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SUMMARY:Farm Bill Platforms from the Field—National Family Farm Coalition
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about the National Family Farm Coalition’s (NFFC) 2023 Farm Bill platform. NFFC Program Coordinator Jordan Treakle will provide an overview of the coalition’s policy priorities\, including challenging corporate farmland ownership\, and help us understand where funders can engage and support these efforts.” \n\n\n\nSpeaker Information \n\n\n\nJordan is the National Programs Coordinator for the National Family Farm Coalition. Since 2008 he has worked with family farmers and rural communities on social and economic justice issues in agriculture at the local\, national\, and international levels. With a background in policy development and advocacy\, Jordan’s work has focused particularly on supporting community land rights\, agroecology\, and farmer cooperatives. Originally from the mountains of western North Carolina\, Jordan is currently based in Washington\, DC. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required.  \n\n\n\n\nRecording
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-platforms-from-the-field-national-family-farm-coalition/
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SUMMARY:Civic Engagement Strategies to Advance Food Systems Change: Dive Deeper with FCCP
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation \n\n\n\nThis webinar is the second in a two-part series.Civic Engagement Strategies to Advance Food Systems Change: Primer with PACE | February 16 \n\n\n\nDuring part one of this webinar series in February\, we showcased a broad range of activities foundations can embrace to advance civic engagement. In this webinar\, we’ll dive deeper with some specific examples of civic engagement campaigns and how funders have supported them. Join us to learn more about how you can leverage civic engagement work to advance your primary goal of food systems policy change. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required.  \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWebinar HighlightsFCCP’s Paul Ryan kicked off the March 16 conversation by noting that civic engagement is the “motor that drives change regardless of the policy area” you support. \n\n\n\nDavid Martinez III\, of Arizona’s Vitalyst Health Foundation\, shared their approach to supporting “civic health\,” based on the idea that civic engagement improves measurable health outcomes and is also the means to building healthier policy outcomes. “When healthy people are involved in our democracy\, our democracy is healthier.” \n\n\n\nConnecting directly to food funders\, Josh Ewing of Rural Climate Partnership\, said “There is no path to fixing our food system that doesn’t involve civic engagement.” He noted that organizing in rural communities around direct-impact issues like the effect of CAFO pollution on local water quality or pipelines running through farmland is often the entry point to continued engagement in democratic processes.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/civic-engagement-strategies-to-advance-food-systems-change-dive-deeper-with-fccp/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Maximize Your Membership Orientation
DESCRIPTION:New to SAFSF? Long time member but haven’t been making use of the many resources available to members? Join us for our Maximize Your Membership orientation webinar! We’ll help you connect to new staff\, other members\, and help you discover how to make use of the incredible peer leadership and learning possible with our members. Emily Parker\, Executive Director of Butterfly Equity Foundation\, and a member of SAFSF’s Membership Committee will co-host the call and share a bit about how she gets the most out of her membership. We’ll walk through the member portal – get you oriented to the resources provided there\, touch on ways you can engage with YOUR network\, and identify SAFSF staff members who are able and wanting to help you have greater impact. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS:  \n\n\n\n\nVarious SAFSF staff;\n\n\n\nSAFSF Membership Committee member\, Emily Parker\n\n\n\n\nCOHOST: Emily Parker – Executive Director at Butterfly Equity Foundation \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, member-only call. Registration is required.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/maximize-your-membership-orientation/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Call for Board Nominations—Deadline Extended
DESCRIPTION:Hi everyone! \n\n\n\nI’m Jen Zuckerman\, chair of the SAFSF Nominating Committee.  I’m reaching out to invite you to nominate either yourself or another member for one of four open Director positions on the SAFSF Board. \n\n\n\nAs you know\, SAFSF is an ever-evolving organization.  We are seeking Board leadership that understands where we’ve been\, who we are\, and seeks to grow into who we hope to become in the next decade.  \n\n\n\nI’ve had the amazing experience of serving on both the SAFSF Steering Committee and on the Board of Directors for the past seven years. This experience has offered me the opportunity to engage with a broad array of members\, lead webinars\, facilitate policy conversations\, and work closely with the incredible SAFSF staff.  We are a working board\, which means that we need your ideas\, your expertise\, your vision\, and your action. Everything you put in you will get out a hundredfold. \n\n\n\nWe meet quarterly\, virtually in May and December\, and in person in February and October.  We also come together annually at the Forum. Committee meetings take place outside of the formal Board meetings. \n\n\n\nI would be glad to chat with anyone who might like to discuss this in more detail just send me an email at Jennifer.Zuckerman@duke.edu. \n\n\n\nPlease consider nominating yourself or a member colleague! Come join us! \n\n\n\n\nSUBMIT NOMINATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNomination Process\n\n\n\nDeadline extended to Friday\, March 24\n\n\n\nSAFSF is accepting nominations for up to four positions on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning on June 1\, 2023. \n\n\n\nThe Board seeks candidates who will help ensure a diversity of perspectives representing gender\, geographic location\, life experience\, political ideology\, professional skills\, and race\, culture\, ethnicity\, and organization size and type. We are also expressly seeking individuals with specific experience and/or organizational representation including: \n\n\n\n\nTribal-led investment\n\n\n\ncommunity foundations\n\n\n\nhealth funders\n\n\n\nfinancial management\n\n\n\nfundraising and development\n\n\n\nexecutive leadership\n\n\n\nlegal expertise\n\n\n\n\nWe are only able to have two nonmembers serving on the board and both of these slots are already filled. The open positions must be filled by members of SAFSF. \n\n\n\nQualified candidates must be: \n\n\n\n\nMembers of the board or staff of a grantmaking or investing organization active in sustainable agriculture and/or food systems philanthropy\, which is a current SAFSF member.\n\n\n\nCommitted to uphold and lead with SAFSF’s core values: Collaboration\, Equity\, Respect\, Stewardship\, Integrity\, and in accordance with the SAFSF Commitment to Racial Justice.\n\n\n\nFamiliar with SAFSF through previous experience on an SAFSF committee or active engagement by participating in our events\, cohorts\, or programming. \n\n\n\nPrepared to engage on an active board. Expectations include:\n\n\n\nParticipation in monthly meetings\, 2023 dates include:\n\nTuesday\, June 6 | Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)\n\n12:00 – 1:00pm PT / 1:00 – 2:00pm MT / 2:00 – 3:00pm CT / 3:00 – 4:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, July 13 | Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)\n\n11:00 – 12:00pm PT / 12:00 – 1:00pm MT / 1:00 – 2:00pm CT / 2:00 – 3:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 17 | Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)\n\n12:30pm – 2:00pm PT / 1:30 – 3:00pm MT / 2:30 – 4:00pm CT / 3:30 – 5:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, September 14 | Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)\n\n11:00 – 12:00pm PT / 12:00 – 1:00pm MT / 1:00 – 2:00pm CT / 2:00 – 3:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\n\nOctober | TBD\n\n\n\nWednesday\, November 15 | Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)\n\n11:00 – 12:00pm PT / 12:00 – 1:00pm MT / 1:00 – 2:00pm CT / 2:00 – 3:00pm ET\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, December 14 | Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)\n\n11:00 – 12:30pm PT / 12:00 – 1:30pm MT / 1:00 – 2:30pm CT / 2:00 – 3:30pm ET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipation on a Committee of the Board (see full list on website)\n\n\n\nAnnual attendance at the 2023 SAFSF Forum in Washington\, D.C. | June 12-14\n\n\n\n\nTimeline for the nomination process: \n\n\n\n\nFriday\, March 17 | Applications due\n\n\n\nMarch 20-April 24 | Review and interview period\n\n\n\nFriday\, May 12 | Candidate notification\n\n\n\nThursday\, June 1 | Start of new Director terms\n\n\n\n\nSelf-nomination or nominations of other qualified candidates are welcome. This form provides complete contact information for the nominee\, nominator (if applicable)\, background questions\, and a statement of interest describing why the nominee would make a great SAFSF Director. Once a nomination has been submitted\, SAFSF will request from each nominee a nomination acceptance form or a letter of interest (if not self-nominated). \n\n\n\nThis form must be submitted no later than Friday\, March 17. Questions about the nomination process should be directed to Holly Enowski at holly@safsf.org. \n\n\n\nPlease consider nominating yourself or a funder colleague to bring your perspective\, expertise\, and energy to the work of SAFSF!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/call-for-board-nominations/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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SUMMARY:Sponsor the 2023 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Your 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\nConvening Sponsor—$25\,000+\n\n\n\n\nLogo/name on Forum promotional and on-site materials as appropriate\n\n\n\nRecognition at all Forum activities\n\n\n\nAll participants from your organization recognized as “Sponsors” on Forum name badges\n\n\n\nFour (4) complimentary Forum registrations\n\n\n\n\nPlenary Sponsor—$15\,000+\n\n\n\n\nLogo/name on Forum promotional and on-site materials as appropriate\n\n\n\nRecognition at each of the Forum’s three Plenary sessions\n\n\n\nAll participants from your organization recognized as “Sponsors” on Forum name badges\n\n\n\nTwo (2) complimentary Forum registrations\n\n\n\n\nSite Visit Sponsor—$10\,000+\n\n\n\n\nLogo/name on Forum promotional and on-site materials as appropriate\n\n\n\nRecognition at each of the Networking Events\n\n\n\nAll participants from your organization recognized as “Sponsors” on Forum name badges\n\n\n\nOne (1) complimentary Forum registration\n\n\n\n\nNetworking Sponsor—$5\,000+\n\n\n\n\nLogo/name on Forum promotional and on-site materials as appropriate\n\n\n\nRecognition during the chosen Networking Event\n\n\n\nAll participants from your organization recognized as “Sponsors” on Forum name badges\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop—$2\,500+\n\n\n\n\nSponsor choice of Workshop\n\n\n\nLogo/name on Forum promotional and on-site materials as appropriate\n\n\n\nRecognition during the chosen Workshop\n\n\n\nAll participants from your organization recognized as “Sponsors” on Forum name badges\n\n\n\n\nFriend – $500+\n\n\n\n\nLogo/name on Forum promotional and on-site materials as appropriate\n\n\n\nAll participants from your organization recognized as “Sponsors” on Forum name badges\n\n\n\n\nSAFSF retains ownership and total control of all SAFSF events\, programs\, member services and communication vehicles. The policies\, programs\, and integrity of SAFSF must remain entirely unaffected by donations.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/sponsors-the-2023-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines,SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:Farm Bill Platforms from the Field - Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with Grantmakers In Health (GIH). \n\n\n\nThe nutrition title of the farm bill authorizes several essential food assistance programs\, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)\, the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP)\, and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). The 2023 Farm Bill is a critical opportunity for Congress to improve these and other nutrition title programs and safeguard the right of every human being to eat and be nourished regardless of economic circumstances. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a special edition of SAFSF’s Farm Bill Platforms From the Field series\, with experts from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)\, Fair Food Network\, and the Bipartisan Policy Center who will provide insight into the current nutrition policy landscape in Congress\, the priorities each organization is advocating for in the 2023 Farm Bill\, and how funders can support efforts to strengthen food and nutrition security in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\nRegister by choosing the number of tickets you need and click “purchase” to obtain your free tickets. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nBPC Presentation\n\n\n\nCSPI Presentation\n\n\n\nFFN Presentation\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoelle Johnson\, MPH\, Campaign Manager\, Healthy Food Access\, Center for Science in the Public Interest \n\n\n\nJoelle (she/her/hers) leads CSPI’s Healthy Food Access Team and advocates for policies that strengthen U.S. food safety net programs in order to help lift people out of poverty and provide equitable access to a food environment that empowers individuals to build healthy eating patterns that meet their needs.  \n\n\n\nJoelle has over a decade of experience with healthy food system work. She previously served as a program manager for the Food Literacy Project\, a farm-based food system education organization in Louisville\, KY\, and DC Central Kitchen\, a food recovery\, meal distribution\, and job training organization in Washington\, DC. Joelle earned her MPH with a concentration in food and nutrition from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health & a certificate in food systems and the environment from the Center for a Livable Future. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Nicholson\, Senior Director of Policy\, Fair Food Network  \n\n\n\nMark joined the Fair Food Network after an extensive career in leading organizations involved in national agriculture policy and specialty crop production. He is a third-generation apple farmer and spent much of his professional life co-running a New York-based family business\, including developing value-added products to increase revenue to the farm. His work advocating for the specialty crop industry over the past two decades earned him national recognition as a skilled and dedicated policy expert\, included roles as the Chairman of the Board and member of the Government Affairs Committee for the U.S. Apple Association (USApple). Mark also spent time in his early career working in government at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and at USApple. Mark brings multiple perspectives to the agriculture policy world\, and a strong passion and understanding for the myriad issues that face family farms today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnand Parekh\, MD\, Chief Medical Advisor\, Bipartisan Policy Center \n\n\n\nDr. Anand Parekh provides clinical and public health expertise across the organization. Since 2015\, he has led specific efforts tackling a variety of policy issues including the COVID-19 pandemic\, future of public health\, opioid crisis\, obesity epidemic & nutrition\, health & housing\, domestic and global HIV/AIDS\, business & public health collaboration\, emergency preparedness\, social isolation\, rural health\, and prescription drug costs.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-platforms-strengthening-food-and-nutrition-security/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Offshore Fish Farming Primer: OFF 101
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with GRACE Communications Foundation and Don’t Cage Our Oceans \n\n\n\nOffshore Fish Farming (OFF) – the mass cultivation of finfish in underwater or floating net pens\, pods\, and cages – raises critical concerns about climate change\, government funding\, corporate consolidation\, and sustainable seafood. In this first of the two-part session\, participants will learn the basics about these ocean equivalents of confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and how they harm public health\, the environment\, and local economies. The industry block\, Stronger America Through Seafood\, is heavily promoting OFF and includes many of the same actors who brought us land-based CAFOs\, including Cargill\, Merck\, and Sysco. They are looking for a new corner of the market through corn and soy-based fish feed\, applications of antibiotics and chemicals\, and global distribution systems. \n\n\n\nFloating CAFOS are known to cause water pollution through antibiotic overuse and nitrogen-rich fish waste. For over 20 years\, they have proven to be economically unviable\, requiring millions of dollars in subsidies to stay afloat. And\, they are environmentally unsustainable; known to have a large carbon footprint due to fish feed and antibiotic production\, as well as service barges and fish processing. Around the world\, many countries are pushing back\, but the US is still embracing this risky business\, claiming it will feed the world. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is intended as a primer or refresher for those newer to the concept\, and will focus on the environmental\, economic\, and social issues surrounding OFF. It will also provide a high level overview on the state of fish farming in US federal waters within a historical context and highlight efforts to support sustainable seafood production and distribution instead of industrial fish farming.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nThe panel will consist of people with unique perspectives on fish farming through an: \n\n\n\n\nBuck Jones\, Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission\n\n\n\nNatalie Parra\, Oceanic Preservation Society\n\n\n\nJason Jarvis\, South County Fishmonger & NAMA\n\n\n\nEphraim Froelich\, AKWA-DC\n\n\n\n\nThe panel will be moderated by Don’t Cage Our Oceans.  \n\n\n\nThis is the first webinar of a two-part series. The second webinar\, The Policy\, Economics\, and Science Behind Offshore Fish Farming: OFF 201\, will be on Wednesday\, May 24  \n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar. Registration is required.  \n\n\n\n\nRecording
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SUMMARY:The Land Heals
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with Ceres Trust and 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\nIn the face of our collective history of colonization\, slavery and white supremacy\, and the fierce consolidation and control of privately held rural land in our food and agricultural systems\, a significant move is afoot to repair and restore severed relationships with the land and each other. What can be learned from marginalized communities and Tribal Nations working to heal from generational trauma through connecting with and stewarding land? What grantmaking and investment practices and commitments matter in resetting our economic and political systems to support land justice and food systems which heal climate and biodiversity crises\, while embracing ancestral knowledge and regenerative farming approaches? What opportunities are unfolding in the Midwest\, South\, Hawaii and beyond for this work\, and how do grantmakers/investors come to the table well prepared to be in relationships of repair?  \n\n\n\nThere will also be a one-hour follow-up debrief on May 9 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM PT. This is an opportunity for you to connect further with our incredible speakers. You must register for this webinar to be invited to the call on May 9. \n\n\n\nCo-Moderators:  \n\n\n\n\nSarah Bell\, the 11th Hour Project\n\n\n\nKat Gilje\, Ceres Trust\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers (bios below): \n\n\n\n\nLorilani Keohokalole\, Pesticide Action Network of North America \n\n\n\nZoe Hollomon\, Midwest Farmers of Color Collective\n\n\n\nKonda Mason\, Jubilee Justice \n\n\n\nMatthew Wilson\, Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nZoe Hollomon’s Presentation\n\n\n\n\nZoesRecording-RecordingDownload\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only webinar. Registration is required.  \n\n\n\nRegister by choosing the number of tickets you need and click “purchase” to obtain your free tickets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLORILANI KEOHOKĀLOLE comes from the beautiful islands of Hawai’i. Born and raised on O’ahu\, Lorilani currently resides on the island of Kaua’i. A wife and mother of 4\, Lorilani’s passion around advocacy was cultivated at a young age. The Hawaiian cultural value of Mālama ‘Āina (care of the Land) is a key value that drives her passion for the protection of the ‘Āina (Land). Lorilani believes that in caring and cultivating a relationship with the land\, one ultimately is cultivating and caring for oneself.  In 2014\, Lorilani joined the MOM HUI and  the community of ‘Āina protectors on Kauai. and has been working ever since to address excessive pesticide use by GMO companies on Kaua’i. In repairing the relationship with the Indigenous People through Land Access\, ultimately\, healing and repair will be for all. It is in the cosmic and cellular make up of our Ancestors\, that we do this work they’ve passed on to us as Kūleana (responsibility).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZOE HOLLOMON is a multi-racial black food justice activist and community food systems organizer\, who comes from a long line of change makers. She is a co–founder of the Midwest Farmers of Color Collective\, a network of BIPOC farmers and gardeners working for racial equity and food sovereignty in MN and the Midwest. Zoe is a founding partner of Rootsprings Farm & Retreat Cooperative\, a center for respite and healing for BIPOC and LGBT communities.  Zoe has over 18 years of food justice experience organizing with grassroots organizations on the east coast and midwest to grow organic food for the community\, connect with cultural food traditions\, analyze the food system\, and influence decision-making in food\, farming and health related policy.  Zoe is also the MN State Organizer for the Pesticide Action Network\, where she supports grassroots BIPOC organizations to fight industrial agriculture and build community food systems.  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\nKONDA MASON is a social entrepreneur\, earth and social justice activist and Mindfulness teacher.  She is the founder and President of Jubilee Justice\, Inc\, a nonprofit working to bring climate resilient farming and economic equity to BIPOC farmers in the rural South in order to restore and accelerate Black land ownership and stewardship and create thriving Black farming communities. Jubilee Justice also convenes deep transformational learning journeys with multi-racial participants exploring conversations at the intersection of Land\, Race\, Money & Spirit.  \n\n\n\nKonda is Co-Founder and founding CEO of Impact Hub Oakland (newly renamed Emerge Oakland)\, a beautiful co-working space that supports socially engaged entrepreneurs and changemakers. She is the Strategic Director of the Runway Project Oakland\, a micro-lending fund for African American entrepreneurs\, and the co-founder of the annual COCAP (Community Capital) conference in Oakland\, with a focus on closing the racial wealth gap\, restorative economics and a next economy just transition. Konda’s work is fueled by a passion to tirelessly work to help create a world that is environmentally regenerative\, spiritually fulfilling\, socially just and economically equitable. As a Buddhist practitioner and teacher\, Konda understands all life on Earth as interconnected and longs for the day when humanity wakes up to this truth and builds a world based on interdependence\, compassion and belonging…where all life is valued equally. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMATTHEW “MATTE” WILSON is the Food Sovereignty Initiative Director at Sicangu Co. He is a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Nation. The Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative works to create an indigenous and localized food system that supports Wicozani (holistic health) and tribal sovereignty through farmer training programs\, regenerative food production\, and developing markets that support local food producers.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-land-heals/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Catalyzing Change: SAFSF and Fibershed Announce the Launch of the Fibers Fund
DESCRIPTION:Recognizing that natural fiber and dye crops  can and should play a key role in vibrant\, economically viable regenerative agriculture\, SAFSF and Fibershed joined forces in 2022  to develop a solution to support smaller U.S. natural fiber and textile  producers and processors with a specific focus on environmental equity. SAFSF and Fibershed are excited to announce the launch of the Integrated Capital Fibers Fund with Mission Driven Finance.  \n\n\n\nThe Fibers Fund builds on insights from the SAFSF Fibers Roadmap research and Fibershed’s Regional Fiber Manufacturing Initiative to overcome key barriers for the sector to scale. The Fund is one of several levers in a new phase of work on fibers for SAFSF that integrates innovative financing\, business technical assistance\, and public policy solutions to support structural reform.  \n\n\n\nJoin our launch webinar to learn more about:  \n\n\n\n\nWhy natural fibers are a promising entry point for environmental equity\n\n\n\nHow our approach combines supportive financing with wraparound business technical assistance\, grants\, and the Black Fiber Cohort\n\n\n\nSAFSF’s Farm Bill platform on fibers\, the Farm Bill process\, and recent conversations with House and Senate Ag Committee members\n\n\n\nWhat’s next.\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\n\nTeju Adisa-Farrar\, Co-Managing Director of the Fibers Fund\n\n\n\nTraci Bruckner\, Senior Director of Public Policy at SAFSF \n\n\n\nRebecca Burgess\, Executive Director of Fibershed\n\n\n\nLauren Grattan\, Co-founder & Chief Community Officer of Mission Driven Finance;\n\n\n\nSarah Kelley\, SAFSF Fibers Consultant and Co-Managing Director of the Fibers Fund (moderator)\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free webinar\, with registration through Zoom.  \n\n\n\n\nRecording
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-fibershed-fiber-launch/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Investing in Change: Foundation Support for Lobbying and Engaging Policymakers
DESCRIPTION:Private and public foundations can play an important role in influencing policy by engaging in advocacy and funding their grantees to advocate on their issues. Led by Bolder Advocacy Senior Counsel Tim Mooney\, this workshop will provide your foundation with a clear understanding of why including policy advocacy as a deliberate organizational strategy can help you achieve your goals\, the kinds of advocacy activities you can safely engage in\, and how to build effective relationships with policymakers. \n\n\n\nNot sure how to make the case for funding advocacy? Wondering whether your public or private foundation can speak out on a particular issue? This training will answer these questions and more. The workshop is designed for foundation staff and trustees. \n\n\n\nParticipants will learn: \n\n\n\n\n Why public and private foundation should support advocacy and build relationships with policymakers;\n\n\n\n An overview of activities that constitute advocacy and public policy work;\n\n\n\n Various advocacy roles for foundations;\n\n\n\n The tax code’s definitions of lobbying;\n\n\n\n Activities that are exceptions to the definitions of lobbying\, including those which private foundations can engage in;\n\n\n\n Rules for private and public foundation grants to nonprofits that lobby\, including general support\, specific project\, and multi-year grants; and\n\n\n\n\nPlease note this session is required for anyone who plans to participate in the Hill Day as part of the SAFSF Forum on June 13th. The session will be recorded and we highly encourage you to watch in advance of the SAFSF Forum if you are not able to attend this session live. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nSlide Deck\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n05172023-SASFS-investing-in-Change-1Download
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/investing-in-change-foundation-support-for-lobbying-and-engaging-policymakers/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:The Policy\, Economics\, and Science Behind Offshore Fish Farming: OFF 201
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with GRACE Communications Foundation and Don’t Cage Our Oceans \n\n\n\nOffshore Fish Farming (OFF) – the mass cultivation of finfish in underwater or floating net pens\, pods\, and cages – raises critical concerns about climate change\, government funding\, corporate consolidation\, and sustainable seafood. In this second of the two-part session\, participants will delve deeper into the issues. \n\n\n\nOffshore fish farming has been subsidized through taxpayers money and continues to be funded through different agencies\, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the US Department of Agriculture. The strong lobbying arm of Stronger America Through Seafood is quick to insert earmarks in various bills before Congress\, including the appropriations bill. Furthermore\, for over 20 years\, proponents of OFF have tried to move legislation through Congress\, opening the floodgates to this questionable industry\, but each time has so far failed. In response\, Trump signed an Executive Order in 2020\, directing the agencies to develop plans and processes to move forward with offshore fish farming\, even though it is not within their purview. So far\, President Biden has refused to revoke the EO. Meanwhile\, attempts to introduce new bills in Congress to advance OFF gambles with our coastal communities and environment. \n\n\n\nDespite the US government’s refusal to support research that takes a deep dive into the negative implications of offshore fish farming\, independent scientists have discovered serious concerns that impact climate change\, nutritional value of farmed fish\, and environmental degradation. The effort required to service the farms with barges\, process the fish\, and develop and distribute fish feed end up creating a larger carbon footprint than other foods grown\, produced\, and distributed locally or regionally. Additionally\, as proponents of OFF attempt to manipulate fish feed pellet recipes\, they end up decreasing the overall nutritional value of the fish\, thereby\, reversing the argument that farmed fish is a sustainable protein alternative. Monoculture fish crops rely on increasing amounts of antibiotics\, which is bad for the environment\, people\, fish\, and effective antibiotics. \n\n\n\nThe panel will also convey the work currently in progress\, and that which still needs to be done\, to fight these efforts while supporting just\, sustainable food production. Panelists will provide visuals to support their arguments and there will be ample time for questions\, answers and discussion. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\n\nAndrianna Natsoulas\, Campaign Director for Don’t Cage Our Oceans. \n\n\n\n\nPanelists:  \n\n\n\n\nJennifer Jaquet\, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Director of XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at NYU. Her research focuses on animals and the environment\, Agnotology\, and attribution and responsibility in the Anthropocene.\n\n\n\nJames Mitchell\, Legislative Director for Don’t Cage Our Oceans. James is an environmental attorney and advocate\, with over 12 years of experience in working to protect our oceans and all of us who depend on it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only webinar. Registration is required. \n\n\n\nRegister by choosing the number of tickets you need and click “purchase” to obtain your free tickets. \n\n\n\n\nRecording
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-policy-economics-and-science-behind-offshore-fish-farming-off-201/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Elevating and Mobilizing Voices from Across New York to Advocate for an Equitable 2023 Farm Bill
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by Community Food Funders. SAFSF is a co-sponsor along with New York Health Foundation\, Merck Family Fund\, Philanthropy New York\, and Engage New York. \n\n\n\nThe Farm Bill—or as it could be called\, the food and farm bill—is a federal law renewed every five years that governs our farm and food policy. The current farm bill is estimated to spend $428.3 billion over 5 years and it impacts virtually every part of the agriculture sector covering programs such as crop insurance for farmers\, conservation efforts\, healthy food access for low-income families\, local and regional food programs\, research\, beginning farmer training\, support for sustainable farming practices\, and much more. The Farm Bill lays the groundwork for our food and farming efforts across New York State.  \n\n\n\nCongress is writing a new Farm Bill right now! The most recent Farm Bill\, the Agricultural Act of 2018\, expires September 2023. We now have an opportunity to reshape our food system through this legislation and build upon lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic\, which has continued to highlight the importance of local and regional food systems and supply chains as New York State recovers from the ongoing impacts of the pandemic. \n\n\n\nTo engage New Yorkers in shaping the 2023 Farm Bill\, Equity Advocates\, Black Farmers United NYS\, and Food for the Spirit launched a collaborative statewide Farm Bill campaign beginning with developing a community-informed policy platform. They prioritized outreach to and participation of Black\, Indigenous\, and people of color (BIPOC) farmers\, producers\, & practitioners in NY State. They heard from over 300 New Yorkers who shared how the 2023 Farm Bill can better support them in terms of land access\, urban agriculture\, climate change\, community food project funding\, nutrition\, local and regional food systems\, and more. The resulting policy platform represents a collective voice from NYS community food leaders\, farmers\, gardeners\, land stewards\, producers\, & advocates. Over the coming months\, these groups will work together to elevate and mobilize voices from across New York to share their stories\, experiences and policy priorities to advocate for a strong and equitable 2023 Farm Bill.  \n\n\n\nJoin CFF and our co-sponsors for a briefing in which Equity Advocates and Food for the Spirit discuss the importance of the 2023 Farm Bill for New York food and farming efforts\, their collaborative campaign and NYS Farm Bill Platform\, the different ways they are working to build the advocacy capacity of their networks to participate in the campaign\, and ways they can strengthen their advocacy efforts to ensure a 2023 Farm Bill that works for all. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives:\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of the 2023 Farm Bill for NYS food and farming stakeholders\, including the history\, process and timeline of the legislation and its impact on New York State \n\n\n\nBackground and overview of a collaborative statewide advocacy campaign\, including the grassroots and grasstops strategies to engage diverse voices and stakeholders \n\n\n\nDescriptions and examples of the priorities in the Policy Platform that emerged when over 300 New Yorkers shared how the 2023 Farm Bill can better support them in terms of land access\, urban agriculture\, climate change\, community food project funding\, nutrition\, local and regional food systems\, and more \n\n\n\nHow funders can support NYS Farm Bill campaign and grantees with their advocacy efforts \n\n\n\nRelevant grantee organizational capacities and needs in this organizing and advocacy work\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\nLeah Eden\, Equity Advocates\n\n\n\nRebekah Williams\, Food for the Spirit \n\n\n\nKhadhazha Welch\, Equity Advocates\n\n\n\nIyeshima Harris-Ouedraogo\, Equity Advocates\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here for Zoom link!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/elevating-and-mobilizing-voices-from-across-new-york-to-advocate-for-an-equitable-2023-farm-bill/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Members Only In the Kitchen Call
DESCRIPTION:Let’s Connect! If you are a current SAFSF member we invite you to join us for our members-only In the Kitchen call\, Thursday\, May 25 at 11 AM PT. \n\n\n\nPlease join me and the staff for an ‘overdue catch-up call’. While I’m excited to be seeing so many of you in June at the SAFSF Forum in D.C.\, with the great program planned for us I know smaller conversations among members will be at a premium when we are in person. \n\n\n\nSo grab a beverage of your choice and come hang out. We want to learn what’s going on in your world. Staff hears bits and pieces about some of the exciting things going on but we would really like to know more! \n\n\n\nPlus\, learning what’s happening will hopefully jumpstart your planning for who you have to/must connect with in person at the 2023 SAFSF Forum. \n\n\n\nIt’s all about the network—and that takes all of us to show up. See you May 25th! Cheers! -Virginia Clarke\, SAFSF executive director \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, member-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nRecording
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/may-members-only-in-the-kitchen-call/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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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
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SUMMARY:Changing the “Debt-to-Equity” Ratio for Farmers of Color
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by California FarmLink \n\n\n\nJoin us to discuss innovations in how lenders\, impact investors and funders think about helping farmers of color build equity. Most lenders limit credit based on the “debt-to-equity” ratio\, or how much wealth the borrower already has. Limited equity limits access to credit\, and the absence of credit limits opportunity to build equity\, perpetuating the status quo. Generous credit terms provided by mission-driven lenders are only part of the solution. The other part of the solution are mechanisms that build up equity – the value of what is owned. In this session we will discuss combining equity-building loans\, equity investments\, and grant programs with educational programs designed to help entrepreneurs pursue equity-building strategies. \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMODERATOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Park\, Chief Executive Officer at Cienega Capital \n\n\n\nEsther is the CEO of Cienega Capital\, a regenerative investment firm utilizing an integrated capital approach to systemic change in the areas of soil health\, regenerative agriculture\, and local food systems.  Cienega Capital is also part of the #NoRegrets Initiative\, a regenerative asset strategy focused on the health of agricultural soils and agricultural communities in North America. Esther has over 20 years of experience in mission-based financial services ranging from microfinance to risk capital investments\, in partnership with financial institutions\, family offices\, foundations\, and investment advisors.  She is also a faculty member of the Just Economy Institute and serves as a Board member to a number of companies and non-profits. \n\n\n\nEsther has also served as the Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at RSF Social Finance working with social enterprises; and as a senior consultant at ShoreBank Advisory Services\, providing strategic and capital planning advice for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). And in a previous life\, Esther lived in Nukus\, Uzbekistan\, teaching English and conducting program evaluation work for the United Nations. Esther received her MPP from University of Chicago\, and BA in Social Welfare from the University of California Berkeley. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrett Melone\, Chief Business Strategies Officer at California FarmLink \n\n\n\n“I grew up in agriculture and experienced its beauty\, bounty and challenges. My work contributes in a tangible way to improving the lives of the people who feed us and their ability to care for the land.” \n\n\n\nAs Chief Business Strategies Officer\, Brett supports our program staff to ensure that the products and services we offer are strategically aligned with the needs of the farmers\, ranchers and fishers we serve. Farmers with secure land tenure and access to capital are better able to care for the natural resources and people they depend on. Brett focuses on building an ecosystem of support by engaging a broad spectrum of stakeholders. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Reilly\, Co-founder/Executive Director at Foodshed Capital \n\n\n\nMichael Reilly is co-founder of Foodshed Capital and oversees the day-to-day operations as Executive Director.  Under his leadership\, the organization grew from a very small\, local Slow Money program into a systems-changing nonprofit serving hundreds of farms and food businesses up and down the East Coast. Michael also led Foodshed Capital toward certification as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in 2020. Under Michael’s leadership\, Foodshed Capital has made more than 100 loans to regenerative farms and small food businesses\, totaling more than $2.5 million in capital. Most importantly\, Foodshed Capital has been a leader in pushing for more innovative and less-extractive forms of lending\, including 0% unsecured loans for Black-led farms. Foodshed Capital has also forged relationships with dozens of other organizations supporting the work of small-scale regenerative farmers. \n\n\n\nMichael began his career in banking and later honed his financial skills as a 15-year executive in the broadcast television business. He has served on the board of several food and agriculture organizations\, including the Virginia Farmers Market Association\, the Virginia Association for Biological Farming\, and the Mid-Atlantic Food Resilience & Access Coalition (MAFRAC). Michael earned an undergraduate degree at Yale University and a graduate degree at Columbia University. He lives in Charlottesville\, VA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLolita Nunn\, Director of Programs and Investor Relations at Potlikker Capital \n\n\n\nLolita Nunn brings over 25 years of diversified and progressive experience in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors to the Potlikker team. 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. Lolita is committed to building strong and resilient communities. Her passion for philanthropy led her to the nonprofit sector where she led donor outreach\, fund development\, community and business engagement efforts. Lolita’s career journey led her to the ecosystem of impact investing where she combined her years of financial acumen along with her passion for philanthropy to be a further champion of positive social\, racial\, and environmental system 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\, and lead the initiative that increased their geographic reach and grew the brand recognition of the Fund nationally.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/changing-the-debt-to-equity-ratio-for-farmers-of-color/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Farm Bill Platforms from the Field - AGree Coalition
DESCRIPTION:The AGree Coalition is focused on driving the adoption of bipartisan policy recommendations that recognize the connection between conservation practices on working agricultural land\, reduced agricultural risk\, and improved environmental and financial performance. Coalition members include researchers\, academics\, producers\, former USDA officers\, and NGO leadership.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for the final installment of SAFSF’s Farm Bill Platforms from the Field series to hear from AGree Senior Advisor Deborah Atwood and Deputy Project Director Madelyn Smith for an overview of AGree’s 2023 Farm Bill priorities across five categories: agriculture data and research\, technical assistance\, crop insurance\, finance\, and climate. Deborah and Madelyn will review how and why AGree chose to focus on these categories as well as where their recommendations stand in the 2023 Farm Bill development process.  \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nSLIDE DECK\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeborah Atwood\, Senior Advisor & Meridian Institute Senior Fellow Deborah Atwood is a Senior Fellow at Meridian\, based in Washington\, D.C. She is also the Executive Director of Meridian’s AGree: Transforming Food and Ag Policy Initiative. Through AGree\, Deb has advanced groundbreaking policies on food and agriculture in the United States. Her favorite part about working at Meridian is engaging with leaders—farmers and ranchers\, researchers\, supply chain executives\, policy makers—who share her passion for promoting policies and practices that make economic and environmental sense. \n\n\n\nDeb has over 35 years of experience working in the private sector and the federal government on policy and legislative matters regarding food\, agriculture\, the environment\, research\, and risk management. She started her career focused on marine issues\, and she’s delighted to be working on seafood supply chain issues in the Gulf Coast. Deb is the Chair of the Board of Directors of ACDI-VOCA\, an agriculture development nonprofit that works in Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America.  \n\n\n\nDeb traces her affinity for the outdoors to her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest. Although she has lived in Washington\, D.C. for decades\, she still finds ways to enjoy hiking\, fly fishing\, and canoeing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadelyn Smith\, Deputy Project DirectorMadelyn Smith is a Mediator and Program Associate in Meridian’s Washington\, D.C. office. At Meridian\, Madelyn supports coalition-building and advocacy efforts to advance U.S. agriculture policy. She also works on projects related to the seafood supply chain in Louisiana\, ocean policy\, and climate policy. Madelyn graduated from Louisiana State University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Ecology and Management. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-platforms-from-the-field-agree-coalition/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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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
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: SAFSF Network Update
DESCRIPTION:Join SAFSF leadership and your funder peers for our annual membership conversation about who you are\, what we’ve accomplished\, and where we are headed together. This is where all the information and data you provide to us gets reflected back out to you. \n\n\n\nWe’ll share the latest details about: \n\n\n\n\nMembership growth and composition\n\n\n\nWhere and what members are funding\n\n\n\nExciting milestones we’ve achieved in the past year\n\n\n\nWhat’s on the horizon for the next 12-18 months\n\n\n\n\nThis call is open to SAFSF members only. Registration is required.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-safsf-august-network-update/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Digging In Virtual Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first virtual screening of the SAFSF-produced documentary Digging In. This film is designed to help funders understand concentration and consolidation\, land access\, and climate change and explore the connection these issues have to their work and the work of their grantees. We hope the film will be a tool to start new conversations and spark solutions we can work toward together. After the screening\, join a conversation and Q&A with key partners who made this film possible and learn about plans for more virtual and in-person screenings of Digging In for both funder and general audiences in coming months.  \n\n\n\nFor additional background\, check out this recording of the panel that followed the first in-person screening at the June 2023 SAFSF Forum. \n\n\n\nDigging In was underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation\, created and produced by Nathan.Works\, a Kansas City-based documentary film and digital communications firm\, in partnership with SAFSF.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar is a funder-only event\, registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nPANEL RECORDING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRenee Brooks Catacalos\, SAFSF Vice President\, Strategy and Impact\, provides strategic leadership\, management\, and guidance for SAFSF’s external-facing work with members\, prospective members\, the philanthropic community and the sustainable food and agriculture sector. As part of the executive leadership team\, she ensures SAFSF’s work aligns with and supports the achievement of our strategic goals and ensures that strategy and impact are in sync with the organization’s operational and financial functions. \n\n\n\nRenee joined SAFSF in 2019 with decades of experience in local and regional food systems and sustainable agriculture work in the Chesapeake Bay region\, including as publisher and editor of Edible Chesapeake magazine and deputy director of Future Harvest – Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. She has served on the boards of ECO City Farms and FRESHFARM Markets\, on the Steering Team of the Chesapeake Foodshed Network and is the author of The Chesapeake Table: Your Guide to Eating Local. Renee also brings extensive experience in association management and communications from positions with the Houston Association of Realtors\, the Houston International Protocol Alliance\, VOLLMER Public Relations\, and the American Institute of Architects\, Potomac Valley Chapter. She served as Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State in Mexico City\, Mexico and Istanbul\, Turkey. \n\n\n\nRenee is a graduate of the University of Virginia and lives in University Park\, Maryland with her husband\, Damon. She enjoys absorbing history\, culture and new culinary ideas through travel and is an avid home cook. She “maintains” a hardy herb garden which thrives on neglect and is thrilled to have relationships with an array of amazing farmers\, ranchers\, and food producers in the Chesapeake region that keep her pantry and freezer well-stocked for visits home from her two adult children. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMasika Henson\, Digging In Host and Co-Producer\, is committed to fighting climate change by building resilient communities. She focuses on the interconnection between land and water systems to address the effects of climate change. She has worked in many sectors\, including philanthropy\, non-profit\, private\, academic\, entertainment and government. Masika fell in love with ecosystem-based water and climate solutions while mapping and restoring waterways in New York City with NYC Parks. More recently\, she was a grantmaker working to support a just transition of national food systems at the 11th Hour Project. Before that\, she led projects and communications for the Nature Conservancy’s Global Soil Science Program. She was also a grantmaker at the S.D. Bechtel\, Jr. Foundation\, where she managed projects that improved California’s watersheds. Today\, Masika supports movement building and systems change as a member of the Food and Farm Communications Fund Grants Advisory and Steering Committees. She is the host and narrator for the documentary Digging In\, where she amplifies the voices and experiences of farmers throughout the U.S. In her spare time\, Masika enjoys gardening at her Oakland\, CA home. As a DJ\, she communicates musically to build culture and connect with the people around her. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathan Lee Johnson\, Digging In Director\, is an Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker\, photographer\, designer\, and communications consultant for change. He is the founder of Nathan.works\, a digital agency that moves people to action. As a filmmaker and video content creator\, Nathan crafts visual stories for fundraising as well as broadcast. His diverse filmography includes human interest stories\, first-person reporting\, social issue documentaries for public television\, and nonprofit communications content. In 2021\, he edited Heart of the City\, a PBS production that won a Mid-America Emmy® Award for Best Long Form Documentary Content. Nathan’s career has been marked by a global reach. He has traveled and worked in over 40 countries\, with a special focus on Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. He speaks English\, Spanish\, and French. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStefan Vatheuer\, Executive Director of the Vatheuer Family Foundation\, has led the foundation for the last five years. Before taking on the leadership role at VFF he trained in horticulture\, received an undergraduate degree in plant biology\, and worked in construction and real estate development while sitting on the VFF board and regularly traveling to Mexico. VFF has been working in Oaxaca\, Mexico for over two decades with experience in rural agribusiness development and other social programs such as H2A migrant labor\, scholarships\, and microloans. Stefan is developing a social enterprise and impact investing initiative with VFF as a way to create sustainable community development. In addition to their programs in Mexico\, VFF supports University initiatives such as medical research and scholarships\, and programs addressing clean water\, disaster\, homelessness and other social welfare issues locally and globally. Stefan lives in the Seattle area with his wife and two young daughters\, and admits the parents are probably learning more from the kids than the other way around! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMODERATOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaggie Mosley\, SAFSF Communications Director\, supports and touches each piece of SAFSF’s work and is key to celebrating power and impact. She oversees and manages all external communications\, develops and maintains media relationships\, and provides insights on organizational communications strategies and approaches. \n\n\n\nMaggie holds a B.S. in Agriculture & Natural Resources from Berea College. Her background is in story-based communications strategy\, grassroots fundraising\,  and community food system assessments.  Her previous position focused on implementing and executing a story-based communications strategy for the grassroots\, Kentucky farm and food policy organization\, Community Farm Alliance. During her time there\, she led 5 Community Food System Assessments across Appalachian Kentucky and managed the Breaking Beans: Food and Farm Story Project. She also participated in several regional networks\, like What’s Next EKY and the Central Appalachian Network. Her time working in Appalachia deepened her love as a native and grew her understanding of the regional food systems that weave her home together. She is eager to bring this perspective and voice into SAFSF. \n\n\n\nMaggie grew up on a tobacco farm in Bethel\, Kentucky. She comes from a long line of farmers\, gardeners\, and cooks. They passed down to her their love for the land\, their passion for people\, and their way of connecting the two through food. She currently resides in Lexington\, Kentucky with her husband Austin\, and their dogs\, Chip and Dolly. In her free time\, she enjoys trying new recipes\, journaling\, and traveling.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-virtual-screening/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:The Food-Energy Nexus: Climate Opportunities for Cross-Sector Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Cohosted by SAFSF\, Global Alliance for the Future of Food\, Walton Family Foundation\, and McKnight Foundation  \n\n\n\nOver the past several decades\, strategies to reverse climate change have focused on decarbonizing the most emissions-intensive sectors: nearly three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) come from energy use for electricity\, heating and transport. Nevertheless\, we are expected to surpass the emissions budget to stay within 1.5ºC before the end of this decade due to all the fossil fuel emissions that have accumulated in the atmosphere. While energy use contributes to nearly three-quarters of global GHG emissions\, food systems contribute to one-third. While we must continue to advocate for food systems transformation to be a climate priority\, it cannot come at the expense of a phase out of fossil fuels. A clean energy transition will not happen without food systems transformation\, and vice versa.  \n\n\n\nThe results of the food-energy nexus opportunities assessment will provide a better understanding of the interconnectedness of food systems and energy systems (including fossil fuels) considering tradeoffs\, synergies\, gaps\, and opportunities between them. It aims to support philanthropic foundations\, policymakers\, and climate advocates to explore a more coordinated approach to food systems transformation vis-a-vis fossil fuel phase out and clean energy transition strategies. The presentation will form the basis for participants to both reflect and take action\, and will feature a diversity of perspectives from sectors (food\, nature\, oceans\, health\, land\, energy)\, geography (global north\, global majority)\, race\, and gender.  \n\n\n\nThis 90-minute workshop will explore how fossil fuel dependency is holding back food systems transformation\, focused on environment\, health\, and justice. Join us to better understand how food systems and energy systems intersect with one another and explore opportunities for synergies and collaboration.   \n\n\n\nAgenda for Session: \n\n\n\n\nPresentation of insights and key messages from a food-energy nexus opportunities assessment \n\n\n\nPanel discussion with speakers on synthetic agri-chemical/fertilizer production and use\, food systems\, and fossil fuel phase out\n\n\n\nFacilitated breakout group discussion with participants to explore the tensions\, synergies and opportunities for collaboration  \n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nCEIL Slides\n\n\n\nGlobal Alliance for the Future of Food Slides\n\n\n\nRAF Slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnne Lappé\, Global Alliance for the Future of Food \n\n\n\nAnna Lappé is an internationally recognized expert on food systems and the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food. Named one of TIME’s “eco” Who’s-Who\, Anna is the founder or co-founder of three national organizations\, including Real Food Media\, a communications strategy non-profit\, and the Small Planet Fund\, which supports democratic social movements worldwide. In 2016\, she launched the Food Sovereignty Fund of the Panta Rhea Foundation. In this role\, Anna worked closely with philanthropic partners around the world\, including the Global Alliance of the Future of Food\, the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders\, and the Agroecology Fund. She is an active board member of the Rainforest Action Network and serves on the Steering Committees of the Food and Farm Communications Fund and the Castanea Fellowship. A recipient of the James Beard Leadership Award\, Anna is the co-author or author of three books on food\, farming\, and sustainability and the contributing author to\, or featured in\, nineteen more. Anna’s work has been translated internationally and featured in The Washington Post\, The New York Times\, Gourmet\, Oprah Magazine\, among many other outlets. A frequent public speaker\, her popular TEDx talks and Food MythBuster videos have been viewed nearly 2 million times. Anna is based in the San Francisco Bay Area where she lives with her husband and their two daughters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Roberts\, McKnight Foundation  \n\n\n\nMichael Roberts joined McKnight as senior program officer with the Midwest Climate & Energy program in November 2022. In this role\, he oversees and develops significant grant portfolios that support efforts to build power through partnerships\, aligning McKnight’s climate and equity goals to advance solutions to the climate crisis. Michael has devoted his career to working at the intersections\, connecting issues of climate resilience\, land stewardship\, community development\, and social justice. Michael most recently lived in Athens\, GA\, where he worked locally on issues of land conservation\, farmer and food system development\, and building bridges between local community development and weatherization and renewable energy initiatives. He also provided philanthropic strategy advisory services in the arenas of environmental justice\, climate resilience\, and racial equity as an independent consultant. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatty Fong\, Global Alliance for the Future of Food \n\n\n\nPatty Fong is Program Director for Climate and Health at Global Alliance for the Future of Food\, an alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with others to transform food systems globally. She was formerly founding COO and Program Director for more than a decade at the European Climate Foundation\, a major philanthropic initiative established by several global foundations in 2008\, with a focus on European leadership on climate and energy. Early on in her career\, Patty helped launch and manage the Energy Foundation’s China Sustainable Energy Program\, the first major philanthropic initiative on climate and energy in China. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Tostado\, Center for International Environmental Law \n\n\n\nLisa Tostado (she/her) is the Agrochemicals and Fossil Fuel Campaigner in CIEL’s Fossil Economy Program\, based in Paris. As such\, she is connecting different movements (food systems\, plastics\, climate\, toxics\, …) to advocate for the need of a profound transformation to resilient\, regenerative\, fossil-free food systems. A focus of her work is to expose the various shortcomings of the agrochemical industry’s bet on supposedly green fertilizers. Prior to joining CIEL\, Lisa worked at the Heinrich Böll Foundation Brussels where she headed the international Climate\, Trade and Agriculture Policy Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Bosse\, ClimateWorks Foundation \n\n\n\nMichael is Deputy VP of Programs and helps lead ClimateWorks’ Programs team to scale transformative climate strategies and deliver on the Foundation’s mission to support and amplify the impact of the philanthropic community in tackling the climate crisis. Most recently\, Michael was the National Program Director of the Sierra Club\, the largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. During almost ten years at Sierra\, Michael co-lead a team of more than 300 campaigners\, lobbyists\, organizers\, lawyers\, and other staff working to transform the United States’ energy economy\, address climate and other pollution\, protect natural lands\, waters and wildlife and expand access to the outdoors. Michael supported Sierra Club’s teams that helped shape and pass critical federal legislation including the Inflation Reduction Act. He oversaw teams that facilitated clean energy development\, shut down or stopped plans for billions of dollars of fossil fuel infrastructure\, protected millions of acres of land\, and advanced environmental litigation including in the Supreme Court. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining the Sierra Club\, Michael spent 13 years at Equal Access International\, a media development organization. He was operational co-founder and served as Vice President of Programs and Operations overseeing more than a 100-person staff in seven in-country project offices and reaching an audience of tens of millions in Asia and Africa. Michael started his professional career as a lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills in Melbourne\, Australia\, and is a graduate of Australia’s Bond University where he served as President of the Student Union and earned degrees in Law and Journalism/International Relations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, Regenerative Agriculture Foundation  \n\n\n\nMark Muller came to RAF in 2020 after spending over 20 years working on regenerative agriculture\, conservation\, addressing racial disparities in the food system\, and policy advocacy. While at RAF\, Mark has advanced RAF’s priority of providing funding for smaller organizations that are developing bold solutions to the most important issues facing communities. Prior to RAF\, Mark most recently 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 lives in Minneapolis.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-food-energy-nexus-climate-opportunities-for-cross-sector-collaboration/
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SUMMARY:Participatory Grantmaking 101: Funder Peer Learning
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and HEFN. \n\n\n\nThe Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) invite you to join an informal conversation to learn from funder peers who are practicing participatory grantmaking (PG). We’ll begin with a brief overview of PG\, and how this practice can be used to center equity and justice as we shift away from extractive grantmaking practices. We’ll then hear from a few HEFN and SAFSF members who are implementing different models of PG in their grantmaking.  \n\n\n\nIf you’re new to the concept of participatory grantmaking\, this webinar is a great opportunity to see examples of it in action. If you’re familiar with participatory grantmaking (or working to implement these practices in your own world)\, this is a chance to dive deeper into others’ practices for learnings and insight. Time will be reserved in the agenda for discussions in smaller groups and\, as you might expect\, the call will be participatory!  \n\n\n\nThis call is open to all funders and registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nWebinar Slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShavaun Evans\, Director of Programs and Movement Support at the Food and Farm Communications Fund\, is a participatory grantmaker rooted in collaboration and community power. She manages the fund’s participatory decision-making process and organizes movement-based trainings and capacity building support for grantee partners. Shavaun has spent most of her career organizing coalitions on food systems and solidarity economy issues\, and is committed to working collaboratively to find solutions. Shavaun lives in her hometown of Louisville\, KY\, where she teaches yoga and is active with a Black-led childcare and family collective\, Play Cousins Collective. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, executive director at the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\, came to RAF in March 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. Mark 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 and three children live in south Minneapolis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmanda Tello (she/her)\, Esselen/Rumsen + Mixtec. Aligned in her truth\, power and wisdom Amanda brings a transformative experience to the spaces she enters. Her work is expansive\, creative\, and rooted in a collaborative experience. Amanda is an agent of change\, with a bachelor’s in social work and master’s in theology. She is dedicated to healing and to raising free children as an intentional parent. As Senior Program Manager for the Franciscan Sisters of Mary\, Amanda helped to develop a community driven\, participatory giving process. Amanda has over a decade of experience working in the community\, fighting for social and environmental justice. She is currently the Treasurer of Mama Scraps Inc\, a healer with the Inpower Institute collective\, and a doula with Akoko Nacio empowering birth justice for indigenous and black birthing people.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/participatory-grantmaking-101-funder-peer-learning/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Deadline: October 1—Apply to Serve on an SAFSF Committee
DESCRIPTION:The application period has closed.  \n\n\n\nSAFSF is accepting Committee Volunteer Applications for service on the Membership\, Nominating\, and Policy committees for minimum one-year terms beginning January 1\, 2024. The deadline for volunteer submissions is October 1\, 2023 and notifications will be made by October 31\, 2023. \n\n\n\nServing on a committee is a great way to deepen your engagement with SAFSF. You’ll learn more about how we operate\, get to work more closely with a few of your funder colleagues\, help steer SAFSF’s activities and shape recommendations on issues that require SAFSF board action. Most SAFSF Directors have volunteered on one or more committees before joining the board. We encourage you to reach out and talk with current and former committee and board members about their experience as SAFSF leaders. \n\n\n\nVisit the Committee page on our website for detailed information about committee purpose\, structure and operations. Committee Volunteer Applications will be reviewed by staff and the members of each committee and filled according to each committee’s anticipated needs for the coming year. Should the number of applications exceed our committee membership needs\, we look forward to finding other ways to keep enthusiastic volunteers in our leadership pipeline!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-october-1-apply-to-serve-on-an-safsf-committee/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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SUMMARY:Building Support for WIC: Opportunities for Philanthropic Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and Grantmakers in Health (GIH) \n\n\n\nResearch shows that participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women\, Infants\, and Children (WIC) contributes to healthier births\, more nutritious diets\, improved infant feeding practices\, better health care for children\, and higher academic achievement for students. However\, only about half of eligible low-income people currently access the program\, and an even smaller share of eligible pregnant people and children aged 1 through 4 utilize the benefit.  \n\n\n\nThis session will bring together experts from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities\, the National WIC Association\, and 1\,000 Days to explore why increasing WIC participation is vital to improving maternal and child health outcomes in the U.S. This panel will discuss the current opportunities and challenges facing WIC\, including how we can best uplift the voices of WIC clients in the policy conversation\, reduce barriers to services\, improve the WIC user experience\, and ensure the program is adequately funded. Funders will leave this session with a better understanding of strategies and opportunities to build support for WIC\, the organizations doing the work on the ground\, and the families that can benefit from this program.   \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nIntroduction to WIC for Funders CBPP Slides\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTy Jones Cox\, Vice President for Food Assistance\, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  \n\n\n\nTy Jones Cox is the Vice President for Food Assistance. Ty brings over 15 years of experience working for individuals in need\, starting as a legal aid attorney in Virginia before joining the Center in 2010 as a Senior Policy Analyst on the Food Assistance Team. While at the Center\, Ty worked with state and federal officials\, as well as state advocates\, to strengthen SNAP delivery and connections to other economic security programs such as health care and child nutrition. \n\n\n\nTy went on to become the Director of Policy at Benefits Data Trust where she led a team focused on using data and policy to increase and streamline benefits access. She spent time at AARP Foundation as a Senior Advisor on Food Assistance prior to launching a business where she provided consultancy and guidance to state human services agencies and nonprofit organizations around eligibility and enrollment policy for safety net programs\, specifically SNAP\, Medicaid\, and WIC. She also provided strategic guidance to health care entities seeking to implement food security and social determinants of health screenings in clinical settings. \n\n\n\nTy earned her B.A. in American Politics and African American Studies from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoë Neuberger\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  \n\n\n\nNeuberger\, a Senior Policy Analyst\, joined the Center in May 2001. She works on nutrition assistance programs. Neuberger provides analytic and technical assistance on child nutrition programs such as WIC and school lunches to policymakers and state-level non-profit groups. \n\n\n\nPreviously she worked as an analyst at the White House Office of Management and Budget\, where she was responsible for oversight of over $30 billion in federal spending on TANF\, child care\, child nutrition\, WIC\, and low-income tax credits. \n\n\n\nShe holds a law degree from Yale University and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolianna Meaza\, Interim Initiative Director\, 1\,000 Days \n\n\n\nSolianna is the Interim Initiative Director at 1\,000 Days. At 1\,000 Days\, she leads the domestic and global nutrition policy and advocacy agenda.  \n\n\n\nPrior to joining 1\,000 Days\, Solianna was a Senior Consultant at Guidehouse\, formerly known as PwC Public Sector. At Guidehouse\, she led a team supporting the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that focused on financial data aggregation\, analysis\, and visualization to provide data-driven recommendations to improve the PEPFAR portfolio. \n\n\n\nThroughout her career\, Solianna held progressive leadership roles at international development organizations including the Eleanor Crook Foundation\, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\, and worked at the US House of Representatives. At USAID\, she served as a political appointee in the Office of the Administrator under the Obama Administration. \n\n\n\nSolianna received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and rescue dog\, Evie. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia Machell\, PhD\, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer\, Chief Operating Officer\, National WIC Association \n\n\n\nGeorgia is responsible for directing program operations for NWA. This involves managing the NWA staff and working closely with senior management to ensure the Association develops projects\, programming\, and products that support the mission and vision of NWA. In addition\, Georgia develops WIC research priorities and leads efforts to connect NWA members with new research findings and provides guidance on planning\, conducting\, and communicating WIC research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPANEL FACILITATOR \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonica Beltran\, Program Officer\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation  \n\n\n\nMonica Beltran is a program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Michigan. In this role\, she supports the foundation’s systems change efforts to promote thriving children\, working families and equitable communities. \n\n\n\nShe focuses on systems impact and health equity. She brings maternal and child health expertise\, professional experience working directly with public health agencies to address inequities in birth outcomes\, experience in philanthropy and a passion for social justice.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-support-for-wic/
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: Opportunity Areas for Funding & Collaboration in Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:These SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nJoin fellow SAFSF members to hear from Josh Cavanaugh\, trustee at the Russell Family Foundation\, as he shares his research around areas of opportunity for funding and collaboration in regenerative agriculture. \n\n\n\nThrough 25 interviews with practitioners to understand capital needs and constraints\, and with values-aligned funders (including several other SAFSF members) to understand interest\, decision-making factors\, and any present barriers to engagement\, his research identifies pressing needs in the regenerative agricultural space: supply chain services\, land access\, and transition financing. This conversation will seek to illuminate the identified areas for investors and grantmakers where engagement will enable the transition to regenerative.  \n\n\n\nFollowing his sharing we’ll have plenty of time for questions\, reflections\, and discussion on the topic. \n\n\n\nThis is a free event available to SAFSF members. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nReport\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosh Cavanaugh\, trustee at The Russell Family Foundation. The Russell Family Foundation invests in people and places to advance environmental sustainability and address the climate crisis. They do this through a variety of programs\, grants\, and impact investing\, including the Catalytic Climate Finance\, Food for Climate Solutions\, and Jane’s Fellowship.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/october-itk-call-opportunity-areas-in-regenerative-agriculture/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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SUMMARY:Digging In Virtual Screening - All Welcome!
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all! Join us for the an open virtual screening of the SAFSF-produced documentary Digging In. This film is designed to help funders understand concentration and consolidation\, land access\, and climate change and explore the connection these issues have to their work and the work of their grantees. We hope the film will be a tool to start new conversations and spark solutions we can work toward together.  \n\n\n\nAfter the screening\, learn how to host a virtual and in-person screening of your own. This is open to all non-funder and funder audiences. Share with your friends\, colleagues\, and others who may want to “dig in” with us and explore Digging In. \n\n\n\nDigging In was underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation\, created and produced by Nathan.Works\, a Kansas City-based documentary film and digital communications firm\, in partnership with SAFSF.  \n\n\n\nThis screening is a free event open to all who register. Registration and hosting of the screening will occur via Zoom webinar. Please sign up below.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-open-virtual-screening/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Food & Agriculture - Transformative 25 Funds Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join Transformative 25 on Wednesday\, October 18 where we will hear from fund leaders about their work and contributions to transforming finance for people and the planet. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\nSHONA Capital\n\n\n\nMichigan Good Food Fund (MGFF)\n\n\n\nFibers Fund\n\n\n\nFoodshed Capital Loan Fund\n\n\n\n\nThe Transformative 25 is an annual list of funds\, banks and initiatives that are demonstrating the power of integrated capital to reimagine the finance system to work for people and the planet. The list highlights the work of funds employing integrated capital\, using creative financial tools\, that focus on social\, relational\, and ecological returns\, and that engage with ownership and governance for equity. \n\n\n\nNo-fee tickets are available for students and those with limited resources. All are welcome. Please email Caroline Simms at caroline.sims.va@gmail.com for an access code. \n\n\n\nHosted by Jen Astone\, Principle at Integrated Capital Investing and Chair\, Transformative 25\, a non-profit fiscally sponsored by Possibility Labs \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-agriculture-transformative-25-funds-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Building Community of Practice Around In-Kind Support and Capacity Building
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and GRACE Communications Foundation \n\n\n\nIncreasing numbers of philanthropic organizations fund technical aid\, increased capacity building\, and in-kind support in addition to traditional forms of funding. This type of work can deepen our relationships with our grantee partners\, support short-term capacity gaps in the field\, and support lower-capacity organizations. This session aims to bring together SAFSF organizations that conduct capacity building/in-kind support\, or that would like to\, in order to share lessons learned\, resources\, and to discuss the power dynamics unique to this type of work. With the aim of improving our philanthropic practice\, we’ll discuss the unique nature of capacity building and how to expand on (or launch) our capacity building efforts. Additionally\, we’ll dig into evaluation practices and the collective capacity needs we see in the movement. With an open format\, we’d like to create space for learning and community\, with the aim continuing these conversations over the course of the year.  \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required.  \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis conversation will be led by: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdam Hymans\, Managing Director at Resource Media  \n\n\n\nAdam leads the food justice and environmental health practice at Resource Media\, a 501(c)3 nonprofit communications and advertising firm working nationwide to support coalitions\, foundations and community-based organizations. He brings nearly two decades of experience in strategic and organizational communications\, marketing\, brand development\, capacity building and philanthropy. In addition to food systems work\, Adam has led client projects at the intersection of conservation and multicultural outreach. Most recently\, he facilitated the global rollout of internal DEIJ programs\, launched multichannel ad campaigns focused on Justice 40 investments\, provided communications capacity for members of multi-state watershed protection initiatives\, and led successful multicultural COVID-19 and voter engagement campaigns in his native Philadelphia. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Food and Farm Communications Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMegan Saynisch\, Senior Advisor at GRACE Communications Foundation  \n\n\n\nMegan is a Senior Advisor at the New York City-based GRACE Communications Foundation\, where she works with multiple partners on communications and philanthropic projects and serves on several boards and steering committees. Prior to this role\, she was the Communications Director at GRACE\, where she helped launch GRACE’s consumer engagement program\, FoodPrint. Megan has worked in philanthropy\, government\, and non-profits for over 20 years\, and founded a philanthropic-centered communications and digital grant management consulting business prior to joining the GRACE team. She is also a 2022-2023 GEO Change Leader in Philanthropy Fellow. Megan lives in Brooklyn\, NY with her husband and two kids\, is the co-president of a beautiful Brooklyn community garden\, and is an avid cook\, pickler\, and butter-maker.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-community-of-practice-around-in-kind-support-and-capacity-building/
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SUMMARY:Farmland Access 101: Innovative Strategies toward Landscape Change
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation \n\n\n\nHere in the Midwest\, farmland access tops the list of barriers facing emerging farmers (which includes those new to farming as well as populations that have farmed outside of the scope of traditional state and federal farmer support programs).  \n\n\n\nAt the same time\, many Midwest agricultural communities are experiencing a generational shift  in land ownership as existing farmers consider retirement.  \n\n\n\nWe collectively have a narrow window of opportunity to transition millions of acres of farmland to the vibrant\, diverse network of emerging farmers seeking land. Unfortunately\, the exorbitant cost of farmland makes the puzzle more complicated than simply connecting retiring and emerging farmers. Some innovative organizations have been utilizing easements\, federal grants\, and more comprehensive farmer support programs to overcome these barriers. This session provides a Midwest perspective on tools and approaches that advance diverse farmland ownership. \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nBPS Recommendations\n\n\n\nBPS Fact Sheet\n\n\n\nBPS Statement\n\n\n\nSinging Hills Presentation\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMODERATOR \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, Executive Director\, Regenerative Agriculture Foundation \n\n\n\nMark Muller came to RAF in March 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 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 lives in south Minneapolis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jifunza Wright-Carter\, M.D.\, M.P.H\, Co-Founder and President\, Black Oaks Center \n\n\n\nJifunza Wright Carter M.D.\, M.P.H. personal & professional life has been intertwined with plants. A regenerative farmer & herbalist\, she is a plant-based eater of 50 years. She has studied macrobiotics\, living foods\, mind-body therapies\, Chinese Medicine as well as medicinal herbs\, and homeopathy since she was a teen. Food has been an integral part of her prescriptive selfcare plans for decades of care for thousands of patients in her practice of integrative family medicine. Patients learning about the healing power of foods and the care of themselves has been a devotion and a commitment for much of her professional life\, particularly in underserved communities. \n\n\n\nDr. Wright is a graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. During her Family Practice residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago Ill\, she declared her commitment to integrative medicine and completed her family practice residency training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx\, New York\, where residents had an herbal formulary\, acupuncture clinic\, and openness to integrative medicine. \n\n\n\nDr. Wright currently practices medicine in the Chicago area and is available to assist you with your health challenges via telehealth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Joannides\, Executive Director\, Renewing the Countryside \n\n\n\nJan is the Executive Director and co-founder of Renewing the Countryside. For the past twenty-five years\, she has been an advocate and organizer for rural communities and citizens working to stimulate economic growth and enhance their communities through sustainable uses of their landscapes and resources. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAaron Blythe\, Agriculture Program Director\, Latino Economic Development Center \n\n\n\nAaron helps direct LEDC’s Agricultural Program working to secure grants\, managing the program budget\, and coordinating LEDC’s Agricultural training activities including; business technical assistance to farmers\, loan application assistance\, marketing assistance\, and in-field technical assistance. Aaron also helps to build key partnerships with other farming and government organizations involved in creating pathways for success to Minnesota’s Latino agricultural entrepreneurs. \n\n\n\nAaron started working in Organic vegetable production in 2001. He is a graduate of the University of Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems’ Apprenticeship program in Ecological Horticulture. Aaron spent over 8 years working and managing Organic vegetable farms in Oregon and Minnesota. He spent 6 years as the farm manager of Big River Farms\, an Organic vegetable training farm that works with emerging and immigrant farmers. Most recently\, he spent 5 years as the Director of Shared Ground Farmers’ Cooperative\, a majority-owned Latino marketing cooperative in St. Paul\, MN. \n\n\n\nAs a white employee of a Latino organization\, Aaron is inspired to do this work for two reasons. First\, he is consistently in awe of the vision\, dedication\, and wisdom Latino agricultural entrepreneurs bring to rural Minnesota. Secondly\, Aaron wants to see a thriving Minnesota agricultural economy and believes deeply that the future of a healthy rural Minnesota depends on the energy and passion of the growing Latino community that has made rural Minnesota it’s home.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farmland-access-101-innovative-strategies-toward-landscape-change/
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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/
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Agriculture's Relationship with Animals and Climate: Practitioner Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, Stray Dog Institute\, FACT\, and First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\nThe global production of animals for meat\, dairy\, and eggs is a major contributor to climate change\, accounting for an estimated ~10% of annual human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. \n\n\n\nIn the U.S.\, more than 90% of farmed animals are raised in industrial confinement\, many in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Industrial animal agriculture not only creates significant environmental impacts\, but also subjects billions of animals to severe suffering. Moreover\, the adverse effects of industrial animal operations disproportionately impact Black\, Brown\, Indigenous\, and/or low-income communities\, compromising communities’ health and overall quality of life. \n\n\n\nFor a food system that is just and sustainable\, we need to move beyond industrial animal agriculture toward food systems that respect the dignity and well-being of humans\, animals\, and the environment. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, experts engaged in models of sustainable food production that prioritize environmental\, animal\, and community well-being will share their approaches to including animals in food production and discuss linkages to climate. We’ll hear from Indigenous practitioners working with bison\, advocates of regenerative farming and ranching\, and practitioners integrating non-commodified and wild animals into their systems. \n\n\n\nKey Discussion Points: \n\n\n\n\nOverview and history of CAFOs and the policies bolstering them\n\n\n\nHow practitioners think about the climate impacts of their work\n\n\n\nHow practitioners view and approach their relationships with animals\n\n\n\nPolicymaking to transition from industrial animal farming to a food system that prioritizes environmental\, animal\, and community well-being\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS:  \n\n\n\n\nMelissa Hoffman\, SHO Farm\n\n\n\nAmbrosia Young\, Rocky Boy Chippewa Cree Tribe\n\n\n\nGreg Gunthorp\, Gunthorp Farms\n\n\n\nHarry Rhodes\, FACT\n\n\n\nA-dae Romero-Briones\, FNDI\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is a funder-only\, no-pitch space for those working in philanthropy and investing. For SAFSF events\, funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments 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 of regranting organizations are generally not permitted to participate in our funder-only events. \n\n\n\nIf you are not a funder and register for this event\, your registration may be canceled. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmbrosia Young\, Chippewa Cree Tribe  \n\n\n\nAmbrosia Young is a 37-year-old member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. She holds a degree in business management\, accounting/bookkeeping\, and grant management. Ambrosia has several years of experience working with the BIA in the realty and range departments. She was also a recent board member of the Buffalo board in Rocky Boy. Ambrosia’s family owns a ranch\, and she spends her extra time helping with the cattle. Her exposure to agriculture has taken her to exciting places and allowed her to meet new people. Although Ambrosia is still relatively new to the world of Agriculture\, she is eager to learn more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarry Rhodes\, Executive Director\, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)  \n\n\n\nFor the last 20 years Harry Rhodes has led organizations that are working to reform our food system by supporting local\, humane\, organic farming. Harry believes that everyone has a right to eat healthy food. His expertise is taking startup ideas and scaling them up into vibrant not-for-profit organizations.  \n\n\n\nAfter 17 years as Co-Founder and Executive Director of Growing Home\, a leading organic urban farming organization in Chicago\, Harry was selected as the second Executive Director of Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) in 2019. Now in its 40th year\, FACT is at the forefront of transforming the animal agriculture system with the vision that all food-producing animals should be raised in a humane and healthy manner\, and that everyone should have access to safe and humanely produced food. Under Harry’s leadership FACT’s budget has almost doubled in the last three years\, its staff has grown from 2.5 to 6 full-time employees\, and its national impact continues to grow. FACT provides critical resources to help farmers adopt humane practices\, advocates for food health and safety\, and guides consumers in making healthy food choices. Harry has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Wisconsin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA–dae Romero-Briones\, Associate Director of Research and Policy for Native Agriculture\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\nA-dae Romero-Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa) is associate director of research and policy for Native Agriculture for First Nations Development Institute. She formerly was the director of community development for Pūlama Lāna‘i in Hawaii\, and is also the co-founder and former executive director of a nonprofit organization in Cochiti Pueblo\, New Mexico. A-dae worked for the University of Arkansas School of Law’s Indigenous Food and Agricultural Initiative while earning her LLM degree in food and agricultural law. Her thesis was on the Food Safety Modernization Act as it applied to the federal-tribal relationship. She wrote extensively about food safety\, the Produce Safety rule and tribes\, and the protection of tribal traditional foods. A U.S. Fulbright Scholar\, A-dae received her bachelor of arts degree in public policy from Princeton University\, and received a law doctorate from Arizona State University’s College of Law\, in addition to her LLM degree in food and agricultural law from the University of Arkansas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreg Gunthorp\, Gunthorp Farms \n\n\n\nIn 1998\, Greg Gunthorp was selling live hogs for less than his grandfather did during the Great Depression. It was then that he entered the meat industry– all while still raising high-quality\, pasture-raised pigs like his family has for generations before him. Gunthorp Farms is a family owned business and all members of the family chip in. Gunthorp Farms also employs approximately 30 full-time and 15 part-time employees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelissa Hoffman\, Founder and Co-Director\, LivingFuture Foundation \n\n\n\nMelissa is the Founder and Co-Director (with her wife\, Shawn Smith) of LivingFuture Foundation\, a conservation-non-profit promoting a kinship relationship with land.  She is a farmer\, chef\, and educator\, as well as the creator of the foundation’s first project\, SHO Farm\, a 1300-acre forested watershed in Vermont’s mountains. SHO Farm\, also a wildlife refuge\, practices wildlife-integrated agroforestry and hosts a rescued duck sanctuary\, Sanctuary at SHO. Melissa holds a BA in Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College\, and attended University of Chicago’s Master of Arts program in Cultural Anthropology. She went on to practice bio-intensive agriculture\, biodynamics\, and permaculture (the latter under Geoff Lawton). She loves combining fungi\, and gathered and cultivated plants using global techniques of fermentation and preservation to craft delicious\, place-specific cuisine. 
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