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SUMMARY:Dual Film Screening in Minneapolis
DESCRIPTION:Share food and drinks with SAFSF\, Croatan Institute\, and Cogent Consulting for an evening reception at the historic Capri Theater starting at 6:00 PM on October 8\, followed by the screening of two films (including SAFSF’s Digging In!) and an interactive panel discussion.  \n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and organizations passionate about regenerative change in food\, fiber\, and forest systems. All land stewards and attendees of the 2025 Regenerative Food Systems Investment Forum (RFSI) will be provided free access to this side event. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP\n\n\n\n\nThis is part of a nationwide film tour by Croatan Institute to mobilize capital for resilient food\, fiber\, and forest systems. Soil Wealth: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture\, produced with support from Patagonia and SAFSF member Waverley Street Foundation\, features farmers and capital providers to demonstrate effective\, community-led solutions for funding the future of sustainable economies. Digging In produced by Sustainable Agriculture & Food System Funders (SAFSF) will be shown\, focused on the US agricultural system and who controls our food and farmers.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/dual-film-screening-in-minneapolis/
CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,In Person Gathering,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20241028T090000
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SUMMARY:Toxic Agriculture: Communities Fighting For Environmental and Food Justice
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nExplore the intersections of environmental justice and sustainable agriculture in an interactive in-person learning tour the day before the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) Annual Meeting in Durham\, North Carolina\, co-sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Network (SAFSF). \n\n\n\nAttendees will travel to Sampson County\, North Carolina to learn about hog and poultry Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) and their impact on communities\, the environment\, and sustainable food systems. Topics will include corporate consolidation\, the issues with so-called renewable biogas\, and the possibility of non-toxic and humane animal agriculture. \n\n\n\nWhether you come from an environmental health\, environmental justice\, or food systems perspective\, we hope you’ll come away from this visit with a deeper understanding of this web of systems\, and how communities are working together towards resilience.  \n\n\n\nSpace is limited – register now to secure your spot!  We also encourage you to join HEFN’s Annual Meeting to learn more about their work creating healthy and just environments for all. SAFSF is proud to partner with HEFN on this learning tour\, and many other events throughout the year to unite environmental and food funders. \n\n\n\nInterested in learning more about the topics covered in this program? Check out these resources: \n\n\n\n\nAlign RNG breaks ground on North Carolina’s largest biogas project | Bioenergy International \n\n\n\nHog farming has a massive poop problem \n\n\n\n\nIf interest exceeds capacity\, there will be a waitlist. For any questions about this program\, or if you’ve already registered for HEFN’s Annual Meeting and would like to add this on to your registration\, please contact Kalila Booker-Cassano\, HEFN’s Director of Programs.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/toxic-agriculture-communities-fighting-for-environmental-and-food-justice/
CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Tours / Site Visits
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SUMMARY:Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed for this event. \n\n\n\nJoin Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a day of peer funder engagement\, generative discussion\, and strategic alignment around funding regenerative agriculture\, held in San Francisco\, California on March 19\, 2024.  \n\n\n\nWe will ground our discussions in two recent reports from peers in this space: \n\n\n\n\nCultivating Change: Accelerating and Scaling Agroecology and Regenerative Approaches by Global Alliance for the Future of Food and\,\n\n\n\nInvesting in Regenerative Agriculture: Shaping a Livable Future by Josh Cavanaugh\, board member of The Russell Family Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nParticipation is limited to 40 funders* currently funding regenerative agriculture or seriously considering activating their resources in this space. SAFSF members\, non-members\, regional funders\, and national funders are all welcome.  \n\n\n\nThis is the first of three in person gatherings hosted by SAFSF in 2024 in lieu of a Forum.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Registration for this event is limited to funders. SAFSF defines funders as organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. Please reach out to Holly Enowski (holly@safsf.org) with any questions.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/regenerative-agriculture-california-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240318T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240318T193000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
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SUMMARY:Executive Director Meet and Greet
DESCRIPTION:in San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nCurious to learn more about SAFSF? Join our new Executive Director Clare Fox and the SAFSF team on Monday evening. Come by for a casual Meet and Greet to learn what SAFSF has to offer and how to get involved.  \n\n\n\nCome as you are and as you wish! This will be a drop-by event\, open to all current and prospective members in the area. Please register so we know to expect you.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register for this via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/executive-director-meet-and-greet/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231119T150000
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SUMMARY:Kansas City Digging In Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the FREE hometown premiere of Digging In: An Exploration of the US Food System on Sun Nov 19\, 2023 at 408 Armour Road\, North Kansas City\, MO 64116. 3-5 pm CT.  \n\n\n\nFrom KC-filmmakers Nathan Johnson and Jay W. Austin\, Digging In follows our host (Masika Henson) around the country to understand who controls our food\, who owns the the land its grown upon\, and whether our systems can adapt to a changing climate. \n\n\n\nAt this event\, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the filmmakers and others featured in the film\, connect with others who have questions and answers about the food system\, and enjoy special finger foods prepared by a local chef. Holly Enowski\, SAFSF\, will be in attendance.  \n\n\n\nCelebrate local creators\, enjoy a film before it’s released to the public\, and learn more about filmmaking and food. This family-friendly event is a beautiful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your tickets now! \n\n\n\n\nSecure Your FREE Ticket Here!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/kansas-city-digging-in-screening/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Member Only,Tours / Site Visits,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
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SUMMARY:Supporting the Needs of New and Beginning Farmers | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:On this tour\, we will learn about a variety of programs and organizations that are supporting new and beginning production farmers in Pittsburgh and the surrounding region. Although similar programs exist across the country\, Pittsburgh is unique in hosting a range of opportunities\, bolstered by deep and reciprocal working relationships between them\, that support farmers no matter where they are in their learning and farm enterprise development. This means that whether they aspire to build skills in growing their own crops\, develop their own small-scale organic urban farm enterprise\, or lease farmland in order to produce at scale\, local farmers can take a stepladder approach to a career in sustainable agriculture. \n\n\n\nParticipants will learn how an urban farm set against the backdrop of the last remaining steel mill in the Pittsburgh area is preparing young adults for future work in food and farming through hands-on apprenticeships. We’ll see how a nonprofit\, community-centered farm that is set to become the largest urban farm in the U.S. is developing a comprehensive workforce and business development program for new small-scale organic urban farm enterprises. And we’ll hear how other partners are supporting graduates of these programs in acquiring farmland within and outside Pittsburgh in order to stabilize and expand their production agriculture businesses. Together we’ll better understand how these farmer-development pieces fit together in practice—and hopefully get our hands a little dirty in the process. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Braddock Farms\, Grow Pittsburgh• Hilltop Urban Farm• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy \n\n\n\nOther partners include:• Allegheny County Conservation District• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)• National Young Farmers Coalition
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/supporting-the-needs-of-new-and-beginning-farmers-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20190620T034602Z
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SUMMARY:Crafting a Regional Food System | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:If you want to get your hands dirty or doughy\, this is the tour for you. We’ll head to Chatham University’s Eden Hall campus\, a 388-acre farm turned cutting-edge learning laboratory and demonstration site showcasing sustainable solutions to issues of energy\, water\, food and agriculture\, air quality and climate\, and the interaction of natural and built systems. This innovative campus is home to the Falk School of Sustainability and Environment\, which encourages undergraduate and graduate students focusing on food studies to engage with the work through collaborative projects and experiences that take them outside the classroom—so that they may develop and apply real-world solutions. \n\n\n\nYou’ll choose one of two hands-on activities for small group engagement (pre-registration required; spaces are limited): \n\n\n\n• Agroecology Farm Activity: Visit the agroecology demonstration farm and experience how students of all ages are introduced to various aspects of food system sustainability through applied and hands-on learning. We can also dig in and get our hands dirty as we harvest greens for our lunch. \n\n\n\n• Heritage Grains Activity: A growing number of farmers in western Pennsylvania are cultivating heritage grains. We’ll learn how their work fits into the regional food system and use some of those grains to prepare pizza dough for our lunch. As we get our hands floury\, we’ll learn in the same way that students and community members do: through fun\, hands-on\, experiential curriculum. \n\n\n\nThroughout the day\, our journey will be grounded in the work of the interdisciplinary Center for Regional Agriculture\, Food\, and Transformation (CRAFT). We’ll leave with a better understanding of how hands-on experience can deepen knowledge and engagement around sustainable food systems issues. We’ll also gain new insights into western Pennsylvania’s regional food system\, the relationships\, assets\, and gaps that undergird it\, and the potential of culinary tourism to support regional economic development. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• The Center for Regional Agriculture\, Food\, and Transformation (CRAFT) at Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus• Frankferd Farms
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/crafting-a-regional-food-system-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20190620T034249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T034556Z
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SUMMARY:Soil Health and Climate Resilience in Pennsylvania | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:The impacts of climate change vary regionally\, and farmers in western Pennsylvania are already grappling with increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Amid a growing awareness of the deep impact soil has on every aspect of our biodiversity\, health\, climate\, water\, and resilience\, more folks are listening to farmers and researchers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere who have been championing the importance of soil health for decades. \n\n\n\nSoil health management systems encompass a wide variety of practices and assessment approaches and are described in a variety of ways—regenerative agriculture\, organics\, regenerative organic\, agroecology\, sustainable agriculture\, and more. These approaches share common goals of protecting natural resources on and off the farm\, improving productivity and profitability\, and safeguarding the functioning of our planet and its health now and well into the future. \n\n\n\nOn this tour\, we’ll learn about long-term soil health research happening in Pennsylvania and explore how soil health relates to improved production\, watershed health\, climate change mitigation and adaptation\, and more. We’ll visit a couple of farms and meet with farmers focused on applying the principles of soil health management to their production. We’ll also learn how research\, modeling\, and monitoring efforts are being used to help tell the story of the benefits of healthy soil\, and support the spread of best practices in soil stewardship. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Fallen Aspen Farm• Kretschmann Family Organic Farm• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)• Pennsylvania No Till Alliance• Rodale Institute• Stroud Water Research Center• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/soil-health-and-climate-resilience-in-pennsylvania-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
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SUMMARY:Technology\, Innovation\, and Impact | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Once a center for the production of steel\, iron\, and glass\, Pittsburgh has reemerged as a leader in medicine\, education\, healthcare\, and—relevant to this tour—green building spaces\, robotics\, artificial intelligence\, and high-tech industries. Some of the technological solutions being developed by university researchers\, businesses\, and nonprofits in Pittsburgh are focused on food and agriculture system issues. \n\n\n\nOn this tour\, we’ll look at two very different spaces within the food system where technology is having an impact on sustainable food systems change in Pittsburgh and beyond. First\, we’ll visit a farm that uses cutting-edge robotic\, monitoring\, and sensing technology in production agriculture. We’ll have a deep discussion about how this disruptive technology might be deployed at different scales and with smaller levels of investment. Then\, we’ll explore a solution that leverages technology\, civic engagement\, and public-private partnerships to connect retail food surplus to emergency and charitable food need—and is having a significant and measurable impact on hunger in Pittsburgh. We’ll share a ‘wasted food’ lunch and explore how this app-based technology has had effects on both individual and community levels for donors\, recipients\, volunteers\, and organizations involved. Join us as we explore what the new buzzword ‘ag tech’ really means\, and dive deeply into several ‘ag tech’ solutions developed or deployed in Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Rivendale Farms• 412 Food Rescue• New Sun Rising• Millvale Food + Energy Hub• Strange Roots Experimental Ales
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/technology-innovation-and-impact-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
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SUMMARY:Community-Led Change in the Homewood Neighborhood | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Be inspired by a neighborhood that is finding ways to innovate\, leverage tremendous community resources and assets\, and meet local needs through coordinated community projects. Homewood is a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh\, home to about 6\,000 residents in nine square miles\, that has historically been underserved and disinvested—but is home to a wealth of local knowledge\, creativity\, and resources. We’ll spend the day walking from site to site to meet with a host of incredible community leaders and residents. \n\n\n\nThe programs that we will learn about support small-scale raised-bed vegetable gardens in backyards and vacant lots\, urban farms that take up full city blocks\, an outdoor learning lab with hydroponic and aquaponic growing systems developed in partnership between a church and local universities\, and more. As is true in many disinvested communities\, there is no grocery store in Homewood. We’ll hear from community leaders and an investor working alongside them to transform opportunity and a vision of what’s possible into a new community-led grocery store. Throughout the day\, we’ll hear stories of exciting and transformative community-led projects and collaborations\, and learn from the stakeholders—community members\, funders\, and investors\, and others—supporting them. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nCommunity host organizations include:• Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers Cooperative of Pittsburgh (BUGS FCP)• The Oasis Project Farm and Fishery (a project of Bible Center Church)• Phipps Homegrown Program• Sankofa Village Community Garden \n\n\n\nAdditional partners include:• Bridgeway Capital• The Heinz Endowments• ioby
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/community-led-change-in-the-homewood-neighborhood-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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SUMMARY:Fracking in the Coalfields | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Across the United States\, energy extraction and production—from coal mining to oil drilling to fracking to petrochemical manufacturing and more—impact communities and the environment. Energy and agriculture often intersect\, whether it’s a frack pad located close to a farm\, a wind farm adjacent to agricultural fields\, or offshore drilling and its impacts on fish stock. \n\n\n\nWestern Pennsylvania is a microcosm of many of these energy production industries. On this field trip\, we’ll head south of Pittsburgh into northern Appalachia and the coalfield region\, taking winding mountain roads through a historic (and currently active) coal-producing area in which hundreds of fracking wells and refining and processing sites have also been installed over the last decade. Today\, about 75% of the residents of Washington County and nearly 90% of residents in neighboring Greene County live within two miles of a frack pad. We’ll hear directly from community members\, a farmer\, and other experts about how extreme energy extraction\, processing\, and waste related to longwall coal mining and shale gas fracking in southwestern Pennsylvania affect rural communities\, agricultural lands and ecosystems\, and air and water quality. \n\n\n\nLearn from the deep expertise of community members as well as staff and board members of the Center for Coalfield Justice and other organizations. This memorable and impactful day will leave you with a deeper understanding of how extractive industry affects a place\, landscape\, people\, and animals—and how funders and other partners might support avenues for environmental justice. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nNote: This tour will involve a great deal of driving on winding mountain roads. If you tend to get carsick\, we recommend that you use anti-nausea preventives such as medication and/or acupressure bands. \n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Breathe Collaborative• Center for Coalfield Justice• Earthworks Pennsylvania• Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2019forum-frackinginthecoalfields/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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SUMMARY:Fresh Perspective: Food\, Equity and Community Development Funders’ Bus Tour
DESCRIPTION:Please join The California Wellness Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, the Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative\, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and Southern California Grantmakers for a funders-only bus tour in South Los Angeles to explore how food can be a powerful driver of equity and community economic development. \n\n\n\nFood is essential to the health and vitality of a community. Through evidence-based practices\, creative placemaking and social enterprising\, nonprofits are using food to connect health\, culture and economic opportunity in historically disenfranchised communities. Investments in community-rooted food enterprise can be a critical way to stabilize neighborhoods in transition and garner economic and social equity. This tour will feature the projects of several non-profit organizations who are bridging healthy food access and equitable economic development. Looking at community food enterprise at various scales ranging from street vendors to neighborhood markets to a major distribution and growing hub\, the tour will highlight food security and food access and the case for an increased investment of social and economic capital\, specifically in South Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nTime: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm (bus will leave promptly at 9:00 am and return no later than 2:00 pm) \n\n\n\nTour Starting Location: Community Health Councils (3731 Stocker St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90008) \n\n\n\nParticipants may park on site behind the office building for free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nTour Partners: Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, LURN and Community Health Councils. \n\n\n\nFeeSCG members and SAFSF members: No cost to participateNon-members: $100 \n\n\n\nWho May AttendCurrent SAFSF\, SCG\, and NCG members and other funders.For registration questions\, please email programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nSAFSF members: email Bethanie@socalgrantmakers.org Please be sure to note any dietary restrictions/requirements.SCG members: please log in to your SCG account to register online.NCG and SCG members: please complete this form.Eligible non-members\, in order to register for SCG events you will need to apply for an account. Please do so here.Accommodations for People with DisabilitiesIf you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate in this activity\, please contact our programs team at programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org or (213) 680-8866. You will be contacted by someone from our staff to discuss your specific needs.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fresh-perspective-food-equity-and-community-development-funders-bus-tour-2/
CATEGORIES:Tours / Site Visits
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SUMMARY:Fresh Perspective: Food\, Equity and Community Development Funders’ Bus Tour
DESCRIPTION:Please join The California Wellness Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, the Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative\, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and Southern California Grantmakers for a funders-only bus tour in South Los Angeles to explore how food can be a powerful driver of equity and community economic development. \n\n\n\nFood is essential to the health and vitality of a community. Through evidence-based practices\, creative placemaking and social enterprising\, nonprofits are using food to connect health\, culture and economic opportunity in historically disenfranchised communities. Investments in community-rooted food enterprise can be a critical way to stabilize neighborhoods in transition and garner economic and social equity. This tour will feature the projects of several non-profit organizations who are bridging healthy food access and equitable economic development. Looking at community food enterprise at various scales ranging from street vendors to neighborhood markets to a major distribution and growing hub\, the tour will highlight food security and food access and the case for an increased investment of social and economic capital\, specifically in South Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nTime: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm (bus will leave promptly at 9:00 am and return no later than 2:00 pm) \n\n\n\nTour Starting Location: Community Health Councils (3731 Stocker St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90008) \n\n\n\nParticipants may park on site behind the office building for free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nTour Partners: Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, LURN and Community Health Councils. \n\n\n\nFeeSCG members and SAFSF members: No cost to participateNon-members: $100 \n\n\n\nWho May AttendCurrent SAFSF\, SCG\, and NCG members and other funders.For registration questions\, please email programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nSAFSF members: email Bethanie@socalgrantmakers.org Please be sure to note any dietary restrictions/requirements.SCG members: please log in to your SCG account to register online.NCG and SCG members: please complete this form.Eligible non-members\, in order to register for SCG events you will need to apply for an account. Please do so here.Accommodations for People with DisabilitiesIf you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate in this activity\, please contact our programs team at programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org or (213) 680-8866. You will be contacted by someone from our staff to discuss your specific needs.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fresh-perspective-food-equity-and-community-development-funders-bus-tour/
CATEGORIES:Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
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SUMMARY:Healthy Food\, Healthy Families\, Healthy Communities | Site Visit at the 2018 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:We all know the phrase\, “it takes a village.” This statement rings true for the Spokane region\, where stakeholders are increasing access to healthy and nutritious food and developing a vibrant local food system from the ground up through the aid of strong relationships. Throughout the day\, you will witness and experience the importance of robust community partnerships that are transforming lives in holistic\, equitable\, and impactful ways. \n\n\n\nTo learn about the broader context of the regional food system\, we will head first to Second Harvest\, a multi-faceted hunger relief network that distributes an average of two million pounds of food each month in 26 counties throughout eastern Washington and northern Idaho\, including to more than 250 food banks\, meal centers\, and mobile markets. Their facilities include a state-of-the-art kitchen space that hosts many education\, nutrition\, and cooking programs for the community. We’ll tour their warehouse\, hear from a number of their community partners\, and participate in a short volunteer activity. \n\n\n\nFor lunch and learning\, we’ll go to Westwood Middle School. Here we will explore the health\, nutrition\, and cultural change outcomes that have resulted from a district-wide school meal scratch cooking program developed in partnership with Empire Health Foundation\, Spokane Regional Health District\, and Washington State University Extension Food $ense Nutrition Education. All 52 schools in the Spokane Public School district\, the second largest school district in Washington state\, now offer healthy\, scratch-cooked meals to K-12 students\, and childhood obesity rates have decreased by 12% across the nine regional school districts that have switched to scratch cooking. \n\n\n\nOur last stop will take us to northwest Spokane to visit River City Youth Ops. Their mission is to create opportunities for youth enrichment in the neighborhood through community engagement\, job training\, and education. We will hear from youth leaders in the program\, take a walking tour of their urban garden plots\, and help harvest produce for sale at a weekly farmers’ market. \n\n\n\nHost Organizations:Second Harvest\, Spokane\, WA● Emily Franko\, Jesuit Volunteer Corps member\, Second Harvest● Kathy Hedgcock\, director of strategic gifts\, Second Harvest● Drew Meuer\, chief development officer\, Second Harvest● Ben Prez\, Washington Service Corps member; coordinator\, Second Harvest at Schools\, Second Harvest● Mindy Wallace\, nutrition education manager\, Second Harvest \n\n\n\nWestwood Middle School\, Spokane\, WA● Raeann Duncar\, SNAP-Ed behavioral economics coordinator\, Washington State University Spokane County Extension● Chef LJ Klinkenberg\, director of nutrition services\, Cheney School District● Laura Martin\, senior program associate\, Obesity Prevention\, Empire Health Foundation● Natalie Tauzin\, healthy eating lead\, Spokane Regional Health District● Lori van Anrooy\, Food $ense program manager\, Washington State University Spokane County Extension \n\n\n\nRiver City Youth Ops\, Spokane\, WA● Dena Carr\, executive director● Maddy Halverson\, farm manager \n\n\n\nAdditional SpeakersJewels Dietrich\, manager of daily operations\, The Women’s HearthAdell Whitehead\, family support services manager\, Martin Luther King\, Jr. Family Outreach Center at East Central Community CenterLinda Westermeyer\, director\, The Better Living Center
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-food-healthy-families-healthy-communities-site-visit-at-the-2018-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20180621T042607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T042805Z
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SUMMARY:Centering Equity and Sustainability in the Legal Cannabis Industry | Site Visit at the 2018 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:The food movement has been working hard for decades to rebuild a food system that\, in some ways\, used to exist and was dismantled by consolidation and industrialization. With the legalization of cannabis for recreational use in nine states and medical use in 30 states\, the pressures of consolidation and industrialization are already being felt. There is an opportunity to put sustainability and justice values into policy and practice now and to shape the development of an inclusive and equitable agricultural industry\, but the window of opportunity is short and so far not many funders have been allocating attention and resources to this area. \n\n\n\nSpokane County has more cannabis growers thanany other county in Washington state\, nearly 13% of all producers in the state. On this tour we’ll attempt to at least scratch the surface of this complicated and huge agricultural industry that is currently developing on a state-by-state and often county- by-county level. The day’s discussions will include explorations of environmental sustainability\, social justice\, philanthropy\, and economic\, gender\, and racial equity in the cannabis industry. We’ll have the chance to meet with growers in the region and speak with advocates from other parts of the country. We’ll discuss the organizing power of farmers at the local level in Spokane County\, burgeoning efforts to create regenerative organic agriculture standards for the industry\, and how folks are trying to address equity and justice with new policy (don’t forget who the war on drugs\, especially marijuana\, has most affected). \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2018 SAFSF Forum in Spokane\, Washington.\n\n\n\nHost Organizations:Washington’s Finest Cannabis\, Deer Park\, WA● Crystal Oliver\, president and co-founder\, Washington’s Finest Cannabis; executive board member\, Cannabis Farmers Council● Kevin Oliver\, co-founder and chief strategic officer\, Washington’s Finest Cannabis; board member\, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML); executive director\, Washington NORML \n\n\n\nEarthly Organics and Zoobees Doobees\, Liberty Lake\, WA● Clinton Zuber\, owner\, Earthly Organics and Zoobees Doobees \n\n\n\nAdditional Speakers:Andrew Black\, founder and CEO\, Certified Kind\, COFrederick Briones\, principal\, IBH Labs\, CADavid Bronner\, cosmic engagement officer (CEO)\, Dr. Bronner’s\, CAJesce Horton\, board chair\, Resource Innovation Institute; co-founder and former chairman\, Minority Cannabis Business Association; president\, Saints\, Inc.; owner\, Panacea Valley Gardens\, ORAmanda Reiman\, vice president of community relations\, Flow Kana; secretary\, International Cannabis Farmers Association; board member\, Open Cannabis Project; board member\, California Cannabis Tourism Association\, CAA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs\, First Nations Development Institute\, CA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/centering-equity-and-sustainability-in-the-legal-cannabis-industry-site-visit-at-the-2018-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20180621T041832Z
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SUMMARY:Building a Local Foodshed | Site Visit at the 2018 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:A thriving regional food system requires a number of sustainable and pro table components: farmers and producers\, processing and distribution systems\, and outlets to consumers and markets at the end. This site visit will explore efforts to cultivate a healthy local foodshed in the Spokane region and highlight many of the exciting efforts taking place at all levels along this continuum. \n\n\n\nWe’ll start the day at the three-acre Vets on the Farm demonstration farm\, a program of the Spokane Conservation District that equips veterans with small-scale food production skills through a relationship with Washington State University Spokane County Extension and Spokane Community College. The program is creating a pipeline and network of new small farmers and contributing to the development of a new agricultural corridor in south Spokane. We’ll speak with vets participating in the program to learn about their transformative experiences\, and have a chance to get our hands dirty by helping with the summer harvest or in the greenhouse. \n\n\n\nOn the processing and distribution side\, we’ll learn about LINC Foods. While it could be seen as a food hub like many others across the country\, LINC Foods has also developed as a farmers’ cooperative and utilized a number of different creative integrated capital approaches to financing their business. In addition to providing food hub aggregation and distribution services\, LINC Foods is unique in its creation of a malting business\, Palouse Pint\, that serves the unique needs of the many grain farmer-owners of its co-op. You’ll tour the malt house\, learn about their business structure\, and a bit about the how and why their structure is allowing them to reach profitability three to five years earlier than they might have otherwise. Don’t know what malting is? Don’t worry—you’ll know plenty by the end of the day! \n\n\n\nWe’ll close out the day by visiting the Grain Shed\, a regional collaboration and cooperative venture between a baker\, a pair of brewers\, and a farmer. We’ll meet up with participants from the Pathways to Impact through Grain Production site visit to swap stories while enjoying beer and bread made with Palouse Pint’s grain malt. You’ll get a taste of just how flavorful a healthy local foodshed can be. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2018 SAFSF Forum in Spokane\, Washington.\n\n\n\nHost Organizations:Vets on the Farm\, Spokane\, WA● Vicki Carter\, director\, Spokane Conservation District● Patricia Munts\, extension coordinator\, urban horticulture\, Washington State University Spokane County Extension \n\n\n\nLINC Foods and Palouse Pint\, a project of LINC Foods\, Spokane\, WA● Brian Estes\, procurement and logistics\, LINC Foods● Dan Jackson\, sales and marketing director\, LINC Foods● Joel Williamson\, co-founder\, member-owner\, and maltster\, LINC Foods; brewer\, The Grain Shed \n\n\n\nThe Grain Shed\, Spokane\, WA● Teddy Benson\, brewer● Don Scheuerman\, farmer\, Palouse Colony Farm\, Endicott\, WA● Shaun Thompson Duffy\, chef\, miller\, and baker
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-a-local-foodshed-site-visit-at-the-2018-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20180621T041100Z
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SUMMARY:Uplifting Solutions Developed by and for Rural Communities | Site Visit at the 2018 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Conversations about rural communities often focus on the challenges they face. But just like every region\, rural communities are filled with vibrancy\, leadership\, and entrepreneurship. To explore how one community is utilizing their assets to support rural development\, this site visit will take us an hour north of Spokane to Pend Oreille County. The county has a population of just over 13\,000 people who live within about 1\,400 square miles of picturesque rivers\, lakes\, and mountains. Unlike many other rural regions\, Pend Oreille County also has an innovative grant-funded fiber optic internet infrastructure that serves the full county and supports local economic growth efforts. \n\n\n\nWe’ll start the day by visiting the Kalispel Indian Reservation in the community of Usk. The Kalispel Tribe is a strong partner committed to supporting not only the Tribal community\, but also its surrounding neighbors\, and is deeply engaged on many projects related to food sovereignty\, wellness\, and community development. We’ll visit the Camas Center for Community Wellness\, a beautiful facility providing holistic health care and wellness programs to neighboring communities; have a chance to see the grocery store the Tribe is building within an area that is very much a food desert; and hear about the Tribe’s extensive philanthropic work throughout the region. Participants will have an opportunity for hands-on learning around nutritional education and Tribal foods\, and a chance to get up close and personal with the Kalispel buffalo herd while learning about natural resources management efforts. \n\n\n\nWe’ll also head to the Cusick Food Bank to visit with stakeholders from Washington State University Stevens County Extension and learn about their micro-scale Farm to Food Pantry and Farm to School program that is active within a three-county region. A testament to right-scale infrastructure\, the program pays local growers for fresh produce and transports it to food pantries and schools. Join us to learn more about opportunities to partner with community leaders and cultivate health\, wellness\, vitality\, and economic development within rural communities. \n\n\n\nSponsored by Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2018 SAFSF Forum in Spokane\, Washington.\n\n\n\nHost Organizations:Kalispel Indian Reservation\, Cusick\, WA● Afton Servas\, public relations coordinator\, Kalispel Tribe of Indians● Matthew Lower\, senior planner\, Kalispel Tribe of Indians● Shantel Whitford\, sous chef\, Kalispel Tribe of Indians● Carol Mack\, retired / former Tribal Extension project director\, WA State University Pend Oreille County Extension \n\n\n\nCusick Food Bank\, Cusick\, WA● Joyce Beach\, volunteer\, Cusick Food Bank● Gary Beach\, volunteer\, Cusick Food Bank● Nils Johnson\, ag and food systems program coordinator\, Washington State University Stevens County Extension\, Colville\, WA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/uplifting-solutions-developed-by-and-for-rural-communities-site-visit-at-the-2018-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20180621T040714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T041115Z
UID:10000283-1529481600-1529514000@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Animal Farms: The Spectrum of Sustainability in Beef and Dairy | Site Visit at the 2018 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join farmers\, advocates\, investors\, and other experts on a day of deep learning\, tromping through wildly healthy pastures\, and being charmed by calves (and their elder herd members\, too). We will rise and shine to be on the road early\, and take advantage of our time on the bus with quick talks\, including background on the dairy and beef industries and distinctions in production methods that differentiate them. We will drive past industrial-scale feedlots and dairies\, and discuss their impact on rural economies\, public health\, water\, air\, and quality of life for neighboring community members. We’ll also hear about legal strategies and coalition efforts to move the dairy and beef industries in a more sustainable and just direction. \n\n\n\nAt Pure Éire Dairy Othello\, WA\, we’ll speak with Jill and Richard Smith\, who spent decades in mega dairies before transitioning—first dabbling in raw milk\, then producing for Organic Valley\, and finally going fully independent with the highest levels of certification through organic and Certified Animal Welfare Approved production. We’ll also observe (and for those who are interested\, participate in!) the morning’s milking\, visit cows grazing on pasture\, tour the processing facility\, and enjoy a BBQ with beef and dairy products (including what may be the world’s best yogurt) from the ranch\, as well as vegetarian options. \n\n\n\nThen it’s back on the bus for more quick talks on efforts and opportunities to shift culture\, markets\, and policy\, including through support for labels that increase the value of high welfare; regenerative products in the marketplace; peer-to-peer learning; and organizing ranchers and communities on issues like country-of-origin labeling (COOL)\, beef checkoff\, and cottage food laws. At Lazy R Ranch in Cheney\, WA we will see and help move cattle; hear from Maurice Robinette and daughter Beth Robinette about holistic and regenerative methods of rotational pasture grazing\, intergenerational transfer\, and much more; and ruminate on what we’ve learned and seen. Plus\, calves! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2018 SAFSF Forum in Spokane\, Washington.\n\n\n\nHost Organizations:Pure Éire Dairy\, Othello\, WA● Richard Smith\, farmer and owner\, Pure Éire Dairy● Jill Smith\, farmer and owner\, Pure Éire Dairy \n\n\n\nLazy R Ranch\, Cheney\, WA● Maurice Robinette\, farmer and owner\, Lazy R Ranch● Beth Robinette\, farmer and owner\, Lazy R Ranch; co-founder\, Cowgirl Camp; co-founder\, LINC Foods \n\n\n\nAdditional Speakers:Jessica Culpepper\, food project attorney\, Public Justice\, DCErin Eisenberg\, director of partnerships\, TomKat Foundation\, CAKatie Engelman\, operations manager\, Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP)\, ORReginaldo Haslett-Marroquin\, chief strategy officer\, Main Street Project / Regeneration International\, MNUrvashi Rangan\, chief science advisor\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, NYSara Rummel\, engagement manager\, Animal Agriculture Reform Collaborative (AARC)\, MNJohn Smillie\, executive director\, Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC)\, MT
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/animal-farms-the-spectrum-of-sustainability-in-beef-and-dairy-site-visit-at-the-2018-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180620T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T003109
CREATED:20180621T035353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T040654Z
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Impact through Grain Production | Site Visit at the 2018 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Washington State is ranked fifth among the nation’s top wheat-producing states. The majority of that grain is grown in the Palouse region of southeastern Washington\, a 4\,000 square mile area of unique and scenic rolling hills. Although the United States is a major wheat-producing country\, discussions about how grains fit into sustainable agriculture and food system development are few and far between\, and sustainability in grain production is often overlooked in comparison to fruit\, vegetable\, and animal production. This tour will highlight two major regional initiatives addressing sustainability in grain production. \n\n\n\n\nSteve Lyon\, who was a grain farmer for 13 years and spent the last 23 years as a researcher developing new wheat varieties\, will join us throughout the day to provide context about the region. Steve works with the Washington State University Bread Lab Plant Breeding Program\, which breeds and conducts research on thousands of new and forgotten lines of wheat\, barley\, buckwheat\, and other small grains to identify those that perform well for farmers\, and that are most suitable for craft baking\, cooking\, malting\, brewing\, and distilling. \n\n\n\nWe’ll start out the day by meeting with farmers who are part of the Shepherd’s Grain cooperative\, learning about the no-till practices they employ and the economic realities for many mid- to large-scale grain farmers. You’ll get a chance to meet with several different farmers who will share their deep knowledge and histories of family farming in the region. \n\n\n\nWe’ll also learn about another major initiative in the region that is being spearheaded by Don Scheuerman\, who operates Palouse Colony Farm where he raises heritage grains (also known as landrace grains) for local markets. We’ll learn about how these grains and his production practices and philosophy are unique in the region. Through his collaboration on The Grain Shed in Spokane’s South Perry neighborhood\, Don is helping to develop a direct connection between grain farmers\, processors\, and consumers. At the end of the day\, we’ll meet up with the Building a Local Foodshed tour at the Grain Shed to chew on reflections about the day and share some tasty bites. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2018 SAFSF Forum in Spokane\, Washington.\n\n\n\nHost Organizations:Shepherd’s Grain and R & R Farms Inc.\, Endicott\, WA● Fred Fleming\, co-founder\, Shepherd’s Grain● Mark Richter\, farmer\, R & R Farms Inc.; grower\, Shepherd’s Grain \n\n\n\nPalouse Colony Farm\, Endicott\, WA● Don Scheuerman\, farmer \n\n\n\nThe Grain Shed\, Spokane\, WA● Teddy Benson\, brewer● Shaun Thompson Duffy\, chef\, miller\, and baker● Joel Williamson\, brewer; co-founder\, member-owner\, and maltster\, LINC Foods \n\n\n\nAdditional Speakers:Steve Lyon\, senior scientific assistant\, Washington State University Bread Lab Plant Breeding Program\, WA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/pathways-to-impact-through-grain-production-site-visit-at-the-2018-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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