Events

;

Intersectional Impact Across Food, Fiber and Finance

CROATAN CONVERSATIONS presented by Croatan Institute Our warming climate, rising health problems, and hollowed-out communities are symptoms of the broken relationship between agriculture and capital.  Recent examples have demonstrated that there is an alternative path in which the tools of finance can be used to build Soil Wealth and foster positive impacts that intersect to

Learn More

Event Category:

An Eye-Opening Look at Indigenous Food and Agriculture Systems: Funder Webinar

Presented by First Nations Development Institute and SAFSF Join SAFSF and First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) to learn about the beauty, complexity, and resilience of Native American communities and food and agriculture systems. Ricardo Salvador, director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, and A-dae Romero-Briones, director of programs

Learn More

Event Category:

Making Sense of the RFSP

The USDA Regional Food Systems Partnership grant is a new funding opportunity intended to support partnerships and collaboration that increase the impact and viability of regional food systems. SAFSF is partnering with The Wallace Center to help grantees and funders explore the RFSP and unpack what makes impactful partnerships, projects and proposals in a year that will

Learn More

Event Category:

Farm and Food Business Viability for Thriving Communities

Presented by Community Food Funders; co-sponsored by the Joyce & Irving Goldman Family Foundation andSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Farm and food entrepreneurs in New England and the Hudson Valley are facing the challenges of climate change, an economic structure that has left rural America in poverty, as well as an ongoing history of

Learn More

Event Category:

What’s Up with Food and Farm Investing: A Peer Conversation with the SAFSF 2020-21 Investment Cohort

Eighteen experienced impact investors from the SAFSF network met regularly as a cohort over the past year to share learnings, address challenges, and find fellowship. This session shares a taste of the group’s conversations with the SAFSF network. During the session, investors will discuss what inspires their work, and how they think about investing in order to

Learn More

Event Category:

Network Partnerships – Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks, Part 3

SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and seen someprosper while others struggled to find their footing. This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will provide a venue for learning, sharing best practices, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and, as part of a network of regional groups, contributes to systemic change on a national level as

Learn More

Event Category:

Network Structure and Purpose – Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks, Part 1

This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will will provide a venue for learning, sharing best practices, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and, as part of a network of regional groups, contributes to systemic change on a national level as well.

Learn More

Event Category: