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END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T170000 DTSTAMP:20260618T195807Z CREATED:20250715T164656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T195807Z UID:10000698-1782115200-1782406800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2026 SAFSF Forum: Ancestral Futures DESCRIPTION:The SAFSF Forum is a unique conference for the full spectrum of funders—including philanthropy\, investors\, community finance\, and intermediaries—to foster collaboration among peers\, field leaders\, and practitioners across the country around a shared mission for equitable and sustainable food and agriculture. The conference focuses on different approaches to moving impact capital to transform food systems. While funder learning is a central goal\, nonprofit movement leaders and food system partners are integral to the event’s success\, bringing on-the-ground wisdom and solutions. As we face a moment of profound transformation across non-profit\, philanthropy\, and food systems\, the SAFSF Forum is a gathering place for sense-making\, solutions\, and solidarity.  \n\n\n\nThe 2026 SAFSF Forum will take place in Savannah\, Georgia—a place where Afro-Indigenous stewardship\, Gullah Geechee traditions\, and Southern agrarian and culinary innovation intersect with today’s climate crisis\, land loss\, and rural economic disinvestment. The U.S. South is a fulcrum of American food and agriculture: a production powerhouse; a hub for farmworker and H-2A dynamics that shape national food supply; a climate frontline facing extreme heat\, hurricanes\, and flooding; and a logistics hub where Gulf and Atlantic ports—Savannah among them—move goods globally. Equity\, divestment\, and ownership struggles are also acutely felt here\, from Black land stewardship and heirs’ property challenges to corporate land capture in rural communities forcing displacement of local food systems. Because issues of land justice\, climate change\, rural economic development\, and systems of racism and exclusion converge so intensely in the South\, investing in community-led solutions in food and agriculture in the region can offer solutions to the country and the world. Throughout the Forum\, we will trace the throughline of Black and Indigenous Agrarianism\, uplifting lineages of liberatory organizing\, cooperative economics\, and rural self-determination that lay the foundation for a climate-resilient\, healthy\, and equitable food future beyond corporate control. \n\n\n\n\nTheme\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\nHost Committee\n\n\n\nSponsorship\n\n\n\nFAQs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistered for the SAFSF Forum? Join SAFSF for an optional pre-Forum orientation.\n\n\n\n\nForum Orientation (June 16)\n\n\n\nSAFSF Member Forum Orientation (June 18) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker: Stephen Satterfield\, Host of Netflix’s High on the Hog\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are thrilled that Stephen Satterfield will be taking the main stage at the 2026 SAFSF Forum as our closing keynote speaker! \n\n\n\nStephen Satterfield has spent his career redefining food and beverage as means of organizing\, activating and educating. He is the founder of Whetstone\, a groundbreaking magazine and media company dedicated to food origins and culture from around the world\, as well as HONE Media\, a culinary talent agency. \n\n\n\nStephen is the host of the critically acclaimed Netflix docuseries High on the Hog\, which won a Peabody Award for Documentary and two NAACP Image Awards for Best Documentary Series. On the show\, he puts Black cuisine at the center of American history\, offering a fuller picture of the many people\, cultures\, and events that make up the story of this country. He and his work have been covered in a massive profile in The New Yorker\, as well as in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, Fast Company\, Business Insider\, Slate\, Harvard Business Review\, and many more. \n\n\n\nPrior to his career in media\, Stephen was a sommelier and social entrepreneur promoting wine as a catalyst for socioeconomic development for Black wine workers in South Africa. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMain Stage Speakers \n\n\n\nMeet the powerful speakers joining us on the main stage this summer at the SAFSF Forum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost Committee\n\n\n\nMeet the local funders and leaders shaping the 2026 Forum to reflect local culture\, context\, and community impact. To learn more about this incredible committee\, click here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda At a Glance \n\n\n\nTake a look at our agenda preview below. We will share speakers and workshop themes over the coming weeks. Registration closes 11:59 pm PST June 8th or once sold out!  \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please visit our FAQs page or email events@safsf.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Rates\n\n\n\nThe SAFSF Forum brings together funders\, community partners\, and thought leaders in sustainable food and agriculture. Registration is open until June 8\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nField Partner registration is an SAFSF member benefit. Each SAFSF member organization may invite one representative of an organization that they are sponsoring to attend the Forum. Tickets are limited; we encourage early registration. Email events@safsf.org for questions about this member benefit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake An Impact—Become a Sponsor \n\n\n\nThe 2026 Forum includes cutting-edge content\, inspirational speakers\, field-based learning\, and unparalleled networking. At a time of profound transformation across food systems\, philanthropy\, and communities\, your sponsorship helps create a space for solutions and solidarity. This unique conference is where field leaders\, practitioners\, and funders forge new pathways for moving impact capital to transform food systems.  \n\n\n\nYour sponsorship amplifies the voices of movement leaders and peers working at the intersection of equity\, climate\, and rural economic development. Check out the sponsorship levels and benefits in this overview\, and reach out to our Executive Director\, Clare Fox\, to secure your sponsorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAFSF Forum T-Shirt Available in Registration\n\n\n\nSustainability is at the heart of everything SAFSF does — including the merchandise we offer. 15% of fabric from traditional t-shirt production ends up as waste\, so we chose a tee that puts those scraps to work. Each shirt is crafted from a lightweight recycled blend with no dyeing required\, making every one uniquely its own. Available for purchase only in Forum Registration. Register and order your shirt today! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2026forum/ CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,In Person Gathering,Meetings,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2026-forum-poster-v2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T133000 DTSTAMP:20260601T210453Z CREATED:20260601T210218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T210453Z UID:10000769-1781614800-1781616600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF Forum Attendee Orientation DESCRIPTION:Are you joining us for the SAFSF Forum in June? Meet fellow attendees at a pre-Forum orientation call hosted by staff at Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. Whether this is your first Forum or your 10th\, join us to learn about new offerings at the upcoming SAFSF Forum and how to best engage while in Savannah\, Georgia. \n\n\n\nThis call is especially helpful if you are a funder bringing new staff\, consultants\, Board or Advisory Committee members who are unfamiliar with SAFSF or the SAFSF Forum. \n\n\n\nJoin SAFSF staff for a deep dive into the SAFSF Forum including: \n\n\n\n\nWhy Savannah? \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect at the Forum\n\n\n\nForum Offerings and Mainstage Sessions\n\n\n\nHow to Engage in Whova\n\n\n\nBest Practices for Engagement \n\n\n\n\nThis energizing conversation will excite you for the Forum ahead. Learn the Forum processes and get engaged! This event is a free event closed to those who have registered for the 2026 SAFSF Forum. SAFSF members\, join us for Gather Round June 18th for a member-only Forum orientation. Interested in SAFSF membership? Email membership@safsf.org. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Open Registration\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n EmailThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you are funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n \n \n No\, I am not affiliated with any funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once.\n Submit URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/forum-orientation/ CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,Meetings,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Jade-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251113T170000 DTSTAMP:20251106T153927Z CREATED:20250807T180011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T153927Z UID:10000705-1763042400-1763053200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF on the Road: Chicago DESCRIPTION:Building Vision and Capital: Aligning Funding Practices with Entrepreneurial Realities \n\n\n\nSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) invites you to a workshop where diverse capital partners will explore bridging the capital gaps to support the local food economy. We will hear from food entrepreneurs to explore ways philanthropy and investors can align funding practices with entrepreneurial realities. \n\n\n\nJoin SAFSF and fellow funders\, including the Chicago Food Policy Action Council\, Fresh Taste\, Kinship Foundation\, Proofing Station\, and Builders Vision\, on Thursday\, November 13\, from 2:00–5:00 PM CT at The Hatchery. Learn from food entrepreneurs about how food serves as a critical philanthropy strategy that you can activate more deeply.  \n\n\n\nThanks to our Chicago-based SAFSF members for their thought partnership!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda At A Glance\n\n\n\n1:20 PM  Tour of The Hatchery *Optional*2:00 PM   Event Kick–Off2:20 PM   Facilitated Funder Networking3:00 PM   The Hatchery Entrepreneur Panel 3:45 PM   Funder Panel and Takeaways: Blended capital in practice 4:00 PM   Integrated Capital Stack Workshop 5:00 PM   Refreshments and Networking \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFunder Discussion\n\n\n\nA continuation from a conversation heard at the 2025 SAFSF Forum\, this conversation will explore how Chicago’s food system has evolved over the past decade with strong philanthropic support. A combined approach – community-led as Chicago Region Food Systems Fund\, impact investment as Proofing Station\, and the long-term strategic grantmaking model of Food:Land:Opportunity – offers the most effective path forward to co–create a more equitable and resilient food system. How can investments and philanthropy go hand in hand? \n\n\n\n// PHILANTHROPY: Kinship Foundation\n\n\n\n\nLenore Beyer is the Director of Conservation Initiatives at Kinship Foundation\, where she manages Food:Land:Opportunity\, a multi-year initiative to create a resilient local food economy in the Chicago region. Beyer manages a grant portfolio of $3M annually and spearheads projects in collaborative COVID response funding and innovative financing. Prior to joining Kinship Foundation\, Beyer was the vice president of policy and planning at Openlands\, a regional conservation land trust\, where she led projects to create Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge and integrated farmland protection with local food initiatives. Beyer was previously the executive director of the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County\, a citizen advocacy organization\, and served as president of the Illinois Environmental Council. \n\n\n\n\n// COMMUNITY-LED: Chicago Region Food System Fund\n\n\n\n\nDion Dawson is a food-fighting social entrepreneur\, philanthropic leader\, and founder focused on health equity through an innovative and logistical lens. Dion’s penchant for challenging the solvency of food insecurity through the stabilization of the supply chain has reinvigorated the traditional food distribution model and been met with worldwide attention. With data-driven operations\, consistent quality\, and a deep commitment to a resident-informed process that meets residents and recipients where they are\, he prioritizes the end-user experience. \n\n\n\nDion is the Chief Dreamer of Dion’s Chicago Dream\, a nonprofit social enterprise combating food insecurity through logistics & last-mile delivery in the U.S’s Midwest region. His system provides fresh produce to the door steps of food insecure recipients and has provided millions of pounds of fresh produce annually to the Chicago region food system\, with numerous community jobs created and one powerful movement. \n\n\n\n\n// IMPACT INVESTMENT: Proofing Station\n\n\n\n\nCortney Renton\, Executive Director of Proofing Station\, is a seasoned food systems leader with experience driving change from farm to shelf. She is rooted in 15 years of multidisciplinary experience in research\, sustainability\, strategy\, and fundraising roles across diverse social impact organizations. \n\n\n\nMost recently\, Cortney served as the Executive Director of CitySeed\, a nonprofit based in New Haven\, CT building an equitable local food system through community and economic development.  \n\n\n\nCortney is a proud Midwesterner. She was born and raised in Minnesota and built her career in Chicago. Previously\, she led national programs focused on rural hunger relief by building strategic relationships with donors\, partners\, and farmers at Feeding America\, one of the largest nonprofits in the country. Cortney has also held research\, fundraising\, and sustainability roles with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs\, The Greater Chicago Food Depository\, and Sir Kensington’s.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Entrepreneurs \n\n\n\n// BRICK AND MORTAR: Twisted Eggroll\n\n\n\n\nChicago native and passionate entrepreneur\, Nikkita Randle\, founded Twisted Eggroll in 2015 to bring a fresh\, culturally inspired twist to traditional egg rolls. What started as a frozen packaged product has expanded into consumer packaged goods and e-commerce\, and will soon include a Chatham storefront in 2026.   \n\n\n\nAwards and Recognition: Red Eye Big Idea Award Food & Drink\, Neighborhood Opportunity Fund\, and Midwest Dairy Pitch Competition winner. \n\n\n\n\n// CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS: Sorghum Symphony\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlending expertise in agriculture\, genetics\, food chemistry\, and nutrition\, John Hammerstone and Shwetha Shrivatsa—a retail expert and mother—turned their shared love of food and music into Sorghum Symphony. Inspired by the need for safe\, healthy snacks for people of all ages—especially children with food allergies—they created a line of nutritious\, allergen-free snacks made from sorghum and other climate-friendly crops\, all free from the Top 9 allergens. Dedicated to both health and sustainability\, Sorghum Symphony proudly maintains a carbon-neutral footprint and contains no added sugar—snacks that are good for people and the planet. \n\n\n\n\n// AGTECH: Oishii \n\n\n\n\nKnown for its high-tech\, solar-powered vertical farms\, Oishii is redefining what’s possible in agriculture and the future of food. From AI-driven strawberry production to sustainable packaging and robotics\, Oiishi’s premium berries are nutrient-rich\, hyper-local\, and Non-GMO Project verified.  \n\n\n\n“Vertical farming technology is critical to solving one of the world’s largest problems – our failing agriculture system\,” said Hiroki Koga\, CEO and Co-founder of Oishii in Forbes. “Vertical farming does not require pesticides; we can recycle most of the water that we use\, and we can use significantly less land. \n\n\n\nOishii operates the world’s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm. Oishii is on a mission to fix our broken agriculture system – one perfectly plump berry at a time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAFSF On the Road is a curated event series designed to connect influential and emerging decision makers with capital providers who are deploying funds toward systemic change. Each event is an opportunity to deepen relationships\, exchange insights\, and discover how philanthropy and investment can drive a just and resilient food future. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-on-the-road-chicago/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-5.09.29-PM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251007T210000 DTSTAMP:20250929T191207Z CREATED:20250807T175418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T191207Z UID:10000704-1759863600-1759870800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF on the Road: Minneapolis DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a networking mixer of connection\, conversation\, and community at Owamni by The Sioux Chef—an award-winning Indigenous restaurant led by our friends at North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS). \n\n\n\nSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) is hosting fellow funders and investors in celebration of equity and impact in regenerative agriculture in the Midwest. Gather with us on the outdoor terrace overlooking the Mississippi River to spark new relationships and explore opportunities for values-aligned investments in regenerative agriculture. This special gathering\, following the Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) Forum reception\, will also highlight BIPOC-led innovation in food and farming across the Midwest\, as well as opportunities to learn more about SAFSF’s network. \n\n\n\nGuests will also take home a special Indigenous medicinal spice blend as a memento of our time together.  \n\n\n\nThis event is hosted by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in partnership with NATIFS\, Midwest Farmers of Color Collective\, and Just Futures Impact and sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture Foundation and McKnight Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial Guests\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKat Gilje\, Managing Director\, Just Futures Impact\n\n\n\nKathryn Gilje (Kat) is a strategist in regenerative food and agricultural systems\, land justice\, and mission-aligned investing\, with 25+ years of experience across philanthropy\, movement building\, and impact finance. As Managing Director at Just Futures Impact\, she advances capital strategies under the leadership of visionary partners like the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective and the Just Transitions Integrated Capital Fund. Formerly Executive Director of Ceres Trust\, Kat led a full asset transfer to grassroots movements\, farmers\, and land stewards. Her work bridges organizing\, somatics\, and finance to advance a just transition to regenerative economies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoe Hollomon\, Co-Founder and Executive Director\, Midwest Farmers of Color Collective\n\n\n\nZoe Hollomon is a multi-racial black\, food justice organizer\, abolitionist\, and farmer. She has over 20 years’ experience organizing with grassroots organizations on the East Coast and Midwest\, building coalitions to influence decision-making in food\, farming and environmental related policy. Zoe was born in Duluth\, MN\, but grew up in Western New York and NYC. She moved back to MN in 2012 and has since worked advocating and organizing for community food systems and racial justice in local\, regional and national contexts. \n\n\n\nShe is a co-founder of the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective (MFCC) and in her role as the Executive Director\, she leads the organization’s policy work and fundraising & development. She is humbled and amazed by the ingenuity\, courage and wisdom of the farmers and farming organizations MFCC organizes with. Zoe is also a co-founder and co-op member owner of Rootsprings Farm & Retreat Cooperative in MN\, which has a growing orchard and is a healing retreat space for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ people and organizations. \n\n\n\nZoe serves on the Transformational Farm Bill Advisory Committee\, with the HEAL Food Alliance\, National Black Food Justice Alliance\, Union of Concerned Scientists\, Rural Coalition\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and other partner organizations fighting for a just transition of our food and agricultural systems. Zoe is part of the Ujamaa Cooperative Farmers Alliance and Ujamaa Seed Network. Prior to starting MFCC\, Zoe was an Organizing Co-Director at the Pesticide Action Network North America and also helped organize a Twin Cities coalition with the Good Food Purchasing Program. She served on the Food & Ag Advisory Group for the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and also served on the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Policy Council. Zoe received her B.S. in Urban & Regional Planning from Cornell University in 2001 and an M.S. from Southern New Hampshire University in Community Economic Development in 2007. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, Executive Director\, Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation‘s executive director\, joined the organization in 2020 after spending over 20 years working on related issues including agricultural conservation\, Midwest water quality\, racial equity in the food system\, and effective federal food and agricultural policy. Most recently Mark served on the SAFSF Board of Directors\, served as director of the Mississippi River program at the McKnight Foundation\, and prior to that he directed the Food & Community Fellows program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He also spent two years teaching high school in New York City and 18 months volunteering in Honduras and Guatemala. He and his spouse have three grown children and live in south Minneapolis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLolita Nunn\, Investor Relations Director\, Potlikker Capital\n\n\n\nLolita is a passionate changemaker that is dedicated to bringing resources\, support and knowledge to people and communities that have been systemically and historically excluded. She brings over 25 years of diversified and progressive experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors to the Potlikker Capital team. She currently serves on the SAFSF Board of Directors and is Chair of the Nominating Committee. She worked in the banking industry for 14 years where she developed expertise in finance\, investment banking and management. In addition to her financial role\, her work included cultivating and building relationships with community leaders and advocating for programs providing financial literacy\, consulting and mentoring. Her passion for philanthropy led her to a career change working in the nonprofit sector where she led donor outreach\, cultivation\, fundraising\, community and business engagement efforts. Lolita’s career path then led her to the sector of impact investing where she could further champion positive social\, racial\, and environmental systems change. In her most recent role she was the Investor Relations Officer at Fair Food Fund where she helped to re-imagine their investment thesis to support BIPOC food businesses\, to increase their geographic reach and to grow the brand recognition of the Fund nationally. \n\n\n\nLolita is committed to building strong and resilient communities. Recently aligning her passion for food system justice\, she became one of the founding coalition members of the Washtenaw Black Farmers Fund. Her volunteer efforts through serving on local boards and committees have worked to address the need for at-risk youth\, access to healthy and affordable food\, financial literacy and supporting women empowerment. \n\n\n\nLolita received her MBA from Eastern Michigan University. She resides in Michigan with her wonderful family and is happy to say that she is on a mission to find the best beach to plant her feet. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-on-the-road-minneapolis/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-5.09.29-PM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250609T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250612T170000 DTSTAMP:20250724T202408Z CREATED:20240503T160208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T202408Z UID:10000623-1749481200-1749747600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2025 SAFSF Forum DESCRIPTION:The SAFSF Forum is a unique conference for the full spectrum of funders—including philanthropy\, investors\, community finance\, and intermediaries—to engage with peers\, movement leaders\, and practitioners across the country around a shared mission for equitable and sustainable food and agriculture.   \n\n\n\nJoin us June 9 – 12 in New Mexico  \n\n\n\nThe 2025 Forum will bring SAFSF’s network to the Southwest for the first time in 20 years. We are gathering at Tamaya Resort\, which is located on sovereign Santa Ana Pueblo land. Join us for skill building\, networking\, and leadership development in food and agriculture systems change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecap\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFAQs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Our Theme: Resilience\, Justice\, Democracy \n\n\n\nFor over 20 years\, SAFSF has united funders in investing in sustainable food and agriculture. This year’s Forum envisions systems change rooted in Resilience\, Justice\, and Democracy. Programs will explore ways to achieve climate resilient and environmentally sustainable agriculture\, justice and equitable outcomes for marginalized communities\, and democratic control of food systems. Conference attendees will explore how diverse capital partners can empower frontline communities and strengthen movements for lasting systems change through dynamic sessions on culture and narrative\, policy and advocacy\, tools and infrastructure\, and innovations in capital strategies. \n\n\n\nResilience: Creating food and agriculture systems that can withstand and adapt to challenges like climate change and social disruptions. This involves embracing climate stewardship\, agroecology and regenerative farming\, Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge\, and building strong\, adaptable communities. \n\n\n\nJustice: Transforming food systems to address historical and systemic inequities. This theme focuses on uplifting marginalized communities and ensuring equitable access to resources\, opportunities\, and decision-making power in food and agriculture. \n\n\n\nDemocracy: Empowering communities to have a say in shaping the policies and practices that affect their food systems. This theme emphasizes community-led governance and policy\, participatory decision-making\, movement building\, and civic engagement to create a more inclusive and representative food system. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Rates\n\n\n\nWe are offering a 5% discount on registration for groups of 3 or more when registered and paid in one transaction. The discount will not apply if each person registers and pays separately. \n\n\n\nFood System Partner registration is an SAFSF member benefit. Each SAFSF member organization is entitled to invite one representative of an organization that they are sponsoring to attend the Forum. Email membership@safsf.org for questions about this member benefit.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFunders who have been selected to organize Forum sessions are expected to cover travel and accommodations of their (non-funder) speakers\, as well as a meaningful honoraria for their time and expertise. Registration fees will be waived for non-funder speakers confirmed prior to April 15\, 2025. Funder speakers will receive a code for a discounted (member) registration rate. New this year\, SAFSF has a limited budget to support scholarships for up to 20 community-based leaders who are speaking in plenary and program sessions. Scholarships have been distributed and this information has been communicated to organizers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake An Impact—Become a Sponsor\n\n\n\nThe 2025 Forum includes cutting-edge content\, inspirational speakers\, field-based learning\, and new features such as live recorded podcasts and a wellness room! At this critical moment for philanthropy and investment\, your sponsorship will amplify the impact of this unique conference.   \n\n\n\nCheck out the sponsorship levels and benefits in this overview\, and contact our Executive Director\, Clare Fox to secure your sponsorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nThe 2025 SAFSF Forum will take place in Santa Ana Pueblo at the beautiful Tamaya Resort. We encourage you to arrive on Monday\, June 9 to take full advantage of evening networking. \n\n\n\nTAMAYA RESORT – SOLD OUT \n\n\n\nSAFSF has secured an overflow roomblock at Santa Ana Star Casino\, 2 miles down the road from Forum hotel\, for $169 plus taxes. Book your room online here (Group Code = BKG1128   /   Password = BKG1128) or call hotel reservations at 1-844-466-2378 and give them the group code. The last day to make reservations is May 25\, 2025.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost Committee & Local Advisor\n\n\n\nMeet the local funders and leaders shaping the 2025 Forum to reflect local culture\, context\, and community impact. To learn more about this incredible committee\, click here. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2025-safsf-forum/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Forum-Webpage.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250429T210000 DTSTAMP:20250415T171232Z CREATED:20250320T010203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T171232Z UID:10000666-1745953200-1745960400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF On the Road: Atlanta DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) hosts regional community building events for members and partners through our popular series “SAFSF On The Road.” Our next gathering will be a special dinner in Atlanta\, Georgia to explore funding strategies in food justice throughout the state of Georgia. Join us for an intimate dinner in community with diverse capital partners and local leaders. \n\n\n\nSince early 2024\, SAFSF has convened a cohort of funders and leaders at the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to explore ways to unlock more investment for historically underserved producers and communities in the South. Our guest speakers Dr. Veronica Womack and Amber Bell will highlight the challenges and opportunities for public-private investment in food system infrastructure that supports Black farmers\, their supply chain partners\, and the communities they serve across the state. SAFSF will also share insights from our listening sessions with community-based organizations throughout Georgia\, and future plans for regional funder collaboration.  \n\n\n\nTickets for the dinner are $75 for funders and $25 for current SAFSF members. \n\n\n\nThis dinner will follow the opening day reception of Women Transforming Food & Finance\, hosted by Regenerative Food Systems Investment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAVE YOUR SEAT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmber M. Bell is the Director of the Southwest Georgia Project and the President and CEO of Bell and Co. Consulting\, LLC. With over ten years of experience in the food and agriculture sector\, she has dedicated her efforts to addressing systemic inequalities and promoting social justice. Amber holds a Master’s degree in Public Health and is nearing the completion of her doctorate in Public Health from the Jian Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University. \n\n\n\nShe is passionate about developing sustainable\, self-reliant local food systems aimed at improving the overall quality of life for Black and Brown communities in the rural South. By fostering collaboration among local farmers\, stakeholders\, and community organizations\, Amber works to create resilient food networks that support economic development and enhance the well-being of communities in Southwest Georgia and beyond. Her work embodies a holistic approach to food access\, equity and community empowerment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Veronica L. Womack serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the Rural Studies Institute at Georgia College and Professor of Political Science and Public Administration. She hails from the Alabama Black Belt region and currently works in the Georgia Black Belt. She received her BA of Communications\, MPA and Ph.D.\, in Political Science from the University of Alabama. \n\n\n\nAn advocate and researcher of the Southern Black Belt region\, Dr. Womack’s work highlights the rich history\, foodways\, socioeconomic and political culture and traditions of rural people in the American South. She is a noted author\, practitioner and researcher of the region. She is the founder of the Blackfarmersnetwork.com\, a website that highlights the legacy of African American farmers\, within the Black Belt region. \n\n\n\nShe has been featured on various media outlets including The New York Times\, The WashingtonPost\, NPR\, GPB\, The Nation\, and Georgia Trend for her work in the region. Funders of her research include USDA\, the Robert W. Johnson Foundation\, and the Southern Economic Advancement Project (SEAP). URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-on-the-road-atlanta/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/atlanta-skyline-georgia.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241114T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241114T170000 DTSTAMP:20241113T173039Z CREATED:20240523T145614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T173039Z UID:10000625-1731571200-1731603600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Health and Wealth: Fostering Healthy Communities and Economic Self-Determination through Food Systems DESCRIPTION:AGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrontline communities of color have disproportionately suffered huge disparities in health and wealth due to multiple layers of systemic barriers. For every $100 in wealth white Americans hold\, Black Americans only hold $15\, and Black and Indigenous children are 2-3 times more likely to be food insecure than white families. Community-led solutions in food\, health\, environment\, and climate offer significant potential for addressing these disparities. \n\n\n\nOver the past two decades\, a number of food justice and food access initiatives have evolved from focusing primarily on access to healthy food to complex economic development and built environment projects developed by BIPOC-led organizations. These initiatives aim to improve food access and health outcomes through models of community self-determination\, economic development\, and wealth creation. \n\n\n\nThis one-day event will explore the question: How can funding for food access\, nutrition\, and health equity support community self-determination and ignite equitable food economies?  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will explore the intersection of health equity\, economic development\, and food justice to close racial wealth gaps through community-led approaches. Specifically\, we will explore and learn from models of healthy food projects\, organizations\, and networks that focus on community ownership and asset-building led by and for people of color in and from frontline communities. The event takes place at the Detroit Food Commons\, a groundbreaking 30\,000-square-foot multi-use facility with a community-owned grocery store\, which was conceived of and built by the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN). Attendees will learn about DBCFSN’s powerful community organizing that led to raising $21 million to build the Detroit Food Commons\, and how similar models are emerging across the country. Funders focused on health\, community development\, and food systems are invited to join us in exploring how we can resource and support communities addressing food and nutrition security through more just and sovereign food economies. \n\n\n\nA special thank you to our event sponsors The Kresge Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHealth & Safety Guidelines\n\n\n\nSAFSF is committed to creating a safe and comfortable meeting environment for all participants.  We respectfully request that you consider the following guidelines to  help us create an accessible and caring community space by: \n\n\n\n\nStaying home if you are feeling sick\n\n\n\nKeeping up to date on your vaccination for COVID-19 (including relevant boosters)\n\n\n\nWearing a mask (highly encouraged)\n\n\n\nRespecting physical contact and consent preferences of all attendees\n\n\n\n\nThe Detroit Food Commons team regularly cleans high-touch surfaces and provides hand sanitizing stations for all visitors. We are also monitoring the situation on the ground in light of the recent election\, and will continue to prioritize the safety and well-being of our guests. At this time\, we do not anticipate any changes to our event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLand Acknowledgement\n\n\n\nWe honor the land we will be meeting on\, the current and ancestral homelands of three Anishinaabe Nations of the council of Three Fires: the Ojibwe\, the Ottawa\, and Potawatomi. The city of Detroit\, where we will gather as guests\, was established through the colonization\, land theft and desecration\, cultural erasure\, and ethnic cleansing of the Anishinaabe and other Native American communities.  \n\n\n\nWe know that land acknowledgments are only as good as their direction toward action and reparations. As such\, with this event\, we seek to take action and create repair in our own relationship to the Anishinaabeg people. SAFSF will be donating a portion of the registration costs for this event to the Anishinaabeg and invite each of you to complement this donation as part of your participation and presence in this convening. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue & Nearby Hotels\n\n\n\nThursday’s event will be held at the Detroit Food Commons – 8324 Woodward Ave. Detroit\, Michigan 48202. For those driving to the venue\, the Detroit Food Commons have ample free parking onsite. A list of nearby hotel recommendations can be found below. \n\n\n\n\nDetroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center (5 miles)\n\n\n\nShinola Hotel (3.3 miles)\n\n\n\nThe Siren Hotel (3.3 miles)\n\n\n\nDetroit Foundation Hotel (3.8 miles)\n\n\n\nThe Westin Book Cadillac (3.5 miles) \n\n\n\nEl Moore Lodge (2.3 miles) URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/health-and-wealth/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Detroit.Square.Event_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240625T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T170000 DTSTAMP:20250129T023021Z CREATED:20240416T025941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T023021Z UID:10000612-1719302400-1719421200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Building an Intersectional Philanthropic Approach: Climate Change\, Agriculture\, and Healthy Rural Communities DESCRIPTION:Join Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\, Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG)\, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA)\, and Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) for a dynamic two-day funder convening\, June 25-26\, in Minneapolis\, MN.  \n\n\n\nMeet in person with peer climate\, agriculture\, and environmental funders and learn about the significant opportunities to support a sustainable and just future through climate-smart agriculture. We’ll explore the connections\, opportunities\, and gaps between reducing emissions from working agricultural lands\, advancing carbon sequestration strategies through regenerative agriculture\, and supporting healthy rural communities. Through thoughtfully curated site visits\, we’ll also meet with leaders driving regenerative agriculture solutions and mobilizing communities in and around the Twin Cities.  \n\n\n\nThis event is currently sold out. Please join our waitlist below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOIN WAITLIST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUR PARTNERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nON THE GROUND\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis gathering is organized with support from McKnight Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Climate-Agriculture Connection in Rural Communities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmissions reductions in the transportation or energy sectors alone will not stave off the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Agriculture is responsible for 11% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.\, not including emissions from fertilizer\, animal farming\, and pesticide production. Nearly half of these total emissions come from the Midwest where rural and indigenous communities bear an unequal portion of the impacts. The longer industrial and extractive agriculture production methods dominate\, the higher these emissions will climb. \n\n\n\nThis is a key moment for agriculture\, climate\, and environmental funders. As the country seeks to address climate change\, and shift to a clean energy economy and sustainable agriculture practices\, rural places will be where the solar and wind farms are sited\, the minerals for batteries are mined and the batteries themselves produced\, and where agricultural practices evolve to reduce methane gases. Indeed\, rural places are implicated in many dimensions of the 21st-century economy\, from data processing to fabrication plants to cryptocurrency mining and online retail distribution. How these economies evolve\, who benefits\, and how well communities manage them—are clear and present policy issues that are receiving little attention\, leaving rural places historically under-resourced and without critical support and offering few guardrails to prevent a modern version of the extractive arrangements prevalent throughout history. \n\n\n\nTo build both critical political power in these regions and robust rural engagement in transition strategies\, it will be imperative that philanthropy work across the silos between climate\, agriculture\, and healthy rural economies to center the voices and strategies of rural communities and ensure equitable and just rural economic development and transition. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-an-intersectional-philanthropic-approach-climate-change-agriculture-and-healthy-rural-communities/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Copy-of-On-the-Road-Graphics-Square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T140000 DTSTAMP:20240520T160911Z CREATED:20240417T155922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T160911Z UID:10000616-1716294600-1716300000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF On The Road: Networking Luncheon in New York City DESCRIPTION:“SAFSF On the Road” is headed to New York City! \n\n\n\nJoin Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a networking luncheon with funder colleagues and friends. Come mingle and meet funders\, investors\, innovators and advocates to discuss emerging topics in food and agriculture. This event will be held at Brooklyn Grange Farm Navy Yard in Brooklyn\, New York\, and will feature a farm tour and farm-to-table bites. Space is limited! \n\n\n\nTickets are $50 and complementary to current SAFSF members. \n\n\n\nThis event is at Brooklyn Grange Farm Navy Yard location on Flushing Ave. + Clinton Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11205\, Brooklyn Navy Yard\, Building 3. Attendees will receive detailed parking\, driving\, and walking instructions prior to the event date. \n\n\n\n\nRegister today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDriving Instructions\n\n\n\nWalking Instructions\n\n\n\nMore about Brooklyn Grange Farm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnastasia Cole Plakias (she/her)\n\n\n\nCo-Founder & Chief Impact Officer\, Brooklyn Grange\n\n\n\nAnastasia Cole Plakias is co-founder and Chief Impact Officer of Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm. An accomplished public speaker\, award-winning writer\, and published photographer\, Anastasia is a passionate and outspoken crusader for fresh\, healthy foods and greener\, more sustainable cities. She works to leverage Brooklyn Grange as a platform for positive conversations about food and farming\, and a resource for community building and education. \n\n\n\nHer love of food began early\, cooking up elaborate meals in the tiny galley kitchen of her family’s NYC apartment. After working as a freelance writer for magazines\, Anastasia spent several years in the corporate offices of an Italian restaurant group and wine brand\, eating her way through the menus at some of New York City’s best restaurants and food carts. As a founding partner of Brooklyn Grange\, she has run the business’ produce sales\, managed its CSA program\, created its Events department\, and manages communications and external affairs. Her focus on details has been crucial to the smooth operations of the business as it has grown from year to year. \n\n\n\nA Co-founder of the non-profit\, City Growers\, on whose board she spent nine years as a member\, she presented alongside the organization’s Founding Director at TedX Long Island City. In 2014 and 2015\, she was an instructor of Natural Gourmet Institute’s Sustainable Farming Certificate Course\, and regularly teaches a workshop aimed at entrepreneurs interested in launching their own urban farming business. An energetic and inspiring speaker\, she has presented to audiences at a variety of conferences and convenings. In 2016\, Anastasia published a book about the business\, The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught us About Entrepreneurship\, Community\, and Growing a Sustainable Business; she also narrated the audio book. In 2017\, Anastasia was named as one of the NYC Food Policy Center’s “40 Under 40” individuals working to transform the food system. \n\n\n\nWhen Anastasia isn’t zipping from farm to farm on her bicycle or leading a tour for a visiting delegation of city planners\, she loves to tinker with kitchen projects in her Ditmas Park apartment\, or hike a high peak in the Catskills. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteph Wiley (he/him)\n\n\n\nCo-Founder of Brooklyn Packers\n\n\n\nSteph Wiley is New York City born and raised. He has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and has been a member of Just Food’s board\, the New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NoWC) Advocacy Council\, and the NYC NoWC Training Collective. Steph co-founded Brooklyn Packers with Shawn Santana in 2016. \n\n\n\nSteph is dedicated to ensuring that every New Yorker can access healthy food through his worker-owned food distribution cooperative\, Brooklyn Packers. His focus is on creating neighborhood food hubs that connect BIPOC farms and aggregators with communities in need. These hubs improve health and economic outcomes while promoting better nutrition. By envisioning worker-owned hubs encompassing wholesale\, retail\, and agriculture businesses\, he creates abundant job opportunities and ensures year-round access to fresh\, local\, affordable\, and culturally relevant food for all New Yorkers. By addressing basic needs and fostering community connections\, Steph believes these hubs can foster more resilient neighborhoods that thrive. \n\n\n\nAlong with his work at Brooklyn Packers\, Steph is helping to develop a network of cooperative homesteads. He believes that aligned movements working together in solidarity is the best way to seek justice for all in our lifetimes. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-on-the-road-networking-luncheon-in-new-york-city-2/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-17-at-10.55.21-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T183000 DTSTAMP:20240430T202100Z CREATED:20240416T220324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T202100Z UID:10000615-1715185800-1715193000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF On The Road @ MIE in Los Angeles DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is On The Road Again and bringing the network together in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nIf you are in town for Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) National Conference (or local to Southern California)\, join SAFSF for a networking reception for funders\, innovators and advocates working at the nexus of food and agriculture. \n\n\n\nThis will be hosted in Downtown LA near the conference location at Hotel Figueroa at Bar Alta. \n\n\n\nDrinks and light bites will be provided. \n\n\n\n\nRegister today! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/nexus-of-food-and-agriculture-reception-in-downtown-los-angeles/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-4.57.11-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T200000 DTSTAMP:20240321T165619Z CREATED:20240215T012531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T165619Z UID:10000604-1710874800-1710878400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Digging In Screening DESCRIPTION:In San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nFollowing our in-person gathering Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture\, SAFSF is hosting a film screening of Digging In\, our documentary focused on land access\, consolidation and climate change\, and their impact on American agriculture\, especially BIPOC farmers and ranchers. It’s taking place at the Landmark Opera Plaza Theatre in San Francisco on March 19 at 7 pm. \n\n\n\nThis is open to all who are interested! Please extend the invite to your partners and friends in the field. Come one\, come all for this great discussion about Digging In\, featuring our film narrator\, Masika Henson. Reach out to Holly know if you have any questions about the film or want to host a screening of your own.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register to attend this screening via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-screening/ CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/unnamed-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T160000 DTSTAMP:20240405T003023Z CREATED:20240213T181435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T003023Z UID:10000602-1710838800-1710864000@www.agandfoodfunders.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-13-at-10.36.41-AM-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240318T193000 DTSTAMP:20240305T204228Z CREATED:20240215T011615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T204228Z UID:10000603-1710784800-1710790200@www.agandfoodfunders.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2_clarefox_LH_square_headshot-2-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T113000 DTSTAMP:20240306T214743Z CREATED:20240227T165245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T214743Z UID:10000605-1710237600-1710243000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Taking Power Back: Food Policies to Curb Predatory Marketing in New York DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Community Food Funders \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by New York Health Foundation\, Philanthropy New York\,and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders \n\n\n\nBriefing: 1-2:30pm ET: Online \n\n\n\nIn many communities of color across the five boroughs\, it’s no mistake that McDonald’s outlets outnumber grocery stores. Marketers of processed food spend billions of dollars to manipulate the local food environment\, exploiting local history\, culture\, and economics. Now\, community advocates across New York are fighting to reduce the food and beverage industry’s influence and successfully putting power back in community members’ hands. \n\n\n\nJoin Community Food Funders\, New York Health Foundation and our co-sponsors to learn from community leaders and advocates about their recent wins\, such as the Sweet Truth Act that passed last fall. We’ll also hear about a new slate of food policies that would take the burden off consumers to parse healthy from unhealthy foods and that would encourage retailers\, manufacturers\, and government agencies to create healthier default options.  Speakers will discuss how a national regranting initiative is supporting community action\, providing opportunities for cross-pollination across the country\, building the evidence base to improve public health\, and attracting like-minded funders. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nDr. Omni Cassidy\, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Langone Health where she directs the Food\, Culture\, & Tech Lab. She examines the intersections of food\, culture\, and technology with a specific focus on how food and beverage companies use advanced digital technologies\, such as virtual reality\, to market unhealthy products to communities of color. She hopes to eventually leverage advanced digital technologies to develop\, improve\, and inform novel interventions and policies to improve the food environment. \n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Pezzolesi\, MPH\, ODHM (Bob) is a founding Convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network. He is a public health advocate dedicated to building healthier communities by integrating faith-inspired social change with science-based public health policy and practice. Bob has helped lead successful community engagement and mobilization efforts for public health policy campaigns\, including a grassroots initiative to remove alcohol advertising from the New York MTA system and to support legislation to require warning labels in NYC chain restaurants for menu items with high amounts of added sugars. In 2023\, Bob was consecrated and commissioned as a Home Missioner in the United Methodist Church\, a lay leadership role dedicated to alleviating suffering and promoting social justice. \n\n\n\n\n\nShen’naque Sean Butler is a community health advocate and the founder of the FRESCH Food Bronx Health Initiative. His story is one of resilience\, determination\, and compassion. Shen’naque Sean lost his mother to cancer when she was only 57 years old\, and he realized that her health was compromised by the lack of healthy food options in the Bronx. Motivated by her memory\, he resolved to change the local food landscape. His mother\, a nurse\, and his grandmother\, a sharecropper\, instilled in him a sense of service and social justice. He has transformed his grief into a powerful force for good. Through his FRESCH Food Bronx Health Initiative\, Shen’naque Sean is not only providing nutritious food to those in need but also empowering the community to take charge of their health. His advocacy as a community voice had an essential role in the passage of the Sweet Truth Act\, groundbreaking legislation that mandates fast food chains operating in NYC to put warning labels on food items with high sugar content. With unwavering dedication\, he seeks to make a lasting impact on the well-being of Bronx residents and the broader conversation surrounding food policy and health. \n\n\n\n\n\nDeAnna Nara\, PhD is a policy lead at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. She works with community-based organizations across the country to pursue measures that improve the food environment. As an Edward Alexander Bouchet Doctoral Fellow\, DeAnna earned her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on nutritional management of chronic disease among low income\, minority residents in DC. DeAnna earned a MSc in Herbal Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Psychology from Howard University\, completing her Post Baccalaureate Training at the National Institute of Mental Health within the Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Regulation. DeAnna is the Chair of the DC Board of Nutrition & Dietetics and is also a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Specialist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Information & Registration URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/taking-power-back-food-policies-to-curb-predatory-marketing-in-new-york/ CATEGORIES:Meetings,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1de7de52-3e10-4d22-bad4-0a828baeb3dc.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T150000 DTSTAMP:20231117T142108Z CREATED:20231020T191703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231117T142108Z UID:10000591-1701867600-1701874800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Virtual Farewell Celebration for Virginia Clarke DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual celebration of Virginia Clarke. Virginia has served as SAFSF’s founding executive director for over 20 years and will be stepping down this December. \n\n\n\nBring a cup of tea\, a glass of champagne\, some chocolates\, tissues\, whatever feels right as we toast to her incredible leadership. All who love and wish to celebrate Virginia are welcome! \n\n\n\nBeyond showing up to this virtual celebration we invite you to help us celebrate through making a pledge to the Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity\, creating a well-wishes video\, and signing this digital farewell card. \n\n\n\nThis event will be hosted on an external platform. All registrants will receive access information closer to the event date! Registration will close 24 hours before the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelp Us Celebrate\n\n\n\nWe hope you will help us send Virginia off with lots of love and appreciation below are a few additional ways you can get involved!  \n\n\n\nPLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT\n\n\n\nTo honor the legacy and leadership of 2003-2023 Executive Director Virginia Clarke\, SAFSF is launching a special fundraising initiative\, the Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity. Virginia worked to bring equity conversations and practices into all aspects of SAFSF’s work\, opening the door for essential internal trainings and bold equity programming\, and integrating equity practices across operations and organizational structure. The Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity will support intentional work to deepen and further operationalize SAFSF’s racial equity commitment and practices\, and to provide programs and assistance to our members and network to do the same. Help us reach our goal of $100\,000 before Virginia’s departure at the end of 2023\, and $250\,000 by mid-2024\, to build on her strong legacy. This work benefits every funder in SAFSF’s network—and by extension\, the movements we support—and we are inviting all our members to make a pledge of support to the Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity. No amount is too small—or too large! \n\n\n\nContact Renee Catacalos\, VP\, Strategy and Impact\, with any questions or to donate through a grant. \n\n\n\n\nDONATE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCREATE A VIDEO\n\n\n\nSAFSF is making a group video to celebrate Virginia’s legacy and we need your help. Please add your own video wishes below (it’s quick & easy) and you’ll be a part of a memorable farewell. \n\n\n\n\nCREATE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGN A FAREWELL CARD\n\n\n\nSAFSF has created this digital greeting card to capture thoughts\, memories\, and more from folks in our network and beyond. Take a moment to write Virginia a note and wish her well. \n\n\n\n\nSIGN URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/virtual-farewell-for-virginia-clarke/ CATEGORIES:Meetings,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_3758-e1699979887942.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230816T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230816T110000 DTSTAMP:20230825T165805Z CREATED:20230818T175541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T165805Z UID:10000575-1692180000-1692183600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Sustainable Fibers vs. Fast Fashion: Opportunities to Reshore the U.S. Fiber System DESCRIPTION:Hosted by SAFSF and The Honorable Chellie Pingree for members of Congress and their staffers \n\n\n\nToday\, nearly two-thirds of all the fibers we wear and use are made from oil. The fashion industry is now responsible for more carbon emissions than all international flights and maritime shipping combined. \n\n\n\nOver the past several decades\, hundreds of thousands of fiber and textile jobs that once sustained communities across America have shifted overseas and harmed American farmers and ranchers in the process. This same period has seen a significant increase in textile waste\, as clothes\, many never worn\, make their way to landfills.  Rebuilding and revitalizing U.S. sustainable fiber production and processing\, known as “reshoring\,” are key to reversing these trends. \n\n\n\nOn Wednesday\, August 16th\, please join the offices of the Sustainable Energy and Environment (SEEC) Climate and Agriculture Task Force Co-Chair Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) for a briefing on the challenges facing the U.S. sustainable fiber and textile system and policy opportunities to address them. Participants include the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and industry leaders. Speakers will discuss why fibers should be recognized as part of the U.S. agriculture system\, and how U.S.-based sustainable fibers producers and processors can become key partners in reducing textile waste. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nThe Honorable Chellie Pingree\n\n\n\nShannon Welsh and Angela Wartes-Kahl\, Fibrevolution (Oregon)\n\n\n\nEric Henry\, TS Designs (North Carolina)\n\n\n\nRachel Higgins and Leslie Davidson\, Pennsylvania Fibershed\n\n\n\nJim Kleinschmit\, Other Half Processing (Minnesota)\n\n\n\nSarah Kelley\, Principal\, Common Threads Consulting\n\n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\n\nTraci Bruckner\, Senior Director of Public Policy\, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders\n\n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nSLIDE DECK URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/sustainable-fibers-vs-fast-fashion-opportunities-to-reshore-the-u-s-fiber-system/ CATEGORIES:Meetings,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fibers-750.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230612T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230614T200000 DTSTAMP:20230620T192643Z CREATED:20221019T154931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230620T192643Z UID:10000537-1686556800-1686772800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2023 SAFSF Forum DESCRIPTION:About the 2023 SAFSF Forum\n\n\n\nJoin us in Washington D.C. June 12-14\, 2023 for an SAFSF Forum like no other\, taking place in our nation’s capital for the first time! \n\n\n\nConnect in person with community and movement leaders\, policy activists and advocates\, federal legislators\, and other funders who share a vision of an equitable and sustainable food system for all. Dig in to promising solutions and strategies for agriculture and food systems that address the roots and consequences of racial inequities\, socio-economic and geographic divides\, and community disenfranchisement and disinvestment. \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at the connections—and disconnects—between the needs we hear from frontline leaders and funding from both federal and philanthropic sources. With two blocks of half-day site visits\, we’ll meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and get out to see how residents of the capital city are digging into this work on the ground. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Directory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHealth and Safety Guidelines\n\n\n\nAs we continue to navigate the ongoing challenges of COVID-19\, SAFSF is committed to creating a safe and comfortable meeting environment for all participants.  Our commitment to maintaining reasonable COVID-19 protocols is deeply rooted in our values of racial equity and accessibility. The COVID-19 pandemic has targeted the most vulnerable among us\, leading to disproportionate deaths in Black and Indigenous communities as well as heightened vulnerability for members of our community with disabilities and/or chronic illness. \n\n\n\nPlease click below to read our guidelines thoroughly. \n\n\n\n\nHealth & Safety Guidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHotel Information\n\n\n\nThe 2023 SAFSF Forum will take place in Washington\, D.C. at the Capital Hilton. Please be sure to select the correct dates for your duration of stay. We encourage you to arrive on Sunday\, June 11 to take full advantage of pre-Forum networking and the Funder Peer Sessions that will start early on Monday\, June 12. The deadline for booking your hotel room has passed. If you still need a reservation\, try calling the hotel directly at (202) 393-1000 (request to be added to the SAFSF room block). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship\n\n\n\nYour sponsorship of the 2023 SAFSF Forum boosts our power to convene funders across the agriculture and food system spectrum at a critical moment for philanthropy. Your Forum sponsorship enables us to bring in new voices\, research\, and expertise to our convening\, and helps create a supportive and interactive space for all Forum attendees to connect\, commit\, and collaborate. \n\n\n\nContact Virginia Clarke\, Executive Director\, or Angie Boone\, Member and Development Associate to secure your spot as a Forum sponsor. \n\n\n\nThose funders organizing a session will have the first opportunity to sponsor their Workshop or Learning Dinner. Sponsorships may not be exclusive. \n\n\n\nAll sponsorships must be finalized by April 17\, 2023 – please reach out as soon as possible. \n\n\n\n\nLearn More + Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThank You to Our 2023 SAFSF Forum Sponsors! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSite Visit Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNetworking Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n To-Mi-Da Fund | Windward Fund\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriends of the SAFSF Forum\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVirginia Clarke \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGratitude to the following for ongoing general support URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2023-safsf-forum/ CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,Meetings,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T130000 DTSTAMP:20220309T220024Z CREATED:20220303T194658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220309T220024Z UID:10000508-1648036800-1648040400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:BIPOC Networking DESCRIPTION:Any funder (or PSO staff member) who identifies as Black\, Indigenous\, and/or a Person of Color is invited to share a supportive and respectful space to foster connection and share experiences. \n\n\n\nPLEASE REGISTER BY “PURCHASING” A FREE TICKET BELOW. After you have used our new registration system once\, it will auto-populate your information for future webinar registrations. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/bipoc-networking-2/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/24653432-b7ff-4291-9fe6-afcd5b459350.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220209T173000 DTSTAMP:20220207T201428Z CREATED:20211013T150522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T201428Z UID:10000494-1644238800-1644427800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action DESCRIPTION:Funding Base-Building\, Narrative Shift\, and Policymaker Education and Advocacy for the Farm Bill—2023 and Beyond \n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action will bring funders together to build shared understanding and mobilize a commitment to action to drive equitable federal agriculture and food policy change in the farm bill. Together we will explore three high-impact fundable strategies: geographic power and base building; narrative shift; and policymaker education and advocacy. In addition\, March 7-9 we will work together to conduct virtual Congressional and USDA meetings for those who are interested (more details coming soon!). \n\n\n\nThis convening will challenge participants to coordinate their 2022-2023 funding to leverage policy change that drives us towards resilient\, sustainable\, and equitable food systems—while at the same time\, providing the opportunity to build strategic partnerships so that no one organization is going it alone. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKER DIRECTORY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew Speakers Confirmed! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jewel H. Bronaugh was appointed the 16th Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in 2018 by Governor Ralph Northam. She previously served as the Virginia State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)\, appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe and then-U.S. Secretary of Agriculture\, Tom Vilsack\, in July 2015. Prior to her FSA appointment\, she served as Dean of the College of Agriculture at Virginia State University (VSU) with oversight of Extension\, Research and Academic Programs. Previously she was the Associate Administrator for Extension Programs and a 4-H Extension Specialist. \n\n\n\nIn spring 2019\, Dr. Bronaugh launched the Virginia Farmer Stress Task Force to raise awareness and coordinate resources to address farmer stress and mental health challenges in Virginia. In the fall of 2020\, she helped establish the Virginia Food Access Investment Fund and Program\, the first statewide program of its kind to address food access within historically marginalized communities. \n\n\n\nDr. Bronaugh received her Ph.D. in Career and Technical Education from Virginia Tech. She is passionate about the advancement of youth leadership in agriculture. Dr. Bronaugh is from Petersburg\, Virginia. She is married to Cleavon\, a retired United States Army Veteran. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSenator Corey Booker\, U.S. Senator (D-NJ)\, was born in 1969 in Washington\, D.C.\, and grew up in Harrington Park\, New Jersey. He attended Stanford University on a varsity football scholarship\, receiving a B.A. in 1991 and an M.A. in 1992. Booker was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford\, where he earned a graduate degree in history in 1994. He then attended Yale Law School\, graduating with a J.D. in 1997. After completing his education\, Booker moved into a public housing project in Newark\, New Jersey\, became a tenant organizer\, and founded a nonprofit that provided legal assistance to low-income families. He was elected to the Newark City Council in 1998 and served there until 2002\, when he ran unsuccessfully for mayor. The same year\, he became a partner at Booker\, Rabinowitz\, Trenk\, Lubetkin\, Tully\, DiPasquale & Webster. In 2006\, Booker ran again for mayor of Newark and was elected with 72% of the vote. He served as mayor until 2013.On October 16\, 2013\, Booker won a special election to the U.S. Senate after the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D). Booker was re-elected to the U.S. Senate on November 4\, 2014. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nU.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger is proud to represent Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District\, which is comprised of ten counties throughout Central Virginia. \n\n\n\nRepresentative Spanberger began her career in public service\, first serving as a federal agent with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigating money laundering and narcotics cases\, and then serving as a case officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As a CIA officer\, she worked at home and abroad to collect vital intelligence\, keep our country safe\, and work in furtherance of our national security priorities. In the private sector\, Representative Spanberger worked with colleges and universities to help them diversify their student bodies and increase graduation rates. \n\n\n\nRepresentative Spanberger serves on the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture and the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. On the House Agriculture Committee\, she serves as Chair of the Conservation & Forestry Subcommittee and as a member of the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. And on the House Foreign Affairs Committee\, Representative Spanberger serves as Vice-Chair of the Europe\, Energy\, the Environment\, & Cyber Subcommittee and as a member of the Asia\, the Pacific\, Central Asia\, & Nonproliferation Subcommittee. \n\n\n\nRepresentative Spanberger grew up in Henrico County. She earned her B.A. at the University of Virginia and her MBA at a dual degree program between Purdue University’s Krannert School and the GISMA Business School in Hanover\, Germany. Representative Spanberger resides in Glen Allen\, Henrico County\, Virginia with her husband\, Adam\, and their three children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReverend Dr. Heber Brown\, Founder of Black Church Food Security Network\, is a community organizer\, beginner farmer\, social entrepreneur and Senior Pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore\, Maryland. For nearly two decades\, Dr. Brown has demonstrated a deep commitment to and advocacy on a myriad of social justice concerns at every level of government\, business\, and at the grassroots level as well. He is a catalyst for social change who believes that systemic problems need systemic solutions. Toward that end\, in 2015 in the midst of the Baltimore Uprising which sparked after the death of Freddie Gray\, he launched the Black Church Food Security Network which combats food apartheid by providing seed funding and support to help congregations begin growing food on church-owned land. The Network also works to partner Black Churches and Black Farmers in the Mid-Atlantic region in an effort to create a community-controlled\, alternative food system based on self-sufficiency and Black food and land sovereignty. He earned his B.S. degree in Psychology from Morgan State University\, a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Union University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Coppess\, Assistant Professor\, and Director\, Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\, author of The Fault Lines of Farm Policy: A Legislative and Political History of the Farm Bill.  Previously\, he served as Chief Counsel for the Senate Committee on Agriculture\, Nutrition and Forestry\, Administrator of the Farm Service Agency at USDA\, and Legislative Assistant to Senator Ben Nelson.  Jonathan grew up on his family’s farm in Western Ohio\, earned his Bachelors from Miami University in Oxford\, Ohio\, and his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School in Washington\, DC. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE CONVENING\n\n\n\nSAFSF amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems\, and the SAFSF Policy Convenings are the only national gatherings for and by funders supporting just and sustainable food systems policy change. SAFSF Policy Convenings are developed with and for funders who are committed to leveraging broad and systemic change through public policy advocacy. As a participant\, you will engage in strategic conversations and commit to actions that strengthen the field and broaden our collective impact. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHO IS A FUNDER?\n\n\n\nFunders are considered those organizations using grantmaking\, lending\, or investing as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. 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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2022 SAFSF Policy Convening Advisory Committee\n\n\n\nStacey Barbas – Kresge FoundationRudy Espinoza – Inclusive Action for the CityNoah Fulmer – Fair Food NetworkPaul Wolfe – Walton Family FoundationAnn Mills – Agua FundTenzin Dolkar – McKnight Foundation URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-commit-to-action-policy-convening/ LOCATION:Capital Hilton\, 1001 16th Street NW 20036\, Washington\, 20036 CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T133000 DTSTAMP:20210109T180004Z CREATED:20210109T180003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210109T180004Z UID:10000434-1611145800-1611149400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: 2021 Reset DESCRIPTION:Let’s face it: 2021 has not so far brought the relief or normalcy we hoped for a few weeks ago. Yet we do maintain cautious optimism that the current sense of outrage and urgency along with the change of administration will open more pathways to systemic change. This In the Kitchen Call will bring SAFSF members together to debrief the insurrection and events leading up to the inauguration\, how our communities and work are affected\, and the prospects for “building back better” in 2021. \n\n\n\nThis call is limited to SAFSF members only. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-2021-reset/ CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T130000 DTSTAMP:20201125T185709Z CREATED:20201020T191521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T185709Z UID:10000430-1608112800-1608123600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 4 \n\n\n\nThese sessions are peer-to-peer strategy sessions that will be facilitated by CoCreative\, who specializes in collaborative efforts focused on helping diverse groups solve complex problems. These sessions will be designed to explore and facilitate where SAFSF members have an interest in collaborating around upcoming federal policy opportunities\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill. Getting organized well in advance of the 2023 Farm Bill debate will be critical to strategically and effectively coordinate resources for policy advocacy. \n\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE: To participate in the peer-to-peer strategy sessions\, we will need you to be present for all of them. These sessions are not simple webinars\, but rather strategic sessions designed to find areas of common interest amongst funders around policy opportunities for the next two years\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation as well as the 2023 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nConference session dates:November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-4/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T130000 DTSTAMP:20200911T021521Z CREATED:20200911T021521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T021521Z UID:10000358-1607853600-1607864400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-4-2/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190429T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190430T150000 DTSTAMP:20200930T014257Z CREATED:20200930T014257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T014257Z UID:10000397-1556560800-1556636400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Farm Bill Implementation Policy Briefing DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DCMonday\, April 29 — Tuesday\, April 30Funders-Only Event \n\n\n\nRegistration closed.This past December\, Congress finalized the 2018 farm bill––but that was only the first half of the process! Now begins the second half –– USDA administrative implementation\, where legislative victories are won or lost. Regardless of which farm bill issues you work on and care about\, USDA will play a role in how each and every aspect of the farm bill is rolled out on the ground. \n\n\n\nThis briefing will allow you to dig in and learn how the USDA administrative implementation process works\, including the role of Congress\, and hear from leading sustainable agriculture\, rural development\, and food system experts about the topline Farm Bill implementation issues they will be championing. Most importantly\, you will have the opportunity for networking and collaboration\, and you will leave this briefing with a clear understanding of how and where the grantmaking community can engage to broaden the impact of farm and rural policy in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nAgendaMonday\, April 296:00 pm Dinner (Logan Tavern\, 1423 P St NW\, Washington\, DC 2000)Speakers:Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) – confirmed\, ranking member\, Senate Agriculture CommitteeCongresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) – confirmed\, member\, House Appropriations Committee \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 30Meridian Institute1800 M Street\, NW\, Suite 400NWashington\, DC 20036 \n\n\n\n8:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast8:30 am Welcome\, Introductions and Framing for the DayStacey Barbas\, senior program officer for Health\, The Kresge FoundationA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\n8:50 am Overview of Farm Bill ImplementationTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF \n\n\n\n9:15 am The politics of implementation: What it looks like inside USDAKathleen Merrigan\, executive director\, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\, Arizona State University; former USDA Deputy Secretary \n\n\n\n9:45 am Break10:00 am Panel Discussion: Critical implementation issues for sustainable agriculture and food systemsModerator: Moira Mcdonald\, program officer\, Freshwater Conservation\, Walton Family Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Colby Duren\, director\, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\, University of Arkansas School of LawKate Fitzgerald\, principal\, Fitzgerald-Canepa\, LLCFerd Hoefner\, senior strategic adviser\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)Ellen Teller\, director of government affairs\, FRAC \n\n\n\n12:00 pm Lunch1:00 pm Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky (invited)1:30 pm Funder Only DiscussionModerator: Michael Roberts\, program manager\, Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems\, The 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\n3:00 pm Summary & Next StepsVirginia Clarke\, executive director\, SAFSFTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-implementation-policy-briefing-2/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/event-placeholder.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190429T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190430T150000 DTSTAMP:20201024T171752Z CREATED:20190429T184257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171752Z UID:10000299-1556560800-1556636400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Farm Bill Implementation Policy Briefing DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DCMonday\, April 29 — Tuesday\, April 30Funders-Only Event \n\n\n\nRegistration closed.This past December\, Congress finalized the 2018 farm bill––but that was only the first half of the process! Now begins the second half –– USDA administrative implementation\, where legislative victories are won or lost. Regardless of which farm bill issues you work on and care about\, USDA will play a role in how each and every aspect of the farm bill is rolled out on the ground. \n\n\n\nThis briefing will allow you to dig in and learn how the USDA administrative implementation process works\, including the role of Congress\, and hear from leading sustainable agriculture\, rural development\, and food system experts about the topline Farm Bill implementation issues they will be championing. Most importantly\, you will have the opportunity for networking and collaboration\, and you will leave this briefing with a clear understanding of how and where the grantmaking community can engage to broaden the impact of farm and rural policy in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nAgendaMonday\, April 296:00 pm Dinner (Logan Tavern\, 1423 P St NW\, Washington\, DC 2000)Speakers:Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) – confirmed\, ranking member\, Senate Agriculture CommitteeCongresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) – confirmed\, member\, House Appropriations Committee \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 30Meridian Institute1800 M Street\, NW\, Suite 400NWashington\, DC 20036 \n\n\n\n8:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast8:30 am Welcome\, Introductions and Framing for the DayStacey Barbas\, senior program officer for Health\, The Kresge FoundationA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\n8:50 am Overview of Farm Bill ImplementationTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF \n\n\n\n9:15 am The politics of implementation: What it looks like inside USDAKathleen Merrigan\, executive director\, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\, Arizona State University; former USDA Deputy Secretary \n\n\n\n9:45 am Break10:00 am Panel Discussion: Critical implementation issues for sustainable agriculture and food systemsModerator: Moira Mcdonald\, program officer\, Freshwater Conservation\, Walton Family Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Colby Duren\, director\, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\, University of Arkansas School of LawKate Fitzgerald\, principal\, Fitzgerald-Canepa\, LLCFerd Hoefner\, senior strategic adviser\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)Ellen Teller\, director of government affairs\, FRAC \n\n\n\n12:00 pm Lunch1:00 pm Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky (invited)1:30 pm Funder Only DiscussionModerator: Michael Roberts\, program manager\, Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems\, The 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\n3:00 pm Summary & Next StepsVirginia Clarke\, executive director\, SAFSFTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-implementation-policy-briefing/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/event-placeholder.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T140000 DTSTAMP:20200930T225037Z CREATED:20200930T225037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T225037Z UID:10000403-1541073600-1541080800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker Justice DESCRIPTION:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker JusticeThursday\, November 1\, 201812 – 2pm ET \n\n\n\nNorth Star Fund\, 520 8th Ave\, Suite 1800\, NYCLunch will be provided \n\n\n\nLivestreaming is availableCo-sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)Although the backbone of our food system\, farmworkers are often marginalized in discussions about food and agriculture. Despite the upsurge in interest and consumption of organic\, local\, or certified produce\, the working and living conditions for most farmworkers planting\, picking\, and packing fresh fruits and vegetables have remained largely as they have been for decades. Examining the nuts and bolts of creating just and equitable food and agriculture systems — across diverse crops\, geography\, and scale — our lunchtime discussion will also look at innovative opportunities for philanthropic resources to leverage the power of markets to drive change.We will explore: \n\n\n\n– How can philanthropy catalyze systems-level change in food and agriculture through focusing on social justice and food safety? \n\n\n\n– Can social justice and business values be aligned or are they inherently incompatible? \n\n\n\n– How can we make sure standards and certification systems intended to drive change are not used to shield bad actors? \n\n\n\nJoin us on November 1st to learn how three different organizations are changing the status quo\, moving farmworkers to the center of the fresh produce sector. \n\n\n\n– Jessica Culley\, General Coordinator of the Farmworkers Support Committee (CATA) will describe the evolution of its programs to empower and educate migrant farmworkers through leadership development and capacity building. Founded by workers in southern New Jersey in 1979\, CATA also works in Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland and is a founding member of the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP)\, a domestic fair trade certification initiative seeking empowerment\, justice\, and fairness for all who labor from farm to retail. \n\n\n\n– Peter O’Driscoll\, Executive Director of the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)\, will explain how in five years its collaborative model and standards program has engaged more than 25\,000 farmworkers on EFI-certified fresh produce farms in Canada\, the US\, Mexico and Guatemala. \n\n\n\n– Michael Rozyne\, founder of Red Tomato will share his experience in Northeastern U.S. creating “righteous produce” as well as a pilot project with Lyman Orchards to explore if and how the EFI model can be applied on smaller farms. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-certification-programs-for-farmworker-justice-2/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/event-placeholder.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T140000 DTSTAMP:20201024T144933Z CREATED:20181101T155037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T144933Z UID:10000293-1541073600-1541080800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker Justice DESCRIPTION:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker JusticeThursday\, November 1\, 201812 – 2pm ET \n\n\n\nNorth Star Fund\, 520 8th Ave\, Suite 1800\, NYCLunch will be provided \n\n\n\nLivestreaming is availableCo-sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)Although the backbone of our food system\, farmworkers are often marginalized in discussions about food and agriculture. Despite the upsurge in interest and consumption of organic\, local\, or certified produce\, the working and living conditions for most farmworkers planting\, picking\, and packing fresh fruits and vegetables have remained largely as they have been for decades. Examining the nuts and bolts of creating just and equitable food and agriculture systems — across diverse crops\, geography\, and scale — our lunchtime discussion will also look at innovative opportunities for philanthropic resources to leverage the power of markets to drive change.We will explore: \n\n\n\n– How can philanthropy catalyze systems-level change in food and agriculture through focusing on social justice and food safety? \n\n\n\n– Can social justice and business values be aligned or are they inherently incompatible? \n\n\n\n– How can we make sure standards and certification systems intended to drive change are not used to shield bad actors? \n\n\n\nJoin us on November 1st to learn how three different organizations are changing the status quo\, moving farmworkers to the center of the fresh produce sector. \n\n\n\n– Jessica Culley\, General Coordinator of the Farmworkers Support Committee (CATA) will describe the evolution of its programs to empower and educate migrant farmworkers through leadership development and capacity building. Founded by workers in southern New Jersey in 1979\, CATA also works in Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland and is a founding member of the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP)\, a domestic fair trade certification initiative seeking empowerment\, justice\, and fairness for all who labor from farm to retail. \n\n\n\n– Peter O’Driscoll\, Executive Director of the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)\, will explain how in five years its collaborative model and standards program has engaged more than 25\,000 farmworkers on EFI-certified fresh produce farms in Canada\, the US\, Mexico and Guatemala. \n\n\n\n– Michael Rozyne\, founder of Red Tomato will share his experience in Northeastern U.S. creating “righteous produce” as well as a pilot project with Lyman Orchards to explore if and how the EFI model can be applied on smaller farms. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-certification-programs-for-farmworker-justice/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/event-placeholder.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180719T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180719T235959 DTSTAMP:20200930T232852Z CREATED:20200930T232852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T232852Z UID:10000408-1531958400-1532044799@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Healthy Food Incentives Funders Summit DESCRIPTION:This website has resources and information related to the Healthy Food Incentive Funders Summit. This funder-only event brought together the diverse group of private and public institutions that are supporting healthy food incentive programs in communities nationwide. Our goal is to continue to provide a platform for this community of funders to connect and learn from each other and practitioners in the field\, and to understand how your grantmaking fits into the larger national landscape of SNAP incentives\, FINI matching funding and food systems philanthropy. \n\n\n\nSummit Convener – W.K. Kellogg FoundationSummit Partners – SAFSF and Fair Food NetworkA conversation with practitioners- lessons learned from SNAP incentive programsJane Clary Loveless – National Institute of Food and AgricultureChristie Balch – Crossroads Farmers MarketLupe Lopez – Arteaga’s Food CenterAlyssa Auvinen – Washington State Department of HealthWhat we know about the impact of SNAP incentives and where we go from hereChelsea Singleton – Institute for Health Research and Policy\, University of Illinois at ChicagoJeff O’Hara – USDA Agricultural Marketing ServiceCourtney Parks – Gretchen Swanson Center for NutritionHow healthy food incentives contribute to a sustainable and equitable food systemThe Power of Produce: Healthy Food Incentives Empower Families\, Support Farmers and Lift Up CommunitiesAbout the W.K. Kellogg FoundationNEW! SNAP Incentives Toolkit (from AHA Voices for Healthy Kids)Healthy food incentive impacts on direct-to-consumer sales: A Michigan exampleEconomics of Healthy Food Incentives At Michigan Farmers Markets: Study Highlights“Doubling Up” on Produce at Detroit Farmers Markets: Patterns and Correlates of Use of a Healthy Food IncentiveIncreasing Use of a Healthy Food Incentive: A Waiting Room Intervention Among Low-Income PatientsAnalysis of healthy Food Incentive Programs’ Impact on Farmers Market Vendors in Michigan \n\n\n\nBroader Food Systems ResourcesBlueprint for a National Food Strategy URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-food-incentives-funders-summit-2/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/event-placeholder.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180719T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180719T235959 DTSTAMP:20201024T144529Z CREATED:20180719T162852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T144529Z UID:10000288-1531958400-1532044799@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Healthy Food Incentives Funders Summit DESCRIPTION:This website has resources and information related to the Healthy Food Incentive Funders Summit. This funder-only event brought together the diverse group of private and public institutions that are supporting healthy food incentive programs in communities nationwide. Our goal is to continue to provide a platform for this community of funders to connect and learn from each other and practitioners in the field\, and to understand how your grantmaking fits into the larger national landscape of SNAP incentives\, FINI matching funding and food systems philanthropy. \n\n\n\nSummit Convener – W.K. Kellogg FoundationSummit Partners – SAFSF and Fair Food NetworkA conversation with practitioners- lessons learned from SNAP incentive programsJane Clary Loveless – National Institute of Food and AgricultureChristie Balch – Crossroads Farmers MarketLupe Lopez – Arteaga’s Food CenterAlyssa Auvinen – Washington State Department of HealthWhat we know about the impact of SNAP incentives and where we go from hereChelsea Singleton – Institute for Health Research and Policy\, University of Illinois at ChicagoJeff O’Hara – USDA Agricultural Marketing ServiceCourtney Parks – Gretchen Swanson Center for NutritionHow healthy food incentives contribute to a sustainable and equitable food systemThe Power of Produce: Healthy Food Incentives Empower Families\, Support Farmers and Lift Up CommunitiesAbout the W.K. Kellogg FoundationNEW! SNAP Incentives Toolkit (from AHA Voices for Healthy Kids)Healthy food incentive impacts on direct-to-consumer sales: A Michigan exampleEconomics of Healthy Food Incentives At Michigan Farmers Markets: Study Highlights“Doubling Up” on Produce at Detroit Farmers Markets: Patterns and Correlates of Use of a Healthy Food IncentiveIncreasing Use of a Healthy Food Incentive: A Waiting Room Intervention Among Low-Income PatientsAnalysis of healthy Food Incentive Programs’ Impact on Farmers Market Vendors in Michigan \n\n\n\nBroader Food Systems ResourcesBlueprint for a National Food Strategy URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-food-incentives-funders-summit/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/event-placeholder.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171206T170000 DTSTAMP:20201023T205213Z CREATED:20171023T204637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201023T205213Z UID:10000275-1512374400-1512579600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2017 Policy Briefing in Washington\, DC DESCRIPTION:4th Annual SAFSF Policy Briefing \n\n\n\nPOWER IN ACTION\n\n\n\nDecember 4-6\, 2017Washington\, DCFunders-Only Event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOLICY BRIEFING THEME\n\n\n\nFrom coast to coast\, citizens are raising their voices and advocating for their values through unprecedented civic engagement. Funders are activating their networks and resources to cultivate relationships and pursue equitable and sustainable outcomes in the food system. While there is an urgency to many of the issues at hand\, the importance of supporting ongoing efforts has never been more clear. Long-term impact demands creativity\, agility\, courage\, persuasive messaging\, and proactive policy engagement. \n\n\n\nThe 4th Annual SAFSF Policy Briefing returns to Washington\, DC\, a city where power and privilege coexist alongside significantly marginalized communities\, disproportionately comprised of people of color who are at a political\, social\, and economic disadvantage. The 2017 Policy Briefing\, Power in Action\, will share stories from frontline communities that are harnessing their collective power; provide insights from individuals working within existing structures of political power; and examine funders’ responsibility to generate equitable outcomes. Join us in the capital city this December to build connections\, align strategies\, and transform power into action. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2017-policy-briefing-in-washington-dc/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SAFSF_2017_PolBrf_EMAIL_d2_600x300.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161212T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161214T170000 DTSTAMP:20201023T211008Z CREATED:20161023T210835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201023T211008Z UID:10000274-1481529600-1481734800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2016 Policy Briefing in Sacramento\, CA DESCRIPTION:3rd Annual SAFSF Policy Briefing \n\n\n\nVISION TO ACTION \n\n\n\nBuilding Power on Shaky Ground\n\n\n\nDecember 12-14\, 2016Sacramento\, CA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPOLICY BRIEFING THEMEDuring these times of political and ecological uncertainty\, the visions and actions of those working in the sustainable agriculture and food movement need to be expansive and effective. SAFSF invites you to the West Coast for a continuing conversation about what it will take to ensure that local and national policies all work together to keep these visions alive and make them a powerful source of influence. \n\n\n\nSacramento\, the state capital\, is located in the northern part of California’s Central Valley—a 1.5 million-acre agricultural powerhouse where farmers and farmworkers grow more than 120 crops for market. In this region\, local issues become national (e.g. water\, labor rights\, immigration) and national trends literally change the landscape (e.g. healthier diets\, organic agriculture). The Central Valley is a microcosm of the pressures and positive trends in the American food system. We will consider the opportunities presented in the face of election results while emphasizing the inherent linkages between health and food\, social justice and sustainable agriculture\, democracy and inclusion. Challenging yet inspiring work lies ahead—join us! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2016-policy-briefing-in-sacramento-ca/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2016PB_FinalDesignImage_300x439.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR