,000 grant was instrumental in saving thousands of farmers from unconstitutional foreclosure and starve outs in the Coleman v. Block case\, as told in The Farmer’s Lawyer book. All of the speakers will give additional examples of how philanthropic support was vital to grass roots activism in the 1980s\, and how important it remains today.   Participants will be encouraged to keep working on problems that seem insoluble or overwhelming. If the broke farmers in the 1980s could win against the mighty USDA\, other “little guys” may be able to win against equally overwhelming odds today.Participants will learn how since the 1980s legal support has been a valuable tool in the arsenal of advocacy — from commenting on proposed regulations\, to counselling farmers in crisis\, to helping minority farmers\, and to fashioning solutions to bring a brighter tomorrow. Finally\, participants will get a sense of optimism and energy about how timely legal support to family farmers and grass roots organizations can be a critical part of resolving problems on land access\, racial equity\, and solving climate challenges.  \n\n\n\nModerator: Carolyn Mugar \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Sarah VogelGlenda YoderStephen Carpenter \n\n\n\nThis is a FREE event open to all funders. Registration is required.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funders-lawyers-family-farmers-success/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,SAFSF Forum,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Barriers For U.S. Farmers and Ranchers To Adopt Regenerative Ag Practices: Key Levers & Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:A deep dive into key barriers for farmers and ranchers to transition towards regenerative practices and highlighting funding levers that can have the most impact. \nPresented by: Patagonia \nAs part of investing Patagonia’s 2019 $10 million tax break dollars\, we have worked for the past year to develop a landscape analysis of the key barriers for farmers and ranchers face in transitioning towards regenerative practices nationally. Using an interview-driven research process (with over 300 interviews)\, we identified key levers that might alleviate these barriers and\, subsequently\, where current and future funding from philanthropic funders can have the most impact within this context. The goals of this session will be to share the analysis to drive increased collaboration and systems thinking amongst funders and key stakeholders. \nModerator:Jennifer O’Connor\, founder\, chief strategist\, Guidelight Strategies\, CA \nSpeakers:Sarah Ebe\, environmental grants program officer\, Patagonia\, CATorri Estrada\, executive director\, Carbon Cycle Institute\, CADavid Lezaks\, senior fellow\, Croatan Institute\, MIJonathan Lundgren\, director\, chief scientist\, Ecdysis Foundation\, SDIan McSweeney\, director\, Agrarian Trust\, NHAmy Saltzman\, program officer\, environment\, Walton Family Foundation\, CODennis Derryck\, Black Farmer Fund\, NYOnika Abraham Lee\, Black Farmer Fund\, NY
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/barriers-for-u-s-farmers-and-ranchers-to-adopt-regenerative-ag-practices-key-levers-opportunities/
LOCATION:Hotel Name\, Belmont Shore 1 Grenada Ave.\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90803\, United States
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SUMMARY:Transformational Food Systems Philanthropy
DESCRIPTION:How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \nPresented by: SAFSF \nThe extraction and concentration of resources––land\, wealth\, power––by a relative few is at the root of many of today’s agriculture\, climate\, and food system challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified those challenges. Resource concentration is also the foundation of our century-old system of philanthropy and a key feature of our national and global economies. The pandemic has spurred some in philanthropy to shift more resources and power to communities while in rapid-response mode. How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \nModerator:\nChristine James\, executive director\, The John Merck Fund\, VT \nSpeakers:\nEllen Dorsey\, executive director\, Wallace Global Fund\, DC\nRodney Foxworth\, chief executive officer\, Common Future\, CA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/transformational-food-systems-philanthropy/
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SUMMARY:Forum 2020
DESCRIPTION:About the Forum\nSAFSF amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems\, and the SAFSF Forum is the only national gathering for and by funders supporting just and sustainable food systems change. The Forum challenges participants to understand the need for grantmakers and investors to take on risks in order to co-create more resilient\, sustainable\, and equitable food systems—and at the same time\, provides space to cultivate connections with peers so that no one organization is going it alone. \nThe SAFSF Forum is moving online to bring you the opportunities for real-life learning and peer connection that funders look forward to all year. Spanning two weeks\, from July 13-24\, the 2020 SAFSF Forum is a curated assortment of thought-provoking\, timely\, and diverse programming developed by your SAFSF funder peers. With a range of workshop and networking sessions offered over two weeks\, put together the schedule that works for your learning: \n\nTune in live and participate in dynamic discussions with expert speakers\nListen to session recordings at a time that works for you\nConnect and network with funder and investor peers working across the country\n\nAnd because the Forum theme and agenda is developed by and for funders who are working on a variety of issues\, approaches\, and geographies\, attendees will leave with inspiration\, strategies\, and connections for impactful engagement related to their own work within the food system. \n\nForum Theme\nThe 2020 Forum theme\, Fields of Vision: Building on Our Assets for Resilient Food Systems\, encourages participants to explore our fields of view by: \n\nFocusing on immediate critical needs and assets\nLooking beyond our own organizations and localities to build relationships with strategic allies and partners\nZooming out to map the complex systems and leverage points that will support health\, equity\, solidarity\, and resilience widely and for the long term\n\nForum offerings will reflect on this theme and be informed by the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on our food and agricultural systems. \n\nREGISTRATION RATES\n$250 SAFSF Member  | $325 Non-Member Funder  | $250 Food System Partner* | $250 Affinity Group Staff \n* Food System Partner registration is a member benefit. Email forum@safsf.org if you have questions about this member benefit. \n\nWHO IS A “FUNDER”?\nThe annual SAFSF Forum is designed by and for funders. Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually. This includes individual donors\, executive and program staff\,​ and members of the board of grantmaking organizations (family foundations\, individual donors\, corporate foundations\, government\, community foundations\, etc.)\, as well as representatives of non-profit or for-profit investment enterprises. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events. \n\n2020 FORUM PLANNING COMMITTEE\nJ. Olu Baiyewu\, Food Well Alliance\, GAAlyssa Banks\, Greater Twin Cities United Way\, MNIla Duncan\, The Lumpkin Family Foundation\, NYDevin Foote\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, MILeslie Hatfield (chair)\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, NYChristine James\, The John Merck Fund\, MABob Scowcroft\, The Nell Newman Foundation\, CAElizabeth Stewart Burger\, The Sunflower Foundation\, KSJeff Usher\, Kansas Health Foundation\, KSGwen Wurst\, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation\, MO \n\n\nProgram\nWeek 1: Monday\, July 13 – Friday\, July 17\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY 7/13\n\n\n\n7 AM HST | 9 AM AKDT | 10 AM PT | 11 AM MT | 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET (90 min) \n\n\n\nTRANSFORMATIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS PHILANTHROPY\n\n\n\nHow can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \n\n\n\nPresented by: SAFSF The extraction and concentration of resources––land\, wealth\, power––by a relative few is at the root of many of today’s agriculture\, climate\, and food system challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified those challenges. Resource concentration is also the foundation of our century-old system of philanthropy and a key feature of our national and global economies. The pandemic has spurred some in philanthropy to shift more resources and power to communities while in rapid-response mode. How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? Moderator: Christine James\, executive director\, The John Merck Fund\, VT Speakers: Ellen Dorsey\, executive director\, Wallace Global Fund\, DCRodney Foxworth\, chief executive officer\, Common Future\, CA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/forum-2020-2/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
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