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Transforming Food Culture to Transform Our World: Activating Narrative Strategies to Reimagine Food Systems

What becomes possible when we seed and amplify transformative food narratives? Join a conversation with leading practitioners to explore the essential role of cultural and narrative strategies to reclaim and reimagine how we grow, cook, and gather around food.  Countless efforts to reshape food and agriculture in the U.S. perpetuate and reinforce dominant narratives rooted in extraction,

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In the Kitchen Call: Network Update

Join SAFSF leadership and your funder peers for our annual membership conversation about who we are, what we’ve accomplished, and where we are headed together. We'll share the latest details about: Membership growth and compositionWhere and what members are fundingExciting milestones we've achieved in the past yearWhat's on the horizon for the next 12-18 months.

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Funder Policy Briefing: Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act

Co-hosted by SAFSF and Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA) and co-sponsored by the Panta Rhea Foundation and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. Join the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), and the Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA) for Funder Policy Briefing: Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. The Senate just passed the Inflation Reduction Act of

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Farm Bill Platforms from the Field – Native Farm Bill Coalition

Join us to hear from various organizations about their farm bill platforms and strategies to support sustainable agriculture, food, and fiber systems. This conversation will also include where they see opportunities to place equity at the center of the farm bill debate. Our guest for September is the Native Farm Bill Coalition. This is a

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Funder Briefing: Policy, Funding Opportunities, and Approaches that Advance Food is Medicine

Hosted by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health. Food is medicine is an approach to addressing nutrition and diet-related illnesses, ranging from produce prescription programs to medically tailored meals to screening for food insecurity in health care settings. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the growing recognition of the connection between health and

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Leveraging Federal Funding for Climate Justice in Midwestern Frontline Communities

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, Grantmakers in Health, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Health and Environmental Funders Network, The Funders Network, and Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders invite interested nonprofit, health, academic, philanthropic, and government partners to join two webinars focused on the midwest. This meeting will discuss pathways for federal resources with high relevance

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Impactful Learning with the SAFSF Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice

Join 2021-2022 Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice members as they share their experience on how to increase investment in Indian Country. Listen to the community of practices’ key takeaways and learn about what they’re doing differently in their personal and professional lives. Participate in a conversation on how your organization can be a better

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Farm Bill Platforms from the Field—Federation of Southern Cooperatives

Farm Bill Platforms from the Field - Federation of Southern Cooperatives Join us to hear from Dãnia Davy, Director of Land Retention and Advocacy about the Federation of Southern Cooperatives 2023 Farm Bill Platform. The Federation worked through their membership to develop their priorities for the farm bill, and Dãnia will walk us through those

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Resourcing Midwest Health Sector Work on Climate Change and Health Equity

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, Grantmakers in Health, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Health and Environmental Funders Network, The Funders Network, and Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders invite interested nonprofit, health, academic, philanthropic, and government partners to join two webinars focused on the midwest. This second meeting will explore the current landscape of federal funding

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Honoring Silent Spring: Stories from the Frontlines of the Fight for a Pesticide-Free Future

Sixty years ago, Rachel Carson released her seminal book, Silent Spring, whose publication gave birth to the EPA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and sparked the ban on the toxic insecticide DDT and the movement for organic agriculture. Six decades on, the threats Carson warned about are still very real, as pesticide use continues

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