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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Community Conversations: Attendee-led Ad Hoc Networking
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\n\n\n\nWe know there are many important issues we could not fit into our Forum agenda. This time presents an opportunity for you to host or join a conversation on a topic we missed\, go deeper on a discussion started earlier in the week\, connect with peers who are located in your region or supporting similar issues\, bring forward a question you’ve been grappling with\, or build out a new collaboration. \n\n\n\nSuggest an informal conversation topic you’d like to host—ranging from the professional to the fun—when you register for the Forum\, or in the Forum web/mobile platform. Browse conversation topics that your peers plan to host in the Forum web/mobile platform\, along with meeting room details. \n\n\n\nCan’t make this time? You’ll also be able to host other side meetings and ad hoc conversations at any time throughout the two-week Forum. Details will be included in the Forum web/mobile platform\, which will go ‘live’ for registrants at the end of April.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/community-conversations-attendee-led-ad-hoc-networking/
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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Supporting Pathways to Careers in Agriculture for BIPOC Students
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Minorities in Agriculture\, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\n\n\n\nJoin leadership from Minorities in Agriculture\, Natural Resources\, and Related Sciences (MANNRS) and Virginia Clarke\, SAFSF’s executive director\, for a dynamic discussion about opportunities to support pathways to careers in agriculture\, food systems\, and philanthropy for BIPOC students. MANNRS promotes academic and professional advancement by empowering BIPOC youth in agriculture\, natural resources\, and related sciences. How can SAFSF members support this mission and work; promote careers in philanthropy\, sustainable agriculture\, and food systems; and continue to shift power for a more inclusive and equitable future?
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/networking-supporting-pathways-to-careers-in-agriculture-for-bipoc-students/
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP – A State-level Case Study in Advancing Food Systems Equity
DESCRIPTION:Presented by The Thornburg Foundation\n\n\n\nThis session will provide a state-level case study from New Mexico highlighting systemic efforts centered on equity\, shared power\, and direct representation to transform the local food ecosystem. Presenters will discuss efforts to facilitate market opportunities for smaller-scale farmers – primarily through values-based institutional purchasing – while simultaneously providing fresh\, local food to lower-income populations in rural\, frontier\, urban\, and tribal regions across the state. This work has been resourced through public-private partnerships\, direct support of advocacy to increase state legislative funding for local purchasing\, and investments in Value Chain Coordination positions and other human capital needed to strengthen the food system. As a result\, New Mexico Grown for Schools\, Senior Centers\, and Early Childhood Sites and Double Up Food Bucks have emerged as instruments critical to the evolution of the local food ecosystem. Through this session\, funders will therefore learn about a place-based model that could be applicable in other contexts. \n\n\n\nSession goals:\n\n\n\nTo highlight successful collaboration among a variety of stakeholders in New Mexico that is providing new market opportunities for farmers and local\, nutritious food to lower-income populations.For funders to learn about strategic initiatives in New Mexico that are incentivizing local food system development\, and how philanthropy\, state\, and federal dollars support and fund this collaborative work.To demonstrate how value chain coordination\, public-private partnerships\, and advocacy can advance equity across the food system.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Crawford-Garrett – Moderator\, Thornburg Foundation; NM\n\n\n\n\nBryan Crawford-Garrett is the Food and Agriculture Policy Officer at the Thornburg Foundation and has been in this position since September 2017. In this role\, he manages the Foundation’s Food and Agriculture strategy and grantmaking portfolio. Bryan has nearly 20 years of experience working to strengthen local food and agricultural systems – in New Mexico as well as in numerous countries throughout the world. Prior to working with Thornburg\, Bryan was a consultant to non-profits and funders for five years. He has also worked for several years in leadership positions with international NGOs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKendal Chavez\, New Mexico Public Education Department; NM\n\n\n\n\nKendal Chavez is the Healthy Schools Coordinator for the New Mexico Public Education Department. In partnership with rural\, urban\, and tribal school and school district entities\, she works to deepen the impact of coordinated school health programs in New Mexico schools. Chavez is also an alumna of FoodCorps’ AmeriCorps service program and George Washington University’s Food Policy Fellowship Institute. Chavez is currently studying public policy and public administration at the University of New Mexico. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelga Garcia-Garza\, Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network; NM\n\n\n\n\nHelga Garza is Executive Director of Agri-Cultura Cooperative Network (ACN)\, a South Valley of Albuquerque farmer-owned cooperative. The network is inclusive of 32 allied farms from urban and rural Rio Grande communities committed to sustainable and regenerative growing methods. Helga is inspired by justice\, guided by her ancestral ceremonial agricultural calendar\, and engages community through a holistic intergenerational approach in developing a sustainable and equitable food system that is supportive of an environmental economy and community-driven markets. Helga is leading efforts that have increased equitable access to healthy local food\, by removing structural barriers such as price\, availability\, policy climate\, and increasing nutritional knowledge through curriculum development of a holistic family-based wellness program that is bilingual\, culturally relevant\, and community-based. Through these efforts\, Helga is building the capacity of New Mexico’s urban and rural small farmers ability to keep production local through an effective farm-to-market system that ensures household livelihood\, positive health outcomes\, economic activity and community wellbeing. Helga is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader 2018-2021\, Castanea Fellow 2020 – 2021\, Governing Board Chair of the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council\, and Board President of South Valley Main St. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlma Maquitico\, Anthony Youth Farm; NM\n\n\n\n\nAlma Maquitico is an agroe-cological trainer working towards equity in the food system. Alma has worked extensively with small-scale farmers in southern New Mexico and west Texas by bringing them together to produce\, aggregate\, and market their goods for neighborhood-scale efforts and institutional wholesale buyers. Her experience is centeredin developing models to help primarily migrant and small-scale growersovercome barriers of scale\, means\, skill\, and language. As part of ateam that leads the Anthony Youth Farm\, Alma serves as a farmer-trainer and coordinator\, providing leadership and sustainable agricultural training to low-income youth. The Anthony Youth Farm runs a subsidized fresh food distribution program for rural communities facing chronic food inequities in southern New Mexico. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDenise Miller\, New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association; NM\n\n\n\n\nDenise Miller has been the executive directive of the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association (NMFMA) since 2005. Denise directs the NMFMA’s wide-ranging food value chain activities devoted to programs\, projects\, and resources that help New Mexico farmers and food producers improve profitability\, and that improve the nutritional health of communities across the state. Denise has helped grow the NMFMA from state-registered non-profit with a $200\,000 annual budget to a 501c3 organization now managing more than $2 million in 2021\, much of which is pass-thru funds for food incentive programs\, farmer grants\, and partner resources. Denise previously worked in marketing for a variety of corporate\, small business\, and non-profit organizations. Denise received her BA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, and her MA from St. John’s College in Santa Fe\, NM.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/a-state-level-case-study-in-advancing-food-systems-equity/
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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 Fenyx\, 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
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/movement-break-3/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum
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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-community-connections-networking-tables/
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SUMMARY:WORKSHOP – A Window of Opportunity for Equitable Climate and Agriculture Policy: Possibilities and Pitfalls
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Walton Family Foundation\, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA)\, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\n\n\n\nThe agriculture industry has an enormous responsibility to reduce and reverse its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the face of climate change\, all while reckoning with an industrial system that marginalizes historically underserved communities and identities.  \n\n\n\nWith a new Administration\, there is currently opportunity and political will to advance policies at the intersection of agriculture and climate change\, as well as momentum in carbon markets both in the public and private realms. How might philanthropy effectively engage to drive policy and carbon markets towards real greenhouse gas reductions and regenerative practices that work for a broad spectrum of farmers and farm operations?  \n\n\n\nWe will explore this critical question with an eye toward solutions that engage underserved communities\, led by voices of farmers\, community leaders\, and policy experts. In an effort to favor engagement over presentation\, the conversation will begin in plenary and move toward Q&A followed by breakout sessions. \n\n\n\nSession goals:\n\n\n\nDiscuss the possibilities and pitfalls of new agricultural policy.Educate funders around ways they can affect policy to support integrated and equitable policy solutions.Engage with key voices and perspectives to guide possible action.\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPipa Elias – moderator\, Walton Family Foundation\n\n\n\n\nPipa Elias is deputy director of the Environment Program at the Walton Family Foundation. Before joining the foundation\, she worked at The Nature Conservancy\, where she was Director of Agriculture for North America. Skilled at applying scientific research to advance policy and conservation solutions\, Pipa leveraged collaborations to help producers meet the growing demand for food while protecting critical lands and waters. Prior to her work on the agriculture team at TNC\, Pipa was a senior policy advisor\, leading land use policy advocacy at the United Nations climate negotiations and other multilateral venues. In her eight years working on the UN climate negotiations she led a coalition of nearly a dozen NGOs that helped influence the system of incentives and measurements for the land-use sector in global climate agreements. Pipa also served as policy lead on the team that helped to publish a seminal paper on Natural Climate Solutions. Pipa received her M.S. in forestry from Virginia Tech\, and her B.S. in environmental science from the University of Notre Dame. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmily Bruner\, American Farmland Trust\n\n\n\n\nDr. Bruner has been a proponent of conservation agriculture for over a decade. As the Midwest Science Director for American Farmland Trust\, Dr. Bruner’s work focuses on identifying ways to accelerate adoption of soil health practices while simultaneously increasing the resiliency and productivity of Midwest farms. Prior to her current role\, she served as the Director for the Vigo County Soil and Water Conservation District\, as a Hydrologist with the United States Forest Service\, an adjunct faculty member at Saint Mary of the Woods College\, and as an Extension Associate for Natural Resources. Dr. Bruner’s work on nitrogen cycling in agricultural systems also led her to DC to investigate climate change mitigation policy as a Research Fellow with the Congressional Research Service. Bruner earned her PhD in Soil Science from Washington State University and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Conservation and Natural Resource Management with a minor in Sustainable Agriculture from the University of Kentucky. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaisah Khan\, Mississippi River Network\n\n\n\n\nBio coming soon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristin Weeks-Duncanson\, Highland Family Farms\n\n\n\n\nBio coming soon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCristel Zoebisch\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\n\n\n\n\nCristel holds an M.A. in Food Studies from New York University\, where she focused on food and agricultural economics and policy\, and she earned her B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. Her graduate thesis analyzed three farm bill programs that support beginning\, socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers. Her previous work includes participating on a program evaluation team for the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy\, conducting food policy advocacy and educational activities for a national nonprofit organization\, and consulting. She staffs NSAC’s Conservation\, Energy and Environment Committee and helps coordinate its Climate Change Subcommittee.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/workshop-a-window-of-opportunity-for-equitable-climate-and-agriculture-policy-possibilities-and-pitfalls/
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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 Fenyx\, 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
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/movement-break-4/
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SUMMARY:CLOSING SESSION – Elevating and Resourcing BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color) Farmers and Producers
DESCRIPTION:Presented and Sponsored by 11th Hour ProjectThanks to Forum Platform Sponsors 11th Hour Project\, Fair Food Network\, GRACE Communications Foundation\n\n\n\nAll farmers and producers don’t have the same opportunities. For the sake of healing the earth and being in right relationship with each other\, we are confronting the systems that have encouraged climate chaos\, environmental injustices\, land theft\, and forced and exploited work\, including the white supremacy that fueled the disparities we see today around who ‘owns’ land\, who works the land\, and what that means for racial wealth inequities. \n\n\n\nDuring this session\, we will continue the work of listening to each other\, particularly to Black\, Indigenous\, and folks of color who work and steward the land in culturally relevant ways. Efforts from across the landmass are bringing together multi-ethnic farmers\, farming groups\, and allies to root our food and farming system in practices and policies that support BIPOC land stewards and help build health equity. What does equity look like in action? How do we coordinate around resourcing support for Black\, Indigenous farmers and stewards of color? \n\n\n\nJoin us in community and solidarity as we close out the Forum by grappling with these critical questions and taking on the truth and reconciliation work of our time. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaola Diaz – moderator\, The 11th Hour Project; CA\n\n\n\n\nPaola is the Food and Agriculture Program Coordinator at The 11th Hour Project. Her work focuses on co-creating healthy\, regional food and farming system infrastructure\, towards a just transition framework that centers racial\, economic\, and environmental justice\, and community self-determination. She is a first-generation New Yorker with familial and ancestral roots in Colombia. \n\n\n\nShe graduated from SUNY Binghamton with a B.A. in sociology and psychology. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanssen Hang\, Hmong American Farmers Association; MN\n\n\n\n\nJanssen Hang is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Hmong American Farmers Association. Janssen grew up growing\, harvesting and selling vegetables for the local food economy and currently runs his family-owned value-added business making spring rolls and egg rolls at the downtown Saint Paul Farmers Market. A 2001 Saint Olaf graduate in Biology and Asian Studies\, Janssen has over 20 years of experience in agriculture\, 12 years in small business management\, and 7 years as a licensed real estate agent. Janssen is also one among just a few certified Hmong Mekongs (cultural broker). Janssen likes to spend his free time with his family in the outdoors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosefina Lara Chavez\, Community Alliance with Family Farmers; CA\n\n\n\n\nJosefina Lara Chavez is CAFF’s Farm to Market Specialist and works largely with Latino growers in the same place where she grew up\, the Salinas Valley. She has a graduate degree in Public Administration\, from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Through her work and volunteerism\, she has served communities locally and internationally with social justice\, equity\, and love being at the root of it all. She is passionate about creating stronger connections between people. Josefina recently launched her own farm\, Big Beaner Ranch\, a 1.5-acre agroecological operation in San Benito County\, CA\, where she grow specialty vegetables\, fruits\, herbs\, and flowers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJason Lindsay\, Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network; NC\n\n\n\n\nPeople and land stand at the center of Jason’s inspiration to collectively bring resolve for Black farmers across the southeast United States. With seven years of regenerative/carbon farming and four years of farm/farmer base organizing\, community and collective input is his position in moving things forward. Jason is the first generation in his family born off the farm and now the only farmer in the family. He was the first to register a farm in the city limits his home- town\, selling organic vegetables to local CSA’s\, juicing companies\, and a mobile food market. After years of cultivating community through the community garden network\, Jason developed a youth agricultural training program – Cultivating Young Entrepreneurs and a farm school curriculum. Now as a rural new and beginning farmer Jason continues to be an educator\, taking the practical and theoretical knowledge he has gained through his journey to reclaiming his agrarian identity and serves as a consultant to local farms and organizations on best practices\, certification\, market development\, and operation management. With a clear calling for this work\, Jason continues farming and building farmer-to-farmer relationships as a means to establish self-sustainable food systems throughout our communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeely Snyder\, Dream of Wild Health; MN\n\n\n\n\nNeely Snyder is Executive Director of Dream of Wild Health\, a Native-led nonprofit organization in Minneapolis\, MN\, whose mission is to restore health and well-being in the Native community by recovering knowledge of and access to healthy Indigenous food\, medicine and lifeways. The organization has an office in Minneapolis and a 30-acre farm just 40 minutes north of the city. Neely is an enrolled member of St. Croix Chippewa and a direct descendent of Red Lake Nation and Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Throughout Neely’s career in the nonprofit sector\, she has worked with multiple organizations including Native Americans in Philanthropy and American Indian Cancer Foundation\, and also serves on The Family Partnership Board of Directors in Minneapolis. As an Ojibwe woman\, her passion is building stronger and healthier Native communities. She enjoys watching her kids play sports and spending time with family and friends.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/closing-session-elevating-and-resourcing-bipoc-black-indigenous-and-people-of-color-farmers-and-producers/
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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Closing Reflections
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\n\n\n\nClose out your two weeks of participation at the 2021 SAFSF Forum by joining us for this informal closing networking session. Connect with your peers and share what’s on your mind and what you’re taking with you as you leave the Forum. What exciting connections have you made? What questions will you continue to grapple with? What actions or continued learning might these two weeks inspire?  \n\n\n\nHosts\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\nChristine James – The John Merck Fund; VT\n\n\n\n\nChristine James came to The John Merck Fund in 2008\, after 20+ years working for small\, community-based human service and environmental nonprofit organizations in Maine and Massachusetts. She has a BA in art history from Bowdoin College and an MA in public policy from Tufts University’s Urban & Environmental Policy program. Just prior to coming to JMF\, she was executive director of EarthWorks\, a small urban greening organization based in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Her work in Maine included four years as executive director of an educational organic farm and two years working on clean energy and climate change issues. Prior to becoming Executive Director\, she was JMF’s Director of Programs from 2008 to 2017\, when she oversaw the foundation’s environmental grants programs: Clean Energy\, Health and the Environment\, and Regional Food Systems.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/networking-closing-reflections/
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SUMMARY:NETWORKING – Next Generation Philanthropy Trivia 'Afterparty'
DESCRIPTION:Presented and Sponsored by Frost Family Foundation\n\n\n\nYoung people across America are driving today’s calls for radical societal transformation. Likewise\, young trustees of family foundations are sparking new\, and sometimes radical\, conversations about how generational wealth is deployed through philanthropy.  \n\n\n\nBring a drink or snack and a friendly sense of competition for a fun trivia ‘afterparty’ where you’ll have the opportunity to connect with other next generation philanthropists\, trustees\, and staff in the SAFSF network. This session is intended for young SAFSF members seeking to connect with each other. It also provides a learning and connecting opportunity for foundation trustees and staff who are preparing to bring younger members into active foundation roles. \n\n\n\nHost\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshley Lukens\, Frost Family Foundation; HI\n\n\n\n\nAshley Lukens\, PhD is an independent philanthropic and development advisor in Hawaiʻi and Oregon. She has worked in and with the impact sector in Hawaiʻi since 2006 as the founder of the Hawaiʻi Food Policy Council\, owner of Baby Awearness\, director of the RISE Program at Kupu\, director of Hawaiʻi 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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/networking-next-generation-philanthropy-trivia-session/
CATEGORIES:Forum Networking,SAFSF Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210519T170000
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice - Application Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\, First Nations Development Institute (FNDI)\, and Melvin Consulting PLLC are excited to invite registration for a new Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice. Over the course of a year\, a group of 14 funders will gather to: \n\n\n\nInteract\, learn\, and build relationships with Native American practitioners\, organizations\, and communities offering food systems solutions;Share and sharpen their skills and strategies for investing in Indigenous partners who are leading sustainable agriculture and food systems work in Indian Country;Build awareness of and respond to the historic\, structural\, current (e.g. impacts of COVID-19)\, and philanthropic barriers that Native communities and Tribal governments face in obtaining funding; andEnjoy the fellowship and support of other funders committed to investing in Indigenous communities.\n\n\n\nApplications will be accepted through the end of the day on Wednesday\, May 19\, 2021. \n\n\n\n\nVIEW DETAILS
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/indigenous-food-systems-community-of-practice-application-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210510T165826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210510T165942Z
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SUMMARY:Farm and Food Business Viability for Thriving Communities
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Community Food Funders; co-sponsored by the Joyce & Irving Goldman Family Foundation andSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders\n\n\n\nFarm and food entrepreneurs in New England and the Hudson Valley are facing the challenges of climate change\, an economic structure that has left rural America in poverty\, as well as an ongoing history of racism\, sexism and bigotry. These rural communities in our region are resilient\, but they need our support to thrive. \n\n\n\nThe Agricultural Viability Alliance​\, formerly the Blueprint\, is made up of members who work to support the farmers and food businesses of this region to not only meet these challenges – but to create a thriving\, sustainable and more resilient food system. By providing essential 1-to-1 business support they reduce the stress and increase the stability and confidence of these foundational businesses while encouraging start ups. This type of assistance supports small business owners in preparing for climate impacts\, improving pay for farm workers\, and encouraging civic engagement from our rural community members. \n\n\n\nJoin CFF as we hear from farm and food business technical assistance providers\, as well as the entrepreneurs they support\, to understand this critical resource and how we can better support a thriving local food system. \n\n\n\nPresenters (list in formation) \n\n\n\nTodd Erling\, Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development CorpChris Wayne\, GrowNYCJohanna de Graffenreid\, Agricultural Viability Alliance\n\n\n\nOnline webinar for funders only
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-and-food-business-viability-for-thriving-communities/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210520T153411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210611T000036Z
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: Funders' Role In Successful USDA Regional Food System Partnerships Proposals
DESCRIPTION:USDA has announced the availability of $15.3 million in competitive grant funding for 2021 through the Regional Food System Partnerships (RFSP) program\, with a proposal deadline of July 6. This is 50 percent more than USDA awarded in 2020\, the first year of RFSP grantmaking\, thanks to a combination of funding from the 2018 Farm Bill and 2021 Pandemic Assistance for Producers.  \n\n\n\nThe RFSP program encourages private philanthropy to fully engage as partners on these projects\, not simply as matching funders. USDA also encourages smaller farms and ranches\, new and beginning farmers and ranchers\, socially disadvantaged producers\, veteran producers\, and underserved communities to apply\, but these potential grantees may need support from current funders to help navigate the complicated application process and understand best practices for greatest chance of success. \n\n\n\nSAFSF members First Nations Development Institute\, MSU Center for Regional Food Systems\, and Thornburg Foundation were philanthropic partners on successful RFSP proposals in 2020. Join this informal discussion to hear why they partnered on RFSP proposals\, how their involvement strengthened the partnerships beyond their matching dollars\, and how you can leverage your support for grantees who could benefit from this new program.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-funders-role-in-successful-usda-regional-food-system-partnership-proposals/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210708T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210708T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210603T161534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210709T022731Z
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SUMMARY:What's Up with Food and Farm Investing: A Peer Conversation with the SAFSF 2020-21 Investment Cohort
DESCRIPTION:Eighteen experienced impact investors from the SAFSF network met regularly as a cohort over the past year to share learnings\, address challenges\, and find fellowship. This session shares a taste of the group’s conversations with the SAFSF network. During the session\, investors will discuss what inspires their work\, and how they think about investing in order to shift power\, achieve returns\, and build a more equitable food system. \n\n\n\nCohort member Katherine Pease of Pathstone will moderate a dynamic panel discussion with investor peers from the cohort. Following\, you can take your pick of three actionable breakout sessions where participants can connect with each other and with our cohort members. Choose to join a conversation about one of the following: \n\n\n\nGetting started with food and farm investing: Bring your questions and learn about some of the most approachable places to get started as a food and farm investor. Peer leaders: Rosalie Cates\, Philanthropy Northwest and the Giving Practice; Karla Miller\, Northwest Area Foundation; Lisa Sebesta\, Sitari Capital Investor power-shifts: Explore the dynamics of investor power\, respectful relationships with borrowers and communities\, and racial equity goals. Peer leaders: Kat Gilje\, Ceres Trust; Karen Swift\, Swift Foundation; Olivia Watkins\, Black Farmer Fund Building a food and farm portfolio: Learn how some ag-minded investors make both program- and mission-related investments (PRIs and MRIs) across asset classes\, build relationships\, and source deals. Peer leaders: Jason Ingle\, Closed Loop Capital; Katherine Pease\, Pathstone\n\n\n\nWhether you’re still exploring how to shift part of your endowment to social impact investing or have made many investments for financial return already\, we hope you’ll leave this conversation a little more inspired\, connected\, and ready to move forward in your work. \n\n\n\nNote: This webinar is limited to grantmakers and investors.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-investment-cohort-showcase-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210713T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210713T123000
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CREATED:20210622T193750Z
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SUMMARY:U.S. Food and Agriculture Policy: A Pivotal Moment For Action | Webinar 1
DESCRIPTION:In this first webinar of a 3-part series\, we will lay the groundwork for the current political context and implications for food and ag policymaking. The next 18 months are going to be critical for driving progressive policy change – it’s now or never. We will cover the American Jobs Plan and how this is our window of opportunity to deliver more funding for the 2023 Farm Bill to support regenerative agriculture initiatives\, as well as other critical policy priorities\, such as reparative policies that aim to support Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color (BIPOC) who have been on the frontlines of the fights for food sovereignty\, racial justice\, climate justice\, food security\, worker justice\, land justice\, and environmental justice. Our goal with this webinar is to not only inform but to provide funders across the food and ag sector with both the context and the pathways for engaging in this critical moment\, including the opportunities to partner with key policy advocacy groups who need our support in the coming months. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Panelists for this discussion will include experts from NSAC\, Native Farm Bill Coalition\, Young Farmers Alliance\, and other key policy and advocacy leaders \n\n\n\nView descriptions for the other session in the series  \n\n\n\nWebinar 1: US Food and Agriculture Policy: A Pivotal Moment For Action | July 13\, 2021 \n\n\n\nFUNDERS ONLY: Download Key Takeaways\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWebinar 2:  Pathways for Engagement: A Deeper Look at Key Policy Strategies and Opportunities | September 14\, 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar 3: Playing to Win: How to Engage Both C3 and C4 Strategies | October 19\, 2021
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-and-agriculture-policy-1/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210721T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210721T123000
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: SAFSF Network Update
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF’s Network Update is our annual membership conversation about who we are\, what we’ve accomplished\, and where we are headed together. Join staff and Board leaders to discuss the many milestones we’ve achieved in the past 12 months\, including: \n\n\n\nthe progress of our staff and Board equity journey;governance shifts with new Directors\, leadership\, and committees;new program and communications staff;an updated and expanded strategic plan; anda growing public profile on policy and practice issues at the intersection where agriculture and food systems meet philanthropy.\n\n\n\nWe’ll also talk about what’s ahead for the next 12-18 months\, including: \n\n\n\nstaying accountable to our Commitment to Racial Justice;ramping up and diversifying our communications outreach;analyzing and acting on the data from our triennial member evaluation survey (open now!);safely returning to in-person and hybrid convenings;adding new voices to member leadership and long-range thinking about the future of SAFSF.\n\n\n\nThis call is open to SAFSF members only. Registration is required. \n\n\n\nMEMBERS MAY ACCESS THE RECORDING AND PRESENTATION BY LOGGING IN TO THE MEMBER PORTAL AND CLICKING THE “MEMBER DATA” ICON
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-safsf-network-update/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210727T091639
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210727T091639
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SUMMARY:Network Partnerships - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and seen someprosper while others struggled to find their footing. This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will provide a venue for learning\, sharing best practices\, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and\, as part of a network of regional groups\, contributes to systemic change on a national level as well. Register for the whole series for $100 or individual sessions for $25 each. \n\n\n\nAugust 11: Part 1 – Network Structure and PurposeA clear understanding of the scope of work and the goals funders have for coming together is critical in order to measure progress and determine if your network’s efforts are successful. In this session\, we’ll discuss different ways to structure and staff regional food funder networks\, what kinds of gaps and needs networks often seek to address\, and look at various outcomes achieved by regional groups. \n\n\n\nSept 22: Part 2 – Meaningful MeetingsMeetings are important venues for building relationships. Meetings should also help move funders in a regional group toward their overall goals for collaboration. In this session\, we’ll talk about identifying relevant and timely topics\, balancing internal and external speakers and ensuring valuable takeaways from meetings. We’ll also talk about meeting frequency and how to engage participants to keep energy and enthusiasm high. \n\n\n\nOct 21: Part 3 – Network PartnershipsA regional food funder network is just one element of any regional food system. In this session\, we’ll look at co-programming with regional associations of grantmakers\, councils of governments and state/regional agencies to engage new funders and open new paths for leveraging philanthropic dollars. We’ll also look at strengthening regional cooperation through connections with food policy councils\, food system networks\, sustainable agriculture coalitions and others. \n\n\n\nNov 10: Part 4 – Regional-National Policy ConnectionsFood funders often find themselves stepping into the breach between federal policies and funding\, and the capacity to implement those policies or distribute that funding at the local and regional level. In this session\, we will address the roles regionally organized funders can play in helping to align regional and federal policy priorities so philanthropic dollars can be more effectively and equitably leveraged in communities. \n\n\n\nDec 14: Part 5 – Network OutreachLet other funders know what you are doing and invite them to engage with your network through strategic outreach. In this session\, we’ll examine how to use meetings and programs as outreach tools\, how to keep those in the network informed and in touch with each other\, ways to share your food system learnings with others in philanthropy\, and how to interact with media to bring wider attention to critical regional food issues. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNetwork Partnerships – Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks\, Part 3
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/network-partnerships-building-effective-regional-food-funder-networks-part-3-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210806T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210806T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210721T151629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210721T151630Z
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SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline - Board of Directors
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is accepting nominations for two positions on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning in October 2021. Self-nomination or nominations of other qualified candidates are welcome. Click here for full description and nomination form.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/nomination-deadline-board-of-directors/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210622T184650Z
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SUMMARY:Network Structure and Purpose - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and seen someprosper while others struggled to find their footing. This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will provide a venue for learning\, sharing best practices\, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and\, as part of a network of regional groups\, contributes to systemic change on a national level as well. Register for the whole series for $100 or individual sessions for $25 each. \n\n\n\nAs every region and network is different\, there is no one way or best practice that is going to apply to everyone. Rather than have so-called “experts” speak during these workshops\, we will kick off each conversation with a brief sharing from a funder or network with an instructive perspective on the topic at hand as a starting point for conversation. Our goal is to facilitate a semi-structured opportunity for all participants to share their experiences and\, as a group\, look for opportunities to develop shared resources and “workshop” approaches that increase the effectiveness of individual networks\, while strengthening connections between regional networks for greater impact across the nation.  \n\n\n\nAugust 11: Part 1 – Network Structure and PurposeA clear understanding of the scope of work and the goals funders have for coming together is critical in order to measure progress and determine if your network’s efforts are successful. In this session\, we’ll discuss different ways to structure and staff regional food funder networks\, what kinds of gaps and needs networks often seek to address\, and look at various outcomes achieved by regional groups. Conversation kick-off: Virginia Clarke\, executive director of SAFSF. \n\n\n\nSeptember 22: Part 2 – Network Partnerships (note date change)A regional food funder network is just one element of any regional food system. In this session\, we’ll look at co-programming with regional associations of grantmakers\, councils of governments and state/regional agencies to engage new funders and open new paths for leveraging philanthropic dollars. We’ll also look at strengthening regional cooperation through connections with food policy councils\, food system networks\, sustainable agriculture coalitions and others. Conversation kick-off: Carol Pickering\, Dietel & Partners\, co-chair of the Food and Agriculture Systems Working Group of the Appalachia Funders Network. \n\n\n\nOctober 21: Part 3 – Meaningful Meetings (note date change)Meetings are important venues for building relationships. Meetings should also help move funders in a regional group toward their overall goals for collaboration. In this session\, we’ll talk about identifying relevant and timely topics\, balancing internal and external speakers and ensuring valuable takeaways from meetings. We’ll also talk about meeting frequency and how to engage participants to keep energy and enthusiasm high. Conversation kick-off: Adam Liebowitz\, North Star Fund\, director of Community Food Funders in New York. \n\n\n\nNovember 10: Part 4 – Regional-National Policy ConnectionsFood funders often find themselves stepping into the breach between federal policies and funding\, and the capacity to implement those policies or distribute that funding at the local and regional level. In this session\, we will address the roles regionally organized funders can play in helping to align regional and federal policy priorities so philanthropic dollars can be more effectively and equitably leveraged in communities. Conversation kick-off: Andrew McElwaine\, Heinz Endowments\, co-convener of Pennsylvania funder group organizing for 2023 Farm Bill advocacy. \n\n\n\nDecember 14: Part 5 – Network OutreachLet other funders know what you are doing and invite them to engage with your network through strategic outreach. In this session\, we’ll examine how to use meetings and programs as outreach tools\, how to keep those in the network informed and in touch with each other\, ways to share your food system learnings with others in philanthropy\, and how to interact with media to bring wider attention to critical regional food issues. Conservation kick-off: Karen Lehman\, director of Fresh Taste in Chicago.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/network-structure-and-purpose-building-effective-regional-food-funder-networks-part-1/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210901T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210901T113000
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SUMMARY:Investing in Regenerative Agriculture: Voices from the Field
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Pathstone \n\n\n\nMark your calendar for Pathstone’s live video seminar highlighting key themes from their recent collaboration with a range of subject matter experts in this important and growing focus for investors. Registration link coming soon! \n\n\n\nPathstone Managing Director Katherine Pease will facilitate an in-depth\, interactive session with the people whose work is featured in our recent report\, Investing in Regenerative Agriculture: Voices from the Field. Presenters include leaders and practitioners in finance and investing\, farming\, advocacy and organizing\, philanthropy\, and academia. SAFSF’s Sarah Kelley will be among the speakers\, and will discuss the SAFSF Fibers Roadmap.  \n\n\n\nTopics will include: \n\n\n\nExploring regenerative agriculture – definitions\, best practices\, and innovations.Financing social equity within regenerative agriculture: mobilizing capital for Native American farmers and producers\, Black farmers\, and other underserved communities.Investing in the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture.Investing in AgTech for impact.Transforming the Ag System: A vision for the future informed by lessons from the past.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/investing-in-regenerative-agriculture-voices-from-the-field/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210622T194331Z
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SUMMARY:Pathways for Engagement: A Deeper Look at Key Policy Strategies and Opportunities | Webinar 2
DESCRIPTION:Building off of webinar 1 and our current understanding of the state of agricultural policy in the U.S.\, we will dive deeper into the opportunities to secure progressive food and ag policies at both the state and national levels. In addition to highlighting some of the key strategies identified\, we will hear from experts and organizations who are leading these key strategies forward across the US. We will discuss topics such as how to connect critical state level policy work and organizations with the broader national policy work and conversations\, as we move towards the next two farm bills\, as well as what we will need to do to mobilize leaders and community organizations in the south and other key states. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: To be announced \n\n\n\nView descriptions for the other session in the series \n\n\n\nWebinar 1: US Food and Agriculture Policy: A Pivotal Moment For Action | July 13\, 2021 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWebinar 2: Pathways for Engagement: A Deeper Look at Key Policy Strategies and Opportunities | September 14\, 2021 \n\n\n\nFUNDERS ONLY: Download Key Takeaways\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWebinar 3: Playing to Win: How to Engage Both C3 and C4 Strategies | October 19\, 2021
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-and-agriculture-policy-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210818T202346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T162456Z
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SUMMARY:SAFSF In the Kitchen Call: Funder Toolkit on Climate\, Health\, & Equity
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and HEFN \n\n\n\nJoin SAFSF\, Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN)\, and your member peers to dive into the recently released funder toolkit\, Investing at the Frontlines of Climate Change. This funder toolkit was created to accelerate philanthropy at the intersection of climate change\, health\, and equity. \n\n\n\nDuring this session\, funder participants will: \n\n\n\nLearn about how this collaborative project was developedSee how the toolkit’s resources can help funders find their niche in addressing climate change and its health and equity impacts\, collaborate with partners\, better target their funding\, and have greater impactHave space to discuss\, share\, and learn about peers’ current efforts at the intersection of climate change\, health\, and equity.\n\n\n\nThis webinar is open to members of SAFSF and/or HEFN. Join us! \n\n\n\nPhotos: Parker Johnson\, Max Bender\, Ann McArthur\, Janine Robinson\, Marcus Kauffman on UnSplash\, Susan Melkisethian\, Stephen Yang\, The Solutions Project
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-in-the-kitchen-call-funder-toolkit-on-climate-health-equity/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210622T185633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210901T205217Z
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SUMMARY:Network Partnerships - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks\, Part 2
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and seen some prosper while others struggled to find their footing. This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will provide a venue for learning\, sharing best practices\, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and\, as part of a network of regional groups\, contributes to systemic change on a national level as well. Register for the whole series for $100 or individual sessions for $25 each. \n\n\n\nAs every region and network is different\, there is no one way or best practice that is going to apply to everyone. Rather than have so-called “experts” speak during these workshops\, we will kick off each conversation with a brief sharing from a funder or network with an instructive perspective on the topic at hand as a starting point for conversation. Our goal is to facilitate a semi-structured opportunity for all participants to share their experiences and\, as a group\, look for opportunities to develop shared resources and “workshop” approaches that increase the effectiveness of individual networks\, while strengthening connections between regional networks for greater impact across the nation.  \n\n\n\nAugust 11: Part 1 – Network Structure and PurposeA clear understanding of the scope of work and the goals funders have for coming together is critical in order to measure progress and determine if your network’s efforts are successful. In this session\, we’ll discuss different ways to structure and staff regional food funder networks\, what kinds of gaps and needs networks often seek to address\, and look at various outcomes achieved by regional groups. Conversation kick-off: Virginia Clarke\, executive director of SAFSF. \n\n\n\nSeptember 22: Part 2 – Network Partnerships (note date change)A regional food funder network is just one element of any regional food system. In this session\, we’ll look at co-programming with regional associations of grantmakers\, councils of governments and state/regional agencies to engage new funders and open new paths for leveraging philanthropic dollars. We’ll also look at strengthening regional cooperation through connections with food policy councils\, food system networks\, sustainable agriculture coalitions and others. Conversation kick-off: Carol Pickering\, Dietel & Partners\, co-chair of the Food and Agriculture Systems Working Group of the Appalachia Funders Network. \n\n\n\nOctober 21: Part 3 – Meaningful Meetings (note date change)Meetings are important venues for building relationships. Meetings should also help move funders in a regional group toward their overall goals for collaboration. In this session\, we’ll talk about identifying relevant and timely topics\, balancing internal and external speakers and ensuring valuable takeaways from meetings. We’ll also talk about meeting frequency and how to engage participants to keep energy and enthusiasm high. Conversation kick-off: Adam Liebowitz\, North Star Fund\, director of Community Food Funders in New York. \n\n\n\nNovember 10: Part 4 – Regional-National Policy ConnectionsFood funders often find themselves stepping into the breach between federal policies and funding\, and the capacity to implement those policies or distribute that funding at the local and regional level. In this session\, we will address the roles regionally organized funders can play in helping to align regional and federal policy priorities so philanthropic dollars can be more effectively and equitably leveraged in communities. Conversation kick-off: Andrew McElwaine\, Heinz Endowments\, co-convener of Pennsylvania funder group organizing for 2023 Farm Bill advocacy. \n\n\n\nDecember 14: Part 5 – Network OutreachLet other funders know what you are doing and invite them to engage with your network through strategic outreach. In this session\, we’ll examine how to use meetings and programs as outreach tools\, how to keep those in the network informed and in touch with each other\, ways to share your food system learnings with others in philanthropy\, and how to interact with media to bring wider attention to critical regional food issues. Conservation kick-off: Karen Lehman\, director of Fresh Taste in Chicago.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/network-partnerships-building-effective-regional-food-funder-networks-part-3/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Nutrition Incentives: Lessons and Opportunities to Improve Healthy Food Access
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with Grantmakers in Health (GIH) \n\n\n\nAccess to healthy food is an important social determinant of health. Over the past decade\, nutrition incentive programs that match federal SNAP dollars to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables have grown rapidly and proven to be a critical pathway to improving healthy food access. New streams of federal support that require local matching funds coupled with a surge in SNAP enrollment during the pandemic have presented important opportunities for public-private partnership. Join this webinar to learn about how these effective nutrition incentive programs have enabled vibrant public-private partnerships across the country\, the current state of the field and research\, and the opportunities for health funders to leverage these opportunities to improve healthy food access.  \n\n\n\nSpeakers include Mini Kahlon of UT Austin Dell Medical School and Factor Health\, Erica Raml of Fair Food Network\, and Amy Yaroch of Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is open only to SAFSF members and GIH Funding Partners. SAFSF members who are not also GIH Funding Partners\, please email Priya Uppuluri to register. GIH Funding Partners may click here to register.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/nutrition-incentives-lessons-and-opportunities-to-improve-healthy-food-access/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211019T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211019T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
CREATED:20210622T195144Z
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SUMMARY:Playing to Win: How to Engage Both C3 and C4 Strategies | Webinar 3
DESCRIPTION:A key barrier to advancing transformational reform in our food and ag systems has been a lack of awareness about what private foundations are allowed to do and fund under Internal Revenue Service guidelines in regards to policy work. In this webinar\, we will provide critical context and resources for funders to better understand ways to engage in policy work\, both C3 and C4 strategies\, as well as explore case studies of how different funders and peers have been able to employ these strategies to win. We know\, from evidence\, that when foundations invest in advancing policy change\, their money has a large-scale impact on individuals and communities. Grants of any size\, combined with targeted investments of time\, effort\, and collaboration at just the right moment\, can yield investments in the hundreds of thousands or hundreds of millions of dollars. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: This session will be led by the Alliance For Justice and Bolder Advocacy\, as well as feature speakers from key case studies (To be announced) \n\n\n\nView descriptions for the other session in the series \n\n\n\nWebinar 1: US Food and Agriculture Policy: A Pivotal Moment For Action | July 13\, 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar 2: Pathways for Engagement: A Deeper Look at Key Policy Strategies and Opportunities | September 14\, 2021 \n\n\n\nWebinar 3: Playing to Win: How to Engage Both C3 and C4 Strategies | October 19\, 2021
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-and-agriculture-policy-3/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T124556
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SUMMARY:Meaningful Meetings - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks: Part 3
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and seen someprosper while others struggled to find their footing. This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will provide a venue for learning\, sharing best practices\, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and\, as part of a network of regional groups\, contributes to systemic change on a national level as well. Register for the whole series for $100 or individual sessions for $25 each. \n\n\n\nAs every region and network is different\, there is no one way or best practice that is going to apply to everyone. Rather than have so-called “experts” speak during these workshops\, we will kick off each conversation with a brief sharing from a funder or network with an instructive perspective on the topic at hand as a starting point for conversation. Our goal is to facilitate a semi-structured opportunity for all participants to share their experiences and\, as a group\, look for opportunities to develop shared resources and “workshop” approaches that increase the effectiveness of individual networks\, while strengthening connections between regional networks for greater impact across the nation.  \n\n\n\nAugust 11: Part 1 – Network Structure and PurposeA clear understanding of the scope of work and the goals funders have for coming together is critical in order to measure progress and determine if your network’s efforts are successful. In this session\, we’ll discuss different ways to structure and staff regional food funder networks\, what kinds of gaps and needs networks often seek to address\, and look at various outcomes achieved by regional groups. Conversation kick-off: Virginia Clarke\, executive director of SAFSF. \n\n\n\nSeptember 22: Part 2 – Network Partnerships (note date change)A regional food funder network is just one element of any regional food system. In this session\, we’ll look at co-programming with regional associations of grantmakers\, councils of governments and state/regional agencies to engage new funders and open new paths for leveraging philanthropic dollars. We’ll also look at strengthening regional cooperation through connections with food policy councils\, food system networks\, sustainable agriculture coalitions and others. Conversation kick-off: Carol Pickering\, Dietel & Partners\, co-chair of the Food and Agriculture Systems Working Group of the Appalachia Funders Network. \n\n\n\nOctober 21: Part 3 – Meaningful Meetings (note date change)Meetings are important venues for building relationships. Meetings should also help move funders in a regional group toward their overall goals for collaboration. In this session\, we’ll talk about identifying relevant and timely topics\, balancing internal and external speakers and ensuring valuable takeaways from meetings. We’ll also talk about meeting frequency and how to engage participants to keep energy and enthusiasm high. Conversation kick-off: Adam Liebowitz\, North Star Fund\, director of Community Food Funders in New York. \n\n\n\nNovember 10: Part 4 – Regional-National Policy ConnectionsFood funders often find themselves stepping into the breach between federal policies and funding\, and the capacity to implement those policies or distribute that funding at the local and regional level. In this session\, we will address the roles regionally organized funders can play in helping to align regional and federal policy priorities so philanthropic dollars can be more effectively and equitably leveraged in communities. Conversation kick-off: Andrew McElwaine\, Heinz Endowments\, co-convener of Pennsylvania funder group organizing for 2023 Farm Bill advocacy. \n\n\n\nDecember 14: Part 5 – Network OutreachLet other funders know what you are doing and invite them to engage with your network through strategic outreach. In this session\, we’ll examine how to use meetings and programs as outreach tools\, how to keep those in the network informed and in touch with each other\, ways to share your food system learnings with others in philanthropy\, and how to interact with media to bring wider attention to critical regional food issues. Conservation kick-off: Karen Lehman\, director of Fresh Taste in Chicago.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/meaningful-meetings-building-effective-regional-food-funder-networks-part-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:BIPOC Networking
DESCRIPTION:Any funder (or PSO staff member) who identifies as Black\, Indigenous\, and/or a Person of Color is invited to share a supportive and respectful space to foster connection and share experiences. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/bipoc-networking/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211101T140000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Funding: Supporting Racial Justice in Food and Agriculture Philanthropy
DESCRIPTION:Join a funder peer follow-up to the special 2021 SAFSF Forum session Decolonizing Food Philanthropy. This follow–up conversation on Monday\, November 1 is available only to funders who participated in the special Forum session. For other funders\, note that we are exploring a repeat of the original conversation in spring 2022. \n\n\n\nThis session has the following goals: \n\n\n\nReflect: Hear from participants about their experience at the May workshop. Are there any learnings or new relationships that influenced your thinking or brought up questions in your work?\n\n\n\nCheck in: Discuss what has happened since the workshop – did you stay in touch with your accountability partner? How have your goals advanced? What new challenges have you faced\, and what have you moved forward?\n\n\n\nLook forward: What do you see as your “next right step\,” as Navina Khanna put it during the Forum session? What challenges are you facing?\n\n\n\nConnect: Are there specific ways SAFSF – or other members – might be able to help\, or new ways you’re interested in working together?\n\n\n\nThe session will be a facilitated conversation with breakout sessions. Participants must complete a self-reflection survey before the session. As with the Decolonizing workshop\, the session will not be recorded\, but we will be looking to share high-level takeaway and insights with our broader membership (without attribution\, and/or with permission). \n\n\n\nAbout the session nameYou’ve likely noticed that we renamed this follow-up Solidarity Philanthropy\, rather than Decolonizing Philanthropy\, the name of the original forum session. \n\n\n\nWe made the change because we seek to use language that is clear\, respectful\, and not appropriative\, especially as non-Indigenous People and in particular\, as white women. Together\, we are learning from the article “Decolonizing is Not A Metaphor\,” especially Tuck and Yang’s opening comment\, “Decolonization brings about the repatriation of Indigenous land and life; it is not a metaphor for other things we want to do to improve our societies and schools.”  \n\n\n\nWe are also learning from the powerful guidance brought forward by Native American philanthropist Edgar VillaNueva (Decolonizing Wealth and Liberated Capital)\, which includes a powerful critique of many forms of institutional philanthropy and also offers steps for healing and getting things right: grieve\, apologize\, listen\, relate\, represent\, invest\, and repair. These are important aspirations for us all in this moment of deep interconnected crises\, and deep openings toward healing and repair. \n\n\n\nWe chose to focus on Solidarity because we feel it captured the heart of what we’d set out to discuss with the speakers from the Open Letter Group–how as funders to stand with our colleagues in BIPOC- and frontline-led organizations in authentic and accountable ways.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/solidarity-funding-supporting-racial-justice-in-food-and-agriculture-philanthropy/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,SAFSF Forum,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Regional-National Policy Connections - Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks\, Part 4
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF has helped convene or been an advisor to many regional food funder networks over the years and been some prosper while others struggled to find their footing. This five-part series on Building Effective Regional Food Funder Networks will provide a venue for learning\, sharing best practices\, and discussing new resources that can help ensure your food funder network makes a difference in your region and\, as part of a network of regional groups\, contributes to systemic change on a national level as well. Register for the whole series for $100 or individual sessions for $25 each. \n\n\n\nAs every region and network is different\, there is no one way or best practice that is going to apply to everyone. Rather than have so-called “experts” speak during these workshops\, we will kick off each conversation with a brief sharing from a funder or network with an instructive perspective on the topic at hand as a starting point for conversation. Our goal is to facilitate a semi-structured opportunity for all participants to share their experiences and\, as a group\, look for opportunities to develop shared resources and “workshop” approaches that increase the effectiveness of individual networks\, while strengthening connections between regional networks for greater impact across the nation.  \n\n\n\nAugust 11: Part 1 – Network Structure and PurposeA clear understanding of the scope of work and the goals funders have for coming together is critical in order to measure progress and determine if your network’s efforts are successful. In this session\, we’ll discuss different ways to structure and staff regional food funder networks\, what kinds of gaps and needs networks often seek to address\, and look at various outcomes achieved by regional groups. Conversation kick-off: Virginia Clarke\, executive director of SAFSF. \n\n\n\nSeptember 22: Part 2 – Network Partnerships (note date change)A regional food funder network is just one element of any regional food system. In this session\, we’ll look at co-programming with regional associations of grantmakers\, councils of governments and state/regional agencies to engage new funders and open new paths for leveraging philanthropic dollars. We’ll also look at strengthening regional cooperation through connections with food policy councils\, food system networks\, sustainable agriculture coalitions and others. Conversation kick-off: Carol Pickering\, Dietel & Partners\, co-chair of the Food and Agriculture Systems Working Group of the Appalachia Funders Network. \n\n\n\nOctober 21: Part 3 – Meaningful Meetings (note date change)Meetings are important venues for building relationships. Meetings should also help move funders in a regional group toward their overall goals for collaboration. In this session\, we’ll talk about identifying relevant and timely topics\, balancing internal and external speakers and ensuring valuable takeaways from meetings. We’ll also talk about meeting frequency and how to engage participants to keep energy and enthusiasm high. Conversation kick-off: Adam Liebowitz\, North Star Fund\, director of Community Food Funders in New York. \n\n\n\nNovember 10: Part 4 – Regional-National Policy ConnectionsFood funders often find themselves stepping into the breach between federal policies and funding\, and the capacity to implement those policies or distribute that funding at the local and regional level. In this session\, we will address the roles regionally organized funders can play in helping to align regional and federal policy priorities so philanthropic dollars can be more effectively and equitably leveraged in communities. Conversation kick-off: Andrew McElwaine\, Heinz Endowments\, co-convener of Pennsylvania funder group organizing for 2023 Farm Bill advocacy. \n\n\n\nDecember 14: Part 5 – Network OutreachLet other funders know what you are doing and invite them to engage with your network through strategic outreach. In this session\, we’ll examine how to use meetings and programs as outreach tools\, how to keep those in the network informed and in touch with each other\, ways to share your food system learnings with others in philanthropy\, and how to interact with media to bring wider attention to critical regional food issues. Conservation kick-off: Karen Lehman\, director of Fresh Taste in Chicago.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/regional-national-policy-connections-building-effective-regional-food-funder-networks-part-4/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Backing Off the Herbicide Treadmill: Weed Management at the Intersection of Soil Health\, Climate Emergency\, Environmental Justice and Human Reproductive Health
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to explore the intersections of soil health\, environmental justice\, human reproductive threat and the climate emergency through the lens of extensive and rising herbicide use in US agriculture. Learn about how herbicides like glyphosate have led to widespread community exposures and the overall ramifications to human and environmental health\, especially in rural areas where pesticide exposure levels are much higher. We will also discuss the strategic opportunities for tackling herbicide dependence from multiple angles. The opportunity is ripe for shifting and changing policy with a sustained\, multidisciplinary approach demonstrating connection between excessive reliance on herbicides and a broad spectrum of collateral damage to our health\, the environment and the basis of soil health and fertility. \n\n\n\nThe Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) is a collaborative of leading scientists\, advocates\, policy experts\, community organizers and public health professionals. HHRA is carrying out\, and hopes to expand cutting-edge clinical research essential in understanding how pesticide exposures during pregnancy and as children grow up can trigger adverse birth outcomes and developmental problems\, and heighten risk of adult-onset disease. The Heartland Study\, HHRA’s flagship project\, is a large-scale\, multi-disciplinary birth cohort study is quantifying herbicide exposures of expectant mothers across the Corn Belt and upper Mississippi Valley. It is documenting birth outcomes and newborn health\, monitoring for linkages between prenatal herbicide exposures to moms and dads\, and problem pregnancies\, birth defects\, epigenetic changes and neurodevelopment. By documenting connections between public health outcomes and soil health\, carbon sequestration and climate\, carbon/nitrogen cycling\, promoting microbiome health via soil health\, toxics\, environmental justice and changes in land use—this work hopes to leverage transformative policy change in several areas. \n\n\n\nWe will also discuss the rising reliance on high-risk herbicides in the Midwest\, the problems arising as a result\, and what needs to change to help farmers back off the herbicide treadmill. The panel will discuss how climate forward farming will have to contend with weed management and will share the status of their ongoing critical study following expectant parents’ herbicide exposures and the health effects in their children. If any of the following issues are of interest\, please join us for this important webinar: \n\n\n\nDepth and breadth of the herbicide-GE seed trap that farmers are massively locked into. The treadmill trap is deeper than ever\, and at a tipping point of failure.Shattered premises of pesticide risk assessment and regulation\, and consequential widespread\, compound harms. The courts are holding the system accountable for catastrophic neglect\, but cannot fix problems rooted in outdated laws\, policies and business models that promote excessive reliance on pesticides. We’ll discuss the regulatory consequences of Bayer/Monsanto trial evidence\, paraquat and chlorpyrifos litigation and the seismic changes needed in how farmers manage pests and regulators mitigate pesticide damage.The contradictions of herbicide dependence for scaling regenerative cropping systems. Focus on carbon-chemistry and soil mechanics is obscuring the biological fundamentals of soil health and ignoring the soil-health deficit due to agricultural chemicals.  Vulnerable communities on the front lines and public health-agriculture organizing in the Upper Midwest. Connecting the dots at the local and regional level for harm reduction\, participatory science\, environmental justice and public health education/advocacy. Strong local movements have to be a source of and force for solutions.\n\n\n\nModerator: Dr. Urvashi Rangan\, PhD Chief Scientist\, GRACE Communications Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\nDr. Chuck Benbrook\, ED Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA)Audrey Tran Lam\, MPH University of Northern Iowa\, Farming For Public Health (HHRA Board Member)Zoe Hollomon\, Co-Director\, Pesticide Action NetworkDr. Robin Mesnage\, Kings College\, London UK\, Molecular and Medical Genetics (HHRA Science Advisor)Mark Lipson\, Staff Affiliate UC Santa Cruz\, Center for Agroecology  (HHRA Consultant)\n\n\n\nSponsored by: Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA)\, Health & Environmental Funders Network (HEFN)\, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF).
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/backing-off-the-herbicide-treadmill-weed-management-at-the-intersection-of-soil-health-climate-emergency-environmental-justice-and-human-reproductive-health/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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