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SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023
DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-3-2/
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SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023
DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 3  \n\n\n\nThese sessions are peer-to-peer strategy sessions that will be facilitated by CoCreative\, who specializes in collaborative efforts focused on helping diverse groups solve complex problems. These sessions will be designed to explore and facilitate where SAFSF members have an interest in collaborating around upcoming federal policy opportunities\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill. Getting organized well in advance of the 2023 Farm Bill debate will be critical to strategically and effectively coordinate resources for policy advocacy. \n\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE: To participate in the peer-to-peer strategy sessions\, we will need you to be present for all of them. These sessions are not simple webinars\, but rather strategic sessions designed to find areas of common interest amongst funders around policy opportunities for the next two years\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation as well as the 2023 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nConference session dates:November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-3/
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SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023
DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-4-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023
DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 4 \n\n\n\nThese sessions are peer-to-peer strategy sessions that will be facilitated by CoCreative\, who specializes in collaborative efforts focused on helping diverse groups solve complex problems. These sessions will be designed to explore and facilitate where SAFSF members have an interest in collaborating around upcoming federal policy opportunities\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill. Getting organized well in advance of the 2023 Farm Bill debate will be critical to strategically and effectively coordinate resources for policy advocacy. \n\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE: To participate in the peer-to-peer strategy sessions\, we will need you to be present for all of them. These sessions are not simple webinars\, but rather strategic sessions designed to find areas of common interest amongst funders around policy opportunities for the next two years\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation as well as the 2023 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nConference session dates:November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-4/
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SUMMARY:Forum 2020
DESCRIPTION:About the Forum\nSAFSF amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems\, and the SAFSF Forum is the only national gathering for and by funders supporting just and sustainable food systems change. The Forum challenges participants to understand the need for grantmakers and investors to take on risks in order to co-create more resilient\, sustainable\, and equitable food systems—and at the same time\, provides space to cultivate connections with peers so that no one organization is going it alone. \nThe SAFSF Forum is moving online to bring you the opportunities for real-life learning and peer connection that funders look forward to all year. Spanning two weeks\, from July 13-24\, the 2020 SAFSF Forum is a curated assortment of thought-provoking\, timely\, and diverse programming developed by your SAFSF funder peers. With a range of workshop and networking sessions offered over two weeks\, put together the schedule that works for your learning: \n\nTune in live and participate in dynamic discussions with expert speakers\nListen to session recordings at a time that works for you\nConnect and network with funder and investor peers working across the country\n\nAnd because the Forum theme and agenda is developed by and for funders who are working on a variety of issues\, approaches\, and geographies\, attendees will leave with inspiration\, strategies\, and connections for impactful engagement related to their own work within the food system. \n\nForum Theme\nThe 2020 Forum theme\, Fields of Vision: Building on Our Assets for Resilient Food Systems\, encourages participants to explore our fields of view by: \n\nFocusing on immediate critical needs and assets\nLooking beyond our own organizations and localities to build relationships with strategic allies and partners\nZooming out to map the complex systems and leverage points that will support health\, equity\, solidarity\, and resilience widely and for the long term\n\nForum offerings will reflect on this theme and be informed by the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on our food and agricultural systems. \n\nREGISTRATION RATES\n$250 SAFSF Member  | $325 Non-Member Funder  | $250 Food System Partner* | $250 Affinity Group Staff \n* Food System Partner registration is a member benefit. Email forum@safsf.org if you have questions about this member benefit. \n\nWHO IS A “FUNDER”?\nThe annual SAFSF Forum is designed by and for funders. Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually. This includes individual donors\, executive and program staff\,​ and members of the board of grantmaking organizations (family foundations\, individual donors\, corporate foundations\, government\, community foundations\, etc.)\, as well as representatives of non-profit or for-profit investment enterprises. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events. \n\n2020 FORUM PLANNING COMMITTEE\nJ. Olu Baiyewu\, Food Well Alliance\, GAAlyssa Banks\, Greater Twin Cities United Way\, MNIla Duncan\, The Lumpkin Family Foundation\, NYDevin Foote\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, MILeslie Hatfield (chair)\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, NYChristine James\, The John Merck Fund\, MABob Scowcroft\, The Nell Newman Foundation\, CAElizabeth Stewart Burger\, The Sunflower Foundation\, KSJeff Usher\, Kansas Health Foundation\, KSGwen Wurst\, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation\, MO \n\n\nProgram\nWeek 1: Monday\, July 13 – Friday\, July 17\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY 7/13\n\n\n\n7 AM HST | 9 AM AKDT | 10 AM PT | 11 AM MT | 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET (90 min) \n\n\n\nTRANSFORMATIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS PHILANTHROPY\n\n\n\nHow can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \n\n\n\nPresented by: SAFSF The extraction and concentration of resources––land\, wealth\, power––by a relative few is at the root of many of today’s agriculture\, climate\, and food system challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified those challenges. Resource concentration is also the foundation of our century-old system of philanthropy and a key feature of our national and global economies. The pandemic has spurred some in philanthropy to shift more resources and power to communities while in rapid-response mode. How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? Moderator: Christine James\, executive director\, The John Merck Fund\, VT Speakers: Ellen Dorsey\, executive director\, Wallace Global Fund\, DCRodney Foxworth\, chief executive officer\, Common Future\, CA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/forum-2020-2/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:Transformational Food Systems Philanthropy
DESCRIPTION:How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \nPresented by: SAFSF \nThe extraction and concentration of resources––land\, wealth\, power––by a relative few is at the root of many of today’s agriculture\, climate\, and food system challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified those challenges. Resource concentration is also the foundation of our century-old system of philanthropy and a key feature of our national and global economies. The pandemic has spurred some in philanthropy to shift more resources and power to communities while in rapid-response mode. How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \nModerator:\nChristine James\, executive director\, The John Merck Fund\, VT \nSpeakers:\nEllen Dorsey\, executive director\, Wallace Global Fund\, DC\nRodney Foxworth\, chief executive officer\, Common Future\, CA
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/transformational-food-systems-philanthropy/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,SAFSF Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210113T153000
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SUMMARY:Barriers For U.S. Farmers and Ranchers To Adopt Regenerative Ag Practices: Key Levers & Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:A deep dive into key barriers for farmers and ranchers to transition towards regenerative practices and highlighting funding levers that can have the most impact. \nPresented by: Patagonia \nAs part of investing Patagonia’s 2019 $10 million tax break dollars\, we have worked for the past year to develop a landscape analysis of the key barriers for farmers and ranchers face in transitioning towards regenerative practices nationally. Using an interview-driven research process (with over 300 interviews)\, we identified key levers that might alleviate these barriers and\, subsequently\, where current and future funding from philanthropic funders can have the most impact within this context. The goals of this session will be to share the analysis to drive increased collaboration and systems thinking amongst funders and key stakeholders. \nModerator:Jennifer O’Connor\, founder\, chief strategist\, Guidelight Strategies\, CA \nSpeakers:Sarah Ebe\, environmental grants program officer\, Patagonia\, CATorri Estrada\, executive director\, Carbon Cycle Institute\, CADavid Lezaks\, senior fellow\, Croatan Institute\, MIJonathan Lundgren\, director\, chief scientist\, Ecdysis Foundation\, SDIan McSweeney\, director\, Agrarian Trust\, NHAmy Saltzman\, program officer\, environment\, Walton Family Foundation\, CODennis Derryck\, Black Farmer Fund\, NYOnika Abraham Lee\, Black Farmer Fund\, NY
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/barriers-for-u-s-farmers-and-ranchers-to-adopt-regenerative-ag-practices-key-levers-opportunities/
LOCATION:Hotel Name\, Belmont Shore 1 Grenada Ave.\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90803\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T113000
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SUMMARY:Fibers Roadmap Stakeholder Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The SAFSF Special Project on Sustainable Fibers and Textiles recently launched The Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber\, Textiles\, and Leather. This report lays out a seven-year vision for values-based investment and funding needed to support regenerative fiber agriculture and revitalize U.S.-based textile processing and manufacturing. \n\n\n\nThis research project drew on more than 60 interviews with fiber farmers and ranchers; processing businesses along the supply chain (mills\, tanneries\, etc.); brands and other supply chain experts; and funders and investors. \n\n\n\nFindings from these interviews have been synthesized and distilled into a seven-year financial Roadmap identifying five key Gaps and Levers where integrated philanthropic and investment capital would have the greatest impact in rebuilding the “missing middle” of the supply chain. \n\n\n\nThis will be a fully public webinar open to all farmers\, ranchers\, supply chain businesses\, brands\, researchers\, agency staff\, and other interviewees and stakeholders for the Roadmap. We’ll cover an overview of Roadmap content\, feature 3 of the case studies from the report\, and leave time for an update on our emerging next steps and for your questions. \n\n\n\nFeatured Case Studies:\n\n\n\nAnishinaabe Agriculture Institute/Winona’s Hemp\, LLC\nWinona LaDuke\, Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute / Winona’s Hemp and Erin Axelrod\, LIFT Economy – The vision of AAI / Winona’s Hemp is to nurture a tribal hemp economy in North America\, as a replicable model of organic\, innovative and equitable Indigenous economics. AAI will create a regional strategy for the restoration of a fiber hemp economy\, focused on northern plains and great lakes Indigenous nations\, with an emphasis on repairing our relationship to our earth and each other. \n\n\n\nDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApparent Ventures LLC\nLara Burton and Marta Kephart\, Apparent Ventures – Apparent Ventures is a bio-materials company whose mission is to transform invasive plant biomass into bio-benign alternatives to traditional and synthetic textiles. These plants are disrupting ecological processes and functions resulting in desertification\, a decrease in indigenous key stone species\, increased fuel loads and an overall loss of biodiversity. \n\n\n\nDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFibrevolution LLC\nShannon Welsh and Angela Wartes-Kahl\, Fibrevolution – Fibrevolution will launch the first bast fiber mill in the United States in over 50 years in Oregon. The mill will operate with machinery from Europe to process fiber flax and eventually hemp when the regulations regarding production are provided for growers and mills. The mill will serve as a blueprint for additional locations on the East coast and Midwest. \n\n\n\nDownload
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fibers-roadmap-stakeholder-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T133000
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: 2021 Reset
DESCRIPTION:Let’s face it: 2021 has not so far brought the relief or normalcy we hoped for a few weeks ago. Yet we do maintain cautious optimism that the current sense of outrage and urgency along with the change of administration will open more pathways to systemic change. This In the Kitchen Call will bring SAFSF members together to debrief the insurrection and events leading up to the inauguration\, how our communities and work are affected\, and the prospects for “building back better” in 2021. \n\n\n\nThis call is limited to SAFSF members only.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-2021-reset/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110334
CREATED:20210111T162117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T162715Z
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SUMMARY:2021 Forum RFP Deadline
DESCRIPTION:SUBMIT A SESSION IDEA\n\n\n\nThe SAFSF Forum will again be held online in 2021 to bring you the opportunities for real-life learning and peer connection that funders look forward to all year. Spanning two weeks\, from May 3-14\, 2021\, the 2021 SAFSF Forum is a curated assortment of thought-provoking\, timely\, and diverse programming developed by SAFSF members and other funder peers.  \n\n\n\nSession proposals must be submitted online by January 22 at 5:00 pm Pacific. Please read through our Frequently Asked Questions before proceeding with your submission. These guidelines provide insight on the themes we are looking to address in this year’s session proposals and much more.Click here to navigate directly to the submission form.Session proposals must be submitted by funders or affinity group staff. Funder organizers do not need to be members of SAFSF. You will be notified about the status of your submission by February 15\, 2021.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2021-forum-rfp-deadline/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T235900
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T235900
DTSTAMP:20260403T110334
CREATED:20210122T214921Z
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline - Communications Director
DESCRIPTION:Click here for job description. All interested applicants must apply online at tfaforms.com/4879050 no later than 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday\, February 22\, 2021.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/application-deadline-communications-director/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T120000
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SUMMARY:Maximize Your Membership - SAFSF Member Engagement Orientation
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Participation in this call is limited to SAFSF members only\n\n\n\nMaximize Your Membership is a periodic presentation on the opportunities and services that come with SAFSF membership. This presentation is for both new members and those who have been around a few years\, as we are constantly evolving our member benefits in response to your feedback and the changing environment of sustainable agriculture and food systems philanthropy. The more you know about what you can do with SAFSF\, the more valuable we hope your membership will be to you and your organization. \n\n\n\nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/maximize-your-membership-safsf-member-engagement-orientation/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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SUMMARY:Outcomes and Next Steps from the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy
DESCRIPTION:We know many of our members were not able to attend the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Conference. While you may have missed those conversations there is plenty of interest and space for you to engage in the work moving forward. These are exciting times with many policy opportunities ahead of us and we want everyone’s input! \n\n\n\nJoin your funder peers to hear an overview of the convening discussion\, the concepts that were developed and learn how you can participate\, engage and shape our work moving forward. We look forward to adding your voice to the conversation \n\n\n\nNote: This is a SAFSF member only call.   \n\n\n\nMembers can access the report by clicking on the button below. \n\n\n\n\nDownload 2020 Policy Convening Report
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/member-debrief-results-of-the-2020-policy-outlook-and-strategy-conference/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210317T120000
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SUMMARY:Who's Who and Who We Know at USDA: An SAFSF Member Call
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Participation in this call is limited to SAFSF members only\n\n\n\nJoin us for a conversation about the new administration’s appointments and staff changes at USDA. We’ll do some “live mapping” to better understand the existing connections between SAFSF members and key figures who will be shaping administrative policy for agriculture and food systems for the next few years. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/whos-who-and-who-we-know-at-usda-an-safsf-member-call/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210331T110000
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CREATED:20210322T132242Z
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SUMMARY:Intersectional Impact Across Food\, Fiber and Finance
DESCRIPTION:CROATAN CONVERSATIONS presented by Croatan Institute \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur warming climate\, rising health problems\, and hollowed-out communities are symptoms of the broken relationship between agriculture and capital.  Recent examples have demonstrated that there is an alternative path in which the tools of finance can be used to build Soil Wealth and foster positive impacts that intersect to tell the full story of the value created by stewarding landscapes. This conversation will kick off a series to explore how we can design\, enact\, and implement new relationships between food\, fiber\, and finance through the lens of the intersectional impacts that these systems provide.  \n\n\n\nJoin Croatan Institute Senior Fellow David LeZaks as he leads a discussion with A-dae Briones of First Nations Development Institute\, Sarah Kelley of Common Threads Consulting and SAFSF Fibers Roadmap\, Jennifer O’Connor of Guidelight Strategies\, and Mark Watson of Fair Food Fund. Panelists will share their experiences as changemakers in this arena and explore what has worked\, what has been learned\, and what lessons have emerged. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nDavid LeZaks\, Croatan Institute A-dae Briones\, First Nations Development Institute (SAFSF member)Sarah Kelley\, Common Threads Consulting / SAFSF Fibers RoadmapJennifer O’Connor\, Guidelight Strategies  Mark Watson\, Fair Food Fund (SAFSF member)\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/intersectional-impact-across-food-fiber-and-finance/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210331T235900
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CREATED:20210310T020906Z
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SUMMARY:Application Deadline - Communications Director
DESCRIPTION:Click here for job description. All interested applicants must apply online at tfaforms.com/4879050 no later than 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday\, March 31\, 2021.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/application-deadline-communications-director-2/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210407T110000
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge Kickoff
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Participation in this call is limited to SAFSF members only. \n\n\n\nFood Solutions New England will launch its 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge this week for the seventh year. We invite you to a conversation with SAFSF members who have previously participated in the Challenge and to discuss opportunities to learn and reflect with other SAFSF as a group during the 2021 Challenge. \n\n\n\nSAFSF Board members Leslie Hatfield and Carol Pickering\, along with SAFSF member Kalila Booker-Cassano\, who also serves on the FSNE Challenge Planning Team\, will help facilitate our kick-off conversation. Hear from SAFSF members who have done the Challenge previously\, either individually or as an organization\, and talk about expectations for the process.  \n\n\n\nBe sure to visit the FSNE Challenge website to register for the Challenge itself. And join us for all three SAFSF member-only discussions during the Challenge so that we can reflect on what we are learning together and talk about how it applies to our philanthropic work. \n\n\n\nSAFSF Member Conversations April 7 – Challenge KickoffApril 15 – Mid-Challenge Check-InApril 29 – Post-Challenge Reflections
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-racial-equity-challenge/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210414T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210414T121500
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CREATED:20210223T214852Z
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SUMMARY:An Eye-Opening Look at Indigenous Food and Agriculture Systems: Funder Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Presented by First Nations Development Institute and SAFSF\n\n\n\nJoin SAFSF and First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) to learn about the beauty\, complexity\, and resilience of Native American communities and food and agriculture systems. Ricardo Salvador\, director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists\, and A-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems for First Nations\, will lead a dynamic discussion featuring several video clips from GATHER\, a feature-length film that celebrates Native food systems and the work being done to reclaim them. \n\n\n\nFunders will deepen their knowledge of U.S. food systems and how policy\, systemic racism\, and inequity have shaped Indigenous agriculture and food systems both historically and today. They will also learn how they can address the barriers Native communities face in obtaining funding for their work. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\nRicardo Salvador\n\n\n\n\nRICARDO SALVADOR is an agronomist\, with specializations in the culture of maize\, crop production techniques\, sustainability and systems analysis. He has been an extensionist with Texas A&M University\, associate professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University\, program officer for Food\, Health and Wellbeing with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, and currently serves as the director and senior scientist of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Ricardo’s undergraduate degree in agricultural science is from New Mexico State University\, and his M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in crop production and physiology are from Iowa State University. At UCS\, Ricardo leads a team of 10 scientists\, economists\, policy analysts\, communications and outreach specialists\, with the goal of shifting the narrative around food so that decision-makers\, media\, and informed citizens recognize and act upon the knowledge that modern\, sustainable practices can be highly productive while also protecting the environment\, producing healthy food\, and creating economic opportunity. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA-dae Romero Briones\n\n\n\n\nA-DAE ROMERO-BRIONES (Cochiti/Kiowa) works as director of programs—Native Agriculture and Food Systems for First Nations Development Institute and manages the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative at First Nations. She is formerly the director of community development for Pulama Lana’i. She is also the co-founder and former executive director of a nonprofit organization in Cochiti Pueblo\, New Mexico. Ms. Romero-Briones worked for the University of Arkansas’ Indigenous Food and Agricultural Intuitive while earning her LL.M. 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\, Ms. Romero-Briones received her bachelor of arts in public policy from Princeton University\, received a law doctorate from Arizona State University’s College of Law\, and earned a LL.M. in food and agricultural law from the University of Arkansas. She currently sits on several boards\, including the Lana’i Elementary and High School Foundation. She was also recognized as a White House Champion of Change in Agriculture. She currently sits on the National Organic Standards Board.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/native-food-sovereignty/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210415T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110334
CREATED:20210322T141608Z
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SUMMARY:21-Day Racial Equity Challenge Check-In
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Participation in this call is limited to SAFSF members only. \n\n\n\nWe’ll check-in on what we’re learning\, how we are managing the process\, and what the prompts bring up for us around the role of philanthropy at the intersection of agriculture/food systems and racial equity. \n\n\n\nSAFSF Member ConversationsApril 7 – Challenge KickoffApril 15 – Mid-Challenge Check-InApril 29 – Post-Challenge Reflections
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/21-day-racial-equity-challenge-check-in/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T120000
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CREATED:20210413T155547Z
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SUMMARY:Making Sense of the RFSP
DESCRIPTION:The USDA Regional Food Systems Partnership grant is a new funding opportunity intended to support partnerships and collaboration that increase the impact and viability of regional food systems. SAFSF is partnering with The Wallace Center to help grantees and funders explore the RFSP and unpack what makes impactful partnerships\, projects and proposals in a year that will see significantly increased funding and a reduction in private match requirements for this grant. Private funders can bring more than just dollars to strengthen a potential partnership and open the way for new potential grantees.  \n\n\n\nThis program is so new\, there are still many unknowns. What differentiates this program from other USDA grants? What makes a compelling partnership and project? How do you define “regional” or “partnership”? Hear from USDA-AMS staff\, current grantees\, and past grant reviewers to dig into these questions to help potential grantees and partners design competitive RFSP projects.  \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/making-sense-of-the-rfsp/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210421T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210421T101500
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SUMMARY:What's in the Federal Stimulus for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems?
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about what is in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for sustainable agriculture and food systems? Or\, how about what might be in the recently announced American Jobs Plan for sustainable agriculture and food systems? \n\n\n\nDuring the call\, you will hear from staff members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committee and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They will discuss what was included in the American Rescue Plan for sustainable agriculture and food systems\, including where the USDA is regarding the implementation of those provisions. In addition\, Senate and House Agriculture Committee staff members will discuss the American Jobs Plan for sustainable agriculture and food systems. And we will save plenty of time for questions and discussion. \n\n\n\nThis call is limited to SAFSF members only
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/whats-in-the-stimulus-for-sustainable-agriculture-and-food-systems/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210429T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110334
CREATED:20210322T142126Z
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SUMMARY:21-Day Racial Equity Challenge Reflections
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Participation in this call is limited to SAFSF members only. \n\n\n\nShare your post-challenge reflections\, personal and professional next steps\, and discuss how SAFSF can/should continue to support this learning journey with our members. \n\n\n\nSAFSF Member ConversationsApril 7 – Challenge KickoffApril 15 – Mid-Challenge Check-InApril 29 – Post-Challenge Reflections
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/21-day-racial-equity-challenge-reflections/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210503T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110334
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SUMMARY:2021 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:The SAFSF Forum will again be held online in 2021 to bring you the opportunities for real-life learning and peer connection that funders look forward to all year. Spanning two weeks\, from May 3-14\, 2021\, the 2021 SAFSF Forum is a curated assortment of thought-provoking\, timely\, and diverse programming developed by your SAFSF funder peers. With a range of workshop and networking sessions offered over two weeks\, put together the schedule that works for your learning: \n\n\n\nTune in live and participate in dynamic discussions with expert speakersListen to session recordings at a time that works for youConnect and network with funder and investor peers working across the country\n\n\n\nThe Forum is developed by and for funders who are working on a variety of issues\, approaches\, and geographies. Attendees will leave with inspiration\, strategies\, and connections for impactful engagement related to their own work within the food system. \n\n\n\nClick here for information about sponsoring the 2021 SAFSF Forum \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout SAFSF\n\n\n\nSAFSF amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems\, and the SAFSF Forum is the only national gathering for and by funders supporting just and sustainable food systems change. The Forum challenges participants to understand the need for grantmakers and investors to take on risks in order to co-create more resilient\, sustainable\, and equitable food systems—and at the same time\, provides space to cultivate connections with peers so that no one organization is going it alone. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho is a “Funder?”\n\n\n\nThe annual SAFSF Forum is designed by and for funders. Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually. This includes individual donors\, executive and program staff\,​ and members of the board of grantmaking organizations (family foundations\, individual donors\, corporate foundations\, government\, community foundations\, etc.)\, as well as representatives of non-profit or for-profit investment enterprises. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Rates\n\n\n\nMember                                                                                  $350Non-Member                                                                       $400Philanthropy Support Organization                                  $350Food System Partner*                                                         $350*Food System Partner registration is a member benefit. Email forum@safsf.org if you have questions about this member benefit.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2021 Forum Advisory Committee\n\n\n\nDavid Beck\, Self-HelpLenore Beyer\, Kinship FoundationBryan Crawford-Garrett\, Thornburg FoundationPaola Diaz\, The 11th Hour ProjectNoah Fulmer\, Fair Food NetworkAshley Lukens\, Frost Family FoundationAnn Mills\, Agua FundCarol Pickering (chair)\, Dietel & Partners\, LLC Megan Saynisch\, GRACE Communications Foundation
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2021forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210503T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210503T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T110334
CREATED:20210330T183259Z
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SUMMARY:OPENING SESSION – Reckoning a Way Forward: Co-Creating Philanthropy’s Course toward a More Just and Sustainable Food System
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and The John Merck Fund Thanks to Forum Platform Sponsors 11th Hour Project\, Fair Food Network\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, Thread Fund\n\n\n\nCoronavirus infection rates are down\, vaccination rates are up\, stress on the healthcare system is easing\, schools are reopening\, and our struggling economy is stabilizing. Five months into the Biden-Harris Administration and the 117th Congress\, USDA\, FDA\, EPA and other agencies are getting back to their regulatory and programmatic duties\, and legislators are getting back to the business of lawmaking.A return to normalcy is at hand.  But is that what we want?2020 highlighted deep injustices in every one of our systems—health care\, politics\, economics\, education\, law enforcement—and\, of course\, food and agriculture. Such upheaval and disruption is an opportunity to reimagine and improve systems. SAFSF’s 19th Annual Forum will help agriculture and food system funders and investors examine how our practices have perpetuated the systems that have failed us\, especially in this last tumultuous year\, and amplify the voices of those who have kept their neighbors fed by growing their own food\, supporting their local farms\, changing their businesses on the fly\, and advocating for authentic redress of entrenched food system injustices. These leaders are showing us the way toward a more just\, equitable\, and sustaining food system. Join us at the Forum–and during this opening session–as a first step in following their lead. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKat Gilje\, Ceres Trust; CA\n\n\n\n\nKat Gilje is Executive Director of Ceres Trust. Ceres Trust\, whose name honors the ancient goddess of agriculture\, provides grants that support healthy and resilient farms\, forests and communities; and the ecosystems upon which we all depend.  Ceres Trust focuses on grassroots leadership and organizing\, equity\, and movement building toward systemic and transformational change.  Grant areas include:  education for farmers in organic\, sustainable and resilient farming systems; efforts to promote food crop biodiversity and public access to seeds; graduate student & farmer-led research in organic agriculture; protection & proliferation of our vital pollinators; protection of people\, farms & ecosystems from pesticide poisoning and from GMO contamination; protection of our forests from genetic engineering and use as biofuels; research by independent scientists; and documentary films & art (supported for public education purposes on key issues related to the Ceres Trust mission\, and as tools of cultural change). An agronomist and community organizer trained by Voices for Racial Justice in Minnesota\, Kat previously was co–director of Pesticide Action Network North America; co–founder/director of Centro Campesino; and senior associate at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.  She currently serves on the steering committee of the Bay Area Justice Funders Network and as chair of Genesis\, a faith and values–based organizing group in Oakland\, California. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReverend Mariama White-Hammond\, New Roots AME Church; MA\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bio coming soon.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeoni Lee\, Hawaiʻi Investment Ready; HI\n\n\n\n\nKeoni Lee is the CEO of Hawai’i Investment Ready\, an impact investing intermediary with a mission to advance coordinated and collaborative capital approaches in support of a Just Transition for Hawaiʻi to a living island economy. HIR’s flagship program is its business accelerator that integrates ancestral wisdom with 21st century impact tools and experts. Keoni participated in HIR’s first accelerator cohort in 2013 as a co-founder of ‘Ōiwi TV\, the first Native Hawaiian language and culture television station. In his work with ʻŌiwiTV he had the privilege and honor to learn from and work in native communities across Hawai’i and around the world. These experiences and relationships to people and culture have shaped his perspective and drive his work to shift power by being grounded in indigenous knowledge and values. Keoni is active in community work and initiatives around decolonizing education\, food systems\, and the economy. In 2020\, he co-founded the ʻĀina Aloha Economic Futures initiative – an indigenous-led\, values and relationship-based liberation movement to transform Hawaiʻi’s economy. His leadership garnered selection as a Hawaiʻi Omidyar Fellow\, RSF Just Economy Institute Fellow\, and First Nations Futures Fellow.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/opening-session-workshop-reckoning-a-way-forward-co-creating-philanthropys-course-toward-a-more-just-and-sustainable-food-system/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Start Your Forum Experience Off Right: Newcomers Welcome
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\n\n\n\nIs this your first time attending the SAFSF Forum or participating in an SAFSF event? Or have you participated in the network for many years and are interested in learning how to make the most of this year’s online format to make peer connections and customize your engagement? \n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us for an informal welcome to the SAFSF network\, and an opportunity to connect with peers and connect with friendly peer faces you’ll be able to recognize on Zoom throughout the rest of the Forum. We’ll also share some tips and tricks to help you take full advantage of the online Forum experience. \n\n\n\nHost\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVirginia Clarke – Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders; CA \n\n\n\n\nVirginia Clarke is the executive director of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\, a network of grantmakers working to strengthen connections\, build capacity\, and foster collaboration of the philanthropic and investment communities in support of vibrant\, healthy and just food and farm systems. She has led the network in its growth and impact since starting with SAFSF in 2003 as a part-time coordinator. Prior to SAFSF\, she worked with a variety of international education programs including the University of California’s Education Abroad Program as the regional director assistant for Asia and Africa\, and the Salzburg Seminar in Austria where she was a program director and led outreach efforts in Latin America. Other life/work opportunities involved a stint at the World Bank; leading a management reorganization for a private clothing manufacturer; assisting immigrants in their efforts to secure legal residency in the U.S.; and creating/running a restitution project for juvenile offenders in Western Massachusetts. Her fluency in Spanish stems from living and working in Spain\, Bolivia and Mexico. Virginia has a Masters in International Administration from the School for International Training and a B.A. with honors in Spanish from the University of California\, Santa Barbara. A TEDx Manhattan alumni (2014)\, Virginia lives in Santa Barbara\, CA and has two daughters. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRenee Catacalos – Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders; MD\n\n\n\n\nRenee Brooks Catacalos joined SAFSF in 2019 with decades of experience in association management\, communications\, and food systems and sustainable agriculture work. In her current position\, she is focused on strengthening outreach to members and the broader philanthropic community\, creating opportunities for member engagement and benefit\, leveraging new resource partnerships\, and positioning SAFSF as the leading voice for sustainable agriculture and food systems philanthropy. Renee is a former Foreign Service officer\, having served tours in Mexico City\, Mexico and Istanbul\, Turkey. She has served in various communications\, management and business development capacities with the Houston Association of Realtors\, the Houston International Protocol Alliance\, VOLLMER Public Relations\, Future Harvest – Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture\, and the American Institute of Architects\, Potomac Valley Chapter. Additionally\, Renee was publisher and editor of Edible Chesapeake magazine from 2006-2009 and has served on the boards of ECO City Farms\, FRESHFARM Markets\, and the Neighborhood Design Center. She is currently on the Steering Team of the Chesapeake Foodshed Network (CFN). Her first book\, The Chesapeake Table: Your Guide to Eating Local\, was published in October 2018 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/networking-first-time-at-the-forum/
CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP – Food Without Borders: The Interconnectivity of U.S. and Mexico Food Systems
DESCRIPTION:Presented by International Community Foundation\n\n\n\nFood systems in the United States and Mexico are inextricably linked. This session will explore\, educate\, and generate thoughtful dialogue around the interconnectivity of these systems including; farm labor on both sides of the border\, production practices\, food insecurity\, public health and food waste. The goal of this presentation is to both generate awareness and highlight innovative solutions to current cross-border challenges. This session will begin with a virtual trivia game where participants will work in teams to answer questions in various categories such as: Imports\, Farm Labor\, Food Waste and Culinary Traditions. We will then move into short presentations and Q&A with experts in each field and will conclude in small breakout groups for continued networking and discussion. \n\n\n\nSession goals: \n\n\n\nParticipants will have a greater understanding of the connectivity of food systems between the U.S. and Mexico.Discuss timely emerging issues/themes connecting the US/Mexico food systems with a focus on innovative and actionable solutions.Participants will have the opportunity to meet and engage with allies and potential project partners interested in cross-border food systems.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMcKenzie Campbell – Moderator\, International Community Foundation; BCS\, MX\n\n\n\n\nMcKenzie Campbell is currently a Program Officer with the International Community Foundation (ICF)\, where she manages ICF’s growing portfolio of special projects in Baja California Sur\, Mexico. McKenzie is expanding ICF’s food system impact in the Baja Peninsula by incubating new initiatives and catalyzing collective action around; equitable access to fresh\, healthy food\, improved community health and resilience\, regenerative production practices and regional marketplace connectivity. McKenzie has 18 years of community organizing\, leadership development and nonprofit management experience. Before coming to ICF\, she served as the Director of the Colorado State University Center in Todos Santos\, where she helped launch CSU’s first international facility\, and founded Living Roots (Raíces Vivas)\, a nonprofit promoting remote ranching communities’ unique cultural heritage through social enterprise. She holds an MBA\, in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise from Colorado State University and a BA in Political Science with a concentration in International Development from Oberlin College. An avid outdoor enthusiast\, McKenzie enjoys exploring the coast and mountains with her two young kids. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Ojeda\, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona; AZ\n\n\n\n\nRobert Ojeda was born and raised in Arequipa\, Peru\, where he grew up farming at his family’s farm. He joined the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (CFBSA) in 2010\, where he is currently Chief Program Officer. In his role\, Robert oversees the CFBSA’s programmatic initiatives including hunger relief\, and community health\, education\, and development. Robert has a master’s degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development and a Ph. D. in Adult and Extension Education from Cornell University. He has over twenty years of experience doing community development work in Arizona and overseas. He regularly teaches community organizing and development workshops to Latin American youth leaders. He is an enthusiastic soccer player and Andean music musician. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRupal Patel\, Akasha Strategies; CA\n\n\n\n\nRupal’s environmental and social impact portfolio includes developing the 579 MW Solar Star Project\, ranked in the top 10 largest projects in the world; developing and managing an inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility program for Sun World International\, one of RRG’s largest agricultural operating companies; and originating the first employee benefit company in the U.S.\, California Harvesters\, of which Rupal is Co-founder and Board President. California Harvesters provides quality jobs to over 1\,200 farmworkers in California’s Central Valley. Prior to joining RRG\, Rupal gained extensive experience engaging with LGBTQ\, environmental justice\, labor\, poverty\, and immigration issues while working for organizations such as the Council of Michigan Foundations\, NAACP Washington Bureau\, Urban Justice Center\, Liberty Hill Foundation\, and the California Immigrant Policy Center. Rupal serves on the Board of Leading Harvest and is a Founding Member of the Integrated Capitals Investment Committee for The Heron Foundation. Rupal received her B.A. in Sociology and M.P.P. from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuis Garduño\, Alianza para Seguridad Alimentaria de Baja California Sur; BCS\, MX\n\n\n\n\nLuis Fernando Garduño\, is currently executive director of the BCS Food Security Alliance (Alianza para Seguridad Alimentaria – ASA) an organization working to transform food systems in Baja California Sur\, Mexico. Luis has been rapidly building ASA’s capacity to unite cross-sector stakeholders to address immediate food needs while beginning to make shifts toward healthier\, more resilient food systems. Under Luis’ leadership\, ASA is launching the state’s first food bank\, striving to prevent and reduce food waste\, promoting community health and mobilization around nutrition\, and piloting a regenerative production collective. Luis comes to ASA with 10 years of experience founding and co-directing Red Turismo Sustentable\, a hybrid for-profit/nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering small tourism businesses in rural areas that connect travelers with social development and conservation programs. Luis is committed to catalyzing efforts in support of food justice in Mexico and amplifying the voices of those that often go unheard.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-without-borders-the-interconnectivity-of-u-s-and-mexico-food-systems/
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SUMMARY:Movement Break
DESCRIPTION:Step away from your desk chair\, kitchen table\, or workspace for a grounding exercise and movement break. Join Erica\, a Radically Fit instructor\, in this 30-minute movement break. \n\n\n\nRadically Fit is Oakland’s body positive community gym for Queer\, Trans\, BIPOC\, Big Bodied & Fat folx & their allies\, regardless of experience or ability
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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Community Connections: Networking Tables
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\n\n\n\nBuild a break into your day by enjoying your coffee\, a snack\, a meal\, or just some nourishing dialogue as a community. No slides\, no presentation\, nothing formal—just an online version of small group conversations. Our online platform will put you at a virtual ‘table’ with others in the network for a short\, unstructured conversation\, then move you into another group and conversation. Listen in to what others are thinking about and learning at the Forum\, connect with others in the SAFSF network\, and join the dialogue.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/networking-networking-tables/
CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Food and Farm Policy Helpdesk
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)Sponsored by Walton Family Foundation\n\n\n\nHave questions about food and farm policy? We’ve got answers and connections. Connect with SAFSF’s public policy director and members of the SAFSF Policy Committee during this un-programmed\, informal space. Bring your questions—big and small—about local\, state\, Tribal\, and federal food and farm policy\, or join just to listen in about what’s on the mind of your peers. We’ll do our best to give you answers\, connections\, and ideas of how you can best amplify and support policy and advocacy strategies \n\n\n\nHost\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTraci Bruckner – Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders; NE \n\n\n\n\nTraci Bruckner joined the SAFSF team in October 2018 with nearly two decades of experience in public policy. She leads SAFSF’s work that helps funders fully engage in the policy process\, both in support of their grantees and in their own activities\, to shift inequities in food and agriculture systems. Traci spent 15 years with the Center for Rural Affairs\, leading their federal and state policy efforts around agriculture\, conservation\, and beginning\, women\, and socially disadvantaged farmer issues. She also worked on state health care and tax policy issues. During her tenure at the Center\, Traci served as a member and chair of the USDA Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. This Advisory Committee provides recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on policies and programs that create and foster opportunities for a new generation of farmers and ranchers. Traci also served on and chaired the governance council of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\, a national grassroots coalition advocating federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems\, natural resources and rural communities. Before joining SAFSF\, Traci was with the Northeast Nebraska Behavioral Health Network as a community outreach director\, working to build community supports to foster a pipeline of behavioral and mental healthcare professionals. Prior to that\, Traci was the policy director of the Women’s Fund of Omaha\, working on a host of policy issues that impact women and girls.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/networking-ask-your-policy-questions-connect-with-the-policy-advisory-committee-and-traci-bruckner/
CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP – Creating and Safeguarding a Better Food Future through the Law
DESCRIPTION:Presented and Sponsored by Frost Family Foundation\n\n\n\nCourts have arisen as one of the best tools through which to effect meaningful social change and environmental protection across the food system. In many instances\, litigation is the only effective way to halt illegal\, damaging regulatory decisions promulgated to benefit corporations rather than public health and biodiversity. Litigating can result in stopping the approval and use of damaging industrial agricultural practices and resulting in protections for farming and impacted communities\, pollinators\, endangered species\, and public health. Litigation strategies also have the extra-legal benefits of raising public awareness\, raising consciousness\, and focusing appropriate public anger around destructive regulatory decisions. Litigation catalyzes public debate and encourages shifts towards organic and regenerative farming. This session will feature leading attorneys in the food and farming advocacy sector. Presentations will include a focus on integrating disadvantaged communities in litigation processes; examples of recent successful impact litigation; how litigation complements policy and grassroots organizing campaigns; successful litigation collaboration on cases; etc. \n\n\n\nSession goals:\n\n\n\nUnderstand the power of litigation.Understand how litigation fits into social movements. Learn from frontline cases and attorneys.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshley Lukens – Moderator\, Frost Family Foundation; HI\n\n\n\n\nAshley Lukens\, Ph.D. is an independent philanthropic and development advisor in Hawai’i and Oregon. She has worked in and with the impact sector in Hawai’i since 2006 as the founder of the Hawai’i Food Policy Council\, owner of Baby Awearness\, director of the RISE Program at Kupu\, director of Hawai’i Center for Food Safety\, and currently as the executive director of the Frost Family Foundation\, co-founder of Kūkulu\, and co-founder of Hoiʻwai Fund. https://www.ashleylukens.com/backstory \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Allston\, Quinault Indian Nation; WA\n\n\n\n\nKaren Allston\, Senior Assistant Attorney General for the Quinault Indian Nation\, has served as its in-house counsel for over 15 years. Her representation focuses on land use and natural resources issues affecting the Quinault Nation both on- and off-Reservation. Prior to her tenure at the Quinault Nation\, she served as Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy\, a water watchdog and river advocacy organization in Washington. Prior to that\, she was in-house counsel for the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. Ms. Allston holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington and earned her J.D. cum laude from Seattle University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Kimbrell\, Center for Food Safety; WA\n\n\n\n\nGeorge Kimbrell is CFS’s Legal Director\, overseeing all of the Center’s legal work. Along with his Director duties\, George is counsel in many CFS cases. His legal\, legislative\, and policy work runs the gamut of many CFS program areas\, including pesticides\, genetically engineered organisms\, animal factory pollution\, food labeling\, foodborne illness\, organic standards\, and aquaculture. Among other landmark cases\, George was counsel in the first U.S. Supreme Court case on the regulation of genetically engineered crops. He received his law degree magna cum laude from Lewis and Clark Law School\, where he now teaches food and agriculture law as an adjunct professor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuinton Robinson\, Rural Coalition; GA\n\n\n\n\nQuinton N. Robinson\, Esq. is a practicing attorney with litigation experience in the fields of employment and farm credit discrimination cases\, recently accomplishing groundbreaking legal precedents on behalf of minority farmers and ranchers. Mr. Robinson has served in many leadership capacities including\, a White House political appointee for the Obama Administration\, as a member of the Georgia State Directors of Rural Development with the United States Department of Agriculture\, the Director of the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the U.S. Department of Agriculture\, and as the Assistant Counsel on the House Agriculture Committee \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSylvia Wu\, Center for Food Safety; CA \n\n\n\n\nSylvia Wu is a Senior Attorney/Managing Attorney\, Hawaii & California offices at the Center for Food Safety\, where she works on law and policy related to genetically engineered crops\, factory farming\, aquaculture\, pesticides\, and other food safety issues. As an attorney with CFS\, Sylvia has litigated against U.S. federal agencies over approval of herbicide-resistant genetically engineered crops and their associated pesticide use\, the approval of pesticides that are harming pollinators and other sensitive species\, as well as approval of industrial offshore aquaculture systems that will pollute our oceans and marine resources. Through legislative efforts and litigation\, Sylvia also works with local communities to defend communities’ right to protect themselves against the harms of industrial agriculture. Sylvia holds a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Sylvia is involved in various projects promoting local economy and urban agriculture in the Bay Area.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/creating-and-safeguarding-a-better-food-future-through-the-law/
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