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SUMMARY:From Lab to Fork: Critical Questions on Laboratory-Created Animal Product Alternatives
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Nell Newman Foundation\, the 11th Hour Project\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, and TomKat Foundation \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Animal Grantmakers and the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) \n\n\n\nLaboratory-created animal product alternatives\, such as “clean” meat and genetically engineered meat and dairy replacement products\, are increasingly garnering attention in the media and among investors. These products\, while bold in their goals to reduce factory farming\, have not yet been fully assessed for their impacts on human health or the environment as outlined in the recent “From Lab to Fork” report released by Friends of the Earth. \n\n\n\nOn August 16th\, please join us for a 90-minute webinar and discussion about this emerging wave of products rapidly entering the market. The webinar will offer a moderated discussion with policy and science experts who can explain how these “food-tech” products are produced; highlight regulatory gaps in oversight and their implications; and explore how these products fit in our current understanding of sustainable and healthy foods. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nKathy Sessions\, executive director\, Health and Environmental Funders Network \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Michael Hansen\, senior scientist\, Consumer ReportsPatty Lovera\, assistant director\, Food and Water WatchDana Perls\, senior food and technology campaigner\, Friends of the Earth
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/from-lab-to-fork-critical-questions-on-laboratory-created-animal-product-alternatives/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:From Lab to Fork: Critical Questions on Laboratory-Created Animal Product Alternatives
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Nell Newman Foundation\, the 11th Hour Project\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, and TomKat Foundation \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Animal Grantmakers and the Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) \n\n\n\nLaboratory-created animal product alternatives\, such as “clean” meat and genetically engineered meat and dairy replacement products\, are increasingly garnering attention in the media and among investors. These products\, while bold in their goals to reduce factory farming\, have not yet been fully assessed for their impacts on human health or the environment as outlined in the recent “From Lab to Fork” report released by Friends of the Earth. \n\n\n\nOn August 16th\, please join us for a 90-minute webinar and discussion about this emerging wave of products rapidly entering the market. The webinar will offer a moderated discussion with policy and science experts who can explain how these “food-tech” products are produced; highlight regulatory gaps in oversight and their implications; and explore how these products fit in our current understanding of sustainable and healthy foods. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nKathy Sessions\, executive director\, Health and Environmental Funders Network \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Michael Hansen\, senior scientist\, Consumer ReportsPatty Lovera\, assistant director\, Food and Water WatchDana Perls\, senior food and technology campaigner\, Friends of the Earth
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/from-lab-to-fork-critical-questions-on-laboratory-created-animal-product-alternatives-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181001T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181001T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
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SUMMARY:Fresh Perspective: Food\, Equity and Community Development Funders’ Bus Tour
DESCRIPTION:Please join The California Wellness Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, the Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative\, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and Southern California Grantmakers for a funders-only bus tour in South Los Angeles to explore how food can be a powerful driver of equity and community economic development. \n\n\n\nFood is essential to the health and vitality of a community. Through evidence-based practices\, creative placemaking and social enterprising\, nonprofits are using food to connect health\, culture and economic opportunity in historically disenfranchised communities. Investments in community-rooted food enterprise can be a critical way to stabilize neighborhoods in transition and garner economic and social equity. This tour will feature the projects of several non-profit organizations who are bridging healthy food access and equitable economic development. Looking at community food enterprise at various scales ranging from street vendors to neighborhood markets to a major distribution and growing hub\, the tour will highlight food security and food access and the case for an increased investment of social and economic capital\, specifically in South Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nTime: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm (bus will leave promptly at 9:00 am and return no later than 2:00 pm) \n\n\n\nTour Starting Location: Community Health Councils (3731 Stocker St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90008) \n\n\n\nParticipants may park on site behind the office building for free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nTour Partners: Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, LURN and Community Health Councils. \n\n\n\nFeeSCG members and SAFSF members: No cost to participateNon-members: $100 \n\n\n\nWho May AttendCurrent SAFSF\, SCG\, and NCG members and other funders.For registration questions\, please email programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nSAFSF members: email Bethanie@socalgrantmakers.org Please be sure to note any dietary restrictions/requirements.SCG members: please log in to your SCG account to register online.NCG and SCG members: please complete this form.Eligible non-members\, in order to register for SCG events you will need to apply for an account. Please do so here.Accommodations for People with DisabilitiesIf you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate in this activity\, please contact our programs team at programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org or (213) 680-8866. You will be contacted by someone from our staff to discuss your specific needs.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fresh-perspective-food-equity-and-community-development-funders-bus-tour/
CATEGORIES:Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181001T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181001T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
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SUMMARY:Fresh Perspective: Food\, Equity and Community Development Funders’ Bus Tour
DESCRIPTION:Please join The California Wellness Foundation\, Kaiser Permanente\, the Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, the Los Angeles Funders’ Collaborative\, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) and Southern California Grantmakers for a funders-only bus tour in South Los Angeles to explore how food can be a powerful driver of equity and community economic development. \n\n\n\nFood is essential to the health and vitality of a community. Through evidence-based practices\, creative placemaking and social enterprising\, nonprofits are using food to connect health\, culture and economic opportunity in historically disenfranchised communities. Investments in community-rooted food enterprise can be a critical way to stabilize neighborhoods in transition and garner economic and social equity. This tour will feature the projects of several non-profit organizations who are bridging healthy food access and equitable economic development. Looking at community food enterprise at various scales ranging from street vendors to neighborhood markets to a major distribution and growing hub\, the tour will highlight food security and food access and the case for an increased investment of social and economic capital\, specifically in South Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nTime: 8:00 am – 2:00 pm (bus will leave promptly at 9:00 am and return no later than 2:00 pm) \n\n\n\nTour Starting Location: Community Health Councils (3731 Stocker St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90008) \n\n\n\nParticipants may park on site behind the office building for free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. \n\n\n\nTour Partners: Los Angeles Food Policy Council\, LURN and Community Health Councils. \n\n\n\nFeeSCG members and SAFSF members: No cost to participateNon-members: $100 \n\n\n\nWho May AttendCurrent SAFSF\, SCG\, and NCG members and other funders.For registration questions\, please email programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org. \n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nSAFSF members: email Bethanie@socalgrantmakers.org Please be sure to note any dietary restrictions/requirements.SCG members: please log in to your SCG account to register online.NCG and SCG members: please complete this form.Eligible non-members\, in order to register for SCG events you will need to apply for an account. Please do so here.Accommodations for People with DisabilitiesIf you have a disability and require accommodation in order to fully participate in this activity\, please contact our programs team at programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org or (213) 680-8866. You will be contacted by someone from our staff to discuss your specific needs.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fresh-perspective-food-equity-and-community-development-funders-bus-tour-2/
CATEGORIES:Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T101500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
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SUMMARY:Removing Structural Barriers for the Next Generation of Farmers: Land\, Capital\, Gender\, and Race
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Leichtag Foundation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to listen to the webinar recording and view the presentation slides. \n\n\n\nResources mentioned during the call include:– Young farmers are the least diverse – and smallest – group of farmers in the country (Link) \n\n\n\n– How knowledge deficit interventions fail to resolve beginning farmer challenges (Link) \n\n\n\n– After the incubator: Factors impeding land access along the path from farmworker to proprietor (Link) \n\n\n\n– Investing in Food Systems: Gaps in Capital\, Analysis and Leadership (Link) \n\n\n\n– The New American Farmer: Race\, Immigration and Sustainability\, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern (forthcoming book is under contract with MIT Press) (Link) \n\n\n\n– Decolonization is not a metaphor (Link) \n\n\n\nWebinar Description:The average age of the American farmer in the United States is 58 years. To ensure the continued success of agriculture\, it is necessary to facilitate the transfer of skills and knowledge between current and future generations. However\, to create a truly diverse\, equitable\, and sustainable food system for tomorrow\, new and beginning farmer programs today must go beyond knowledge sharing. It is vital that we acknowledge and learn from the limitations of current beginning farmer programming and challenge ourselves to address structural barriers\, including land\, capital\, gender\, and race. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, speakers will discuss structural limitations of current beginning farmer programming and share examples of how they are addressing deeply entrenched issues of land\, capital\, gender\, and race to ensure that we are creating real opportunities for the next generation of farmers. Participants will learn about the challenges and opportunities to drive change and create equity in the food system. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nSona Desai\, director of food systems development\, Leichtag Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Maggie Donin\, farm business specialist\, Intervale CenterDavid Mancera\, farm business advisor\, Kitchen Table AdvisorsBrett Melone\, director of lending\, California FarmLinkMai Nguyen\, California organizer\, National Young Farmers Coalition; farmer\, Sonoma Grain Collaborative \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only. 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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/removing-structural-barriers-for-the-next-generation-of-farmers-land-capital-gender-and-race/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T101500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
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SUMMARY:Removing Structural Barriers for the Next Generation of Farmers: Land\, Capital\, Gender\, and Race
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Leichtag Foundation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to listen to the webinar recording and view the presentation slides. \n\n\n\nResources mentioned during the call include:– Young farmers are the least diverse – and smallest – group of farmers in the country (Link) \n\n\n\n– How knowledge deficit interventions fail to resolve beginning farmer challenges (Link) \n\n\n\n– After the incubator: Factors impeding land access along the path from farmworker to proprietor (Link) \n\n\n\n– Investing in Food Systems: Gaps in Capital\, Analysis and Leadership (Link) \n\n\n\n– The New American Farmer: Race\, Immigration and Sustainability\, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern (forthcoming book is under contract with MIT Press) (Link) \n\n\n\n– Decolonization is not a metaphor (Link) \n\n\n\nWebinar Description:The average age of the American farmer in the United States is 58 years. To ensure the continued success of agriculture\, it is necessary to facilitate the transfer of skills and knowledge between current and future generations. However\, to create a truly diverse\, equitable\, and sustainable food system for tomorrow\, new and beginning farmer programs today must go beyond knowledge sharing. It is vital that we acknowledge and learn from the limitations of current beginning farmer programming and challenge ourselves to address structural barriers\, including land\, capital\, gender\, and race. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, speakers will discuss structural limitations of current beginning farmer programming and share examples of how they are addressing deeply entrenched issues of land\, capital\, gender\, and race to ensure that we are creating real opportunities for the next generation of farmers. Participants will learn about the challenges and opportunities to drive change and create equity in the food system. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nSona Desai\, director of food systems development\, Leichtag Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Maggie Donin\, farm business specialist\, Intervale CenterDavid Mancera\, farm business advisor\, Kitchen Table AdvisorsBrett Melone\, director of lending\, California FarmLinkMai Nguyen\, California organizer\, National Young Farmers Coalition; farmer\, Sonoma Grain Collaborative \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only. 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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/removing-structural-barriers-for-the-next-generation-of-farmers-land-capital-gender-and-race-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T104500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
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SUMMARY:Transformative Strategies for Climate-Friendly Livestock Production
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by GRACE Communications FoundationCo-sponsored by Environmental Grantmakers Association \n\n\n\nThe rise in intensifying natural disasters like Hurricane Florence brings a new sense of urgency in re-thinking climate change. By 2050\, all sectors of the economy must get on a 1.5 degree Celsius (2.7 degree Fahrenheit) global warming pathway to secure a future for humanity. Food and agriculture\, a significant contributor of global greenhouse gas emissions\, must play a critical role in achieving that transition. The livestock sector\, in particular\, is critical to this transition given its substantial impact on communities and landscapes across the globe. \n\n\n\nIn the last two decades\, significant resources have been invested in strategies to shift land use and supply chains for industrial agriculture\, from soy moratoriums in the Amazon to industry-led roundtables on soy and beef. Yet in the United States\, more confined animal facilities are being sited or proposed in rural communities for exports; in eastern Europe\, more land is being acquired for feed and meat production; and in recent years in Brazil\, the rate of deforestation related to livestock production has increased as feed grain monocultures and overgrazing expand to fragile ecosystems. Given these realities\, momentum is increasing around shifting consumer preferences toward more plant-based diets and lab meat alternatives\, even as production and exports of beef\, pork\, and poultry continue to rise. \n\n\n\nWhat might a comprehensive strategy look like to shift the livestock sector toward a climate-friendly pathway? This funder webinar will share highlights from a recent report published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and GRAIN\, identify strategic areas of needed engagement\, and illuminate pathways toward a just transition through agroecology. The dialogue is intended to catalyze a critical discussion about transformative strategies that move livestock production toward a model that contributes to climate mitigation\, builds agricultural and ecosystem resilience\, and respect human rights and animal welfare. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nPeter Riggs\, consultant\, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; director\, Pivot Point \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Dr. Christine Chemnitz\, head of international agricultural policy division\, Heinrich Böll FoundationOlivier De Schutter\, co-chair of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)\, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to foodShefali Sharma\, director\, European office\, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)Resource: Emissions Impossible (2018)\, GRAIN and Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only. 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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/transformative-strategies-for-climate-friendly-livestock-production/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181024T104500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T225604Z
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SUMMARY:Transformative Strategies for Climate-Friendly Livestock Production
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by GRACE Communications FoundationCo-sponsored by Environmental Grantmakers Association \n\n\n\nThe rise in intensifying natural disasters like Hurricane Florence brings a new sense of urgency in re-thinking climate change. By 2050\, all sectors of the economy must get on a 1.5 degree Celsius (2.7 degree Fahrenheit) global warming pathway to secure a future for humanity. Food and agriculture\, a significant contributor of global greenhouse gas emissions\, must play a critical role in achieving that transition. The livestock sector\, in particular\, is critical to this transition given its substantial impact on communities and landscapes across the globe. \n\n\n\nIn the last two decades\, significant resources have been invested in strategies to shift land use and supply chains for industrial agriculture\, from soy moratoriums in the Amazon to industry-led roundtables on soy and beef. Yet in the United States\, more confined animal facilities are being sited or proposed in rural communities for exports; in eastern Europe\, more land is being acquired for feed and meat production; and in recent years in Brazil\, the rate of deforestation related to livestock production has increased as feed grain monocultures and overgrazing expand to fragile ecosystems. Given these realities\, momentum is increasing around shifting consumer preferences toward more plant-based diets and lab meat alternatives\, even as production and exports of beef\, pork\, and poultry continue to rise. \n\n\n\nWhat might a comprehensive strategy look like to shift the livestock sector toward a climate-friendly pathway? This funder webinar will share highlights from a recent report published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and GRAIN\, identify strategic areas of needed engagement\, and illuminate pathways toward a just transition through agroecology. The dialogue is intended to catalyze a critical discussion about transformative strategies that move livestock production toward a model that contributes to climate mitigation\, builds agricultural and ecosystem resilience\, and respect human rights and animal welfare. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nPeter Riggs\, consultant\, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; director\, Pivot Point \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Dr. Christine Chemnitz\, head of international agricultural policy division\, Heinrich Böll FoundationOlivier De Schutter\, co-chair of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food)\, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to foodShefali Sharma\, director\, European office\, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)Resource: Emissions Impossible (2018)\, GRAIN and Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only. 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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/transformative-strategies-for-climate-friendly-livestock-production-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20181101T155037Z
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SUMMARY:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker Justice
DESCRIPTION:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker JusticeThursday\, November 1\, 201812 – 2pm ET \n\n\n\nNorth Star Fund\, 520 8th Ave\, Suite 1800\, NYCLunch will be provided \n\n\n\nLivestreaming is availableCo-sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)Although the backbone of our food system\, farmworkers are often marginalized in discussions about food and agriculture. Despite the upsurge in interest and consumption of organic\, local\, or certified produce\, the working and living conditions for most farmworkers planting\, picking\, and packing fresh fruits and vegetables have remained largely as they have been for decades. Examining the nuts and bolts of creating just and equitable food and agriculture systems — across diverse crops\, geography\, and scale — our lunchtime discussion will also look at innovative opportunities for philanthropic resources to leverage the power of markets to drive change.We will explore: \n\n\n\n– How can philanthropy catalyze systems-level change in food and agriculture through focusing on social justice and food safety? \n\n\n\n– Can social justice and business values be aligned or are they inherently incompatible? \n\n\n\n– How can we make sure standards and certification systems intended to drive change are not used to shield bad actors? \n\n\n\nJoin us on November 1st to learn how three different organizations are changing the status quo\, moving farmworkers to the center of the fresh produce sector. \n\n\n\n– Jessica Culley\, General Coordinator of the Farmworkers Support Committee (CATA) will describe the evolution of its programs to empower and educate migrant farmworkers through leadership development and capacity building. Founded by workers in southern New Jersey in 1979\, CATA also works in Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland and is a founding member of the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP)\, a domestic fair trade certification initiative seeking empowerment\, justice\, and fairness for all who labor from farm to retail. \n\n\n\n– Peter O’Driscoll\, Executive Director of the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)\, will explain how in five years its collaborative model and standards program has engaged more than 25\,000 farmworkers on EFI-certified fresh produce farms in Canada\, the US\, Mexico and Guatemala. \n\n\n\n– Michael Rozyne\, founder of Red Tomato will share his experience in Northeastern U.S. creating “righteous produce” as well as a pilot project with Lyman Orchards to explore if and how the EFI model can be applied on smaller farms.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-certification-programs-for-farmworker-justice/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181101T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T225037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T225037Z
UID:10000403-1541073600-1541080800@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker Justice
DESCRIPTION:Food Certification Programs for Farmworker JusticeThursday\, November 1\, 201812 – 2pm ET \n\n\n\nNorth Star Fund\, 520 8th Ave\, Suite 1800\, NYCLunch will be provided \n\n\n\nLivestreaming is availableCo-sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)Although the backbone of our food system\, farmworkers are often marginalized in discussions about food and agriculture. Despite the upsurge in interest and consumption of organic\, local\, or certified produce\, the working and living conditions for most farmworkers planting\, picking\, and packing fresh fruits and vegetables have remained largely as they have been for decades. Examining the nuts and bolts of creating just and equitable food and agriculture systems — across diverse crops\, geography\, and scale — our lunchtime discussion will also look at innovative opportunities for philanthropic resources to leverage the power of markets to drive change.We will explore: \n\n\n\n– How can philanthropy catalyze systems-level change in food and agriculture through focusing on social justice and food safety? \n\n\n\n– Can social justice and business values be aligned or are they inherently incompatible? \n\n\n\n– How can we make sure standards and certification systems intended to drive change are not used to shield bad actors? \n\n\n\nJoin us on November 1st to learn how three different organizations are changing the status quo\, moving farmworkers to the center of the fresh produce sector. \n\n\n\n– Jessica Culley\, General Coordinator of the Farmworkers Support Committee (CATA) will describe the evolution of its programs to empower and educate migrant farmworkers through leadership development and capacity building. Founded by workers in southern New Jersey in 1979\, CATA also works in Southern Pennsylvania and Maryland and is a founding member of the Agricultural Justice Project (AJP)\, a domestic fair trade certification initiative seeking empowerment\, justice\, and fairness for all who labor from farm to retail. \n\n\n\n– Peter O’Driscoll\, Executive Director of the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)\, will explain how in five years its collaborative model and standards program has engaged more than 25\,000 farmworkers on EFI-certified fresh produce farms in Canada\, the US\, Mexico and Guatemala. \n\n\n\n– Michael Rozyne\, founder of Red Tomato will share his experience in Northeastern U.S. creating “righteous produce” as well as a pilot project with Lyman Orchards to explore if and how the EFI model can be applied on smaller farms.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-certification-programs-for-farmworker-justice-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20181211T145119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T145103Z
UID:10000294-1544529600-1544533200@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Will Opportunity Zones Benefit Marginalized Communities?
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by SAFSF and Confluence Philanthropy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead a recap of the webinar – Confluence Philanthropy Blog PostThe Opportunity Zone program that was created as part of the 2017 federal tax reform unlocks up to $6.1 trillion of unrealized capital gains for investment in marginalized communities by providing substantial tax benefits to investors. As early funds get ready for deployment in 2019\, many questions remain around how to ensure that funds truly benefit communities in need. Promise exists for low-income housing\, sustainable food and agriculture infrastructure\, revitalization of rural and urban communities\, and more. However\, there is also real concern about the possibilities of benefits flowing to outside investors rather than community members\, gentrification\, and exacerbated inequity. \n\n\n\nJoin this webinar on December 11 for a high-level overview of what Opportunity Zones are\, how they are structured\, and how impact driven groups are looking to engage with and invest in Opportunity Zones. We’ll explore some of the ways in which Opportunity Zones relate to social and racial justice\, food and agriculture systems\, infrastructure\, and alternative investment structures. We’ll also highlight opportunities for grantmakers and impact investors to take action in support of the communities they care about. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nKevin Irby (Kirby)\, Director\, ThreadspanSpeakers:March Gallagher\, President and CEO\, Community Foundations of the Hudson ValleyAmy Laughlin\, Vice President of Vice President of Structured Products and Capital Markets\, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)Heather D. Thompson\, Practice Group Attorney\, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Lead Manager of Tribal Opportunity Zones Venture Group\, Native American Capital \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/will-opportunity-zones-benefit-marginalized-communities/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181211T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T205119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T205119Z
UID:10000402-1544529600-1544533200@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Will Opportunity Zones Benefit Marginalized Communities?
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by SAFSF and Confluence Philanthropy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRead a recap of the webinar – Confluence Philanthropy Blog PostThe Opportunity Zone program that was created as part of the 2017 federal tax reform unlocks up to $6.1 trillion of unrealized capital gains for investment in marginalized communities by providing substantial tax benefits to investors. As early funds get ready for deployment in 2019\, many questions remain around how to ensure that funds truly benefit communities in need. Promise exists for low-income housing\, sustainable food and agriculture infrastructure\, revitalization of rural and urban communities\, and more. However\, there is also real concern about the possibilities of benefits flowing to outside investors rather than community members\, gentrification\, and exacerbated inequity. \n\n\n\nJoin this webinar on December 11 for a high-level overview of what Opportunity Zones are\, how they are structured\, and how impact driven groups are looking to engage with and invest in Opportunity Zones. We’ll explore some of the ways in which Opportunity Zones relate to social and racial justice\, food and agriculture systems\, infrastructure\, and alternative investment structures. We’ll also highlight opportunities for grantmakers and impact investors to take action in support of the communities they care about. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nKevin Irby (Kirby)\, Director\, Threadspan Speakers:March Gallagher\, President and CEO\, Community Foundations of the Hudson ValleyAmy Laughlin\, Vice President of Vice President of Structured Products and Capital Markets\, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)Heather D. Thompson\, Practice Group Attorney\, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Lead Manager of Tribal Opportunity Zones Venture Group\, Native American Capital \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/will-opportunity-zones-benefit-marginalized-communities-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181213T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181213T121500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20181213T144454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T145140Z
UID:10000295-1544698800-1544703300@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Diving Deeper: Opportunities for Philanthropy and Rural & Small-Town America
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by Philanthropy Southwest \n\n\n\nThe demographics of rural America are changing: nine out of ten rural areas are more ethnically diverse than they were 20 years ago. Many who live and work in rural communities are striving to promote participatory civic engagement\, challenge structural inequity and racism\, and foster transition to economies that sustain both people and the environment. \n\n\n\nPhilanthropy has a role to play in shaping an equitable\, sustainable\, and resilient future for rural and small-town American communities\, one that is led and informed by the assets\, needs\, and many resources of local residents. Two recent scans—one released by NFG and entitled “Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need From Funders\,” and the other the Wallace Global Fund’s “All the People\, All the Places: A Landscape of Opportunity for Rural and Small Town Civic Engagement“—underscore the importance of rural and small-town communities in power building and organizing at the intersection of land\, people\, and the environment. Based on learning from the field\, the reports provide recommendations for those making philanthropic investments in this space. \n\n\n\nJoin NFG\, the Heartland Fund\, and SAFSF for a three-part webinar series where we will share and discuss the findings of the two scans\, hear from field leaders about their work and what they need from funders\, and connect with grantmakers funding in rural and small-town communities. \n\n\n\nThe first webinar (October 11) will share high-level takeaways and recommendations from the two scans as well as reflections from leaders of dynamic frontline organizations. The second webinar (November 15) will brief funders on some of the emerging implications of the recent mid-term elections for rural and small-town communities and the issues we collectively care about. The third webinar (December 13) will dive deeper into the conversations primed by the first two dialogues\, answering questions from funder peers and exploring philanthropic strategies in this space. \n\n\n\nWhether your organization has many investments in rural communities or you are still puzzling out what the term “rural” really means\, we invite you to join this dynamic webinar series and explore opportunities to learn from\, lift up\, and support innovative and equity-promoting work in rural and small-town communities across the country.Who is this webinar for? If you are a foundation leader (staff or board member) currently funding in rural communities across the country or interested in funding in rural communities and small-towns\, you are encouraged to attend.Please direct questions to Adriana Rocha\, vice president of programs at Neighborhood Funders Group\, or Susie DiMauro\, program manager at Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. \n\n\n\nAbout the Integrated Rural Strategies Group: Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) established the Integrated Rural Strategies Group to assist the philanthropic field to understand where the opportunities exist and released “Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need From Funders.” The scan lifts up voices of organizers on the ground and identifies priorities for the organizing work already taking place. It also further defines the Integrated Rural Strategies Group’s role and intended impact on the landscape of rural organizing. Learn more at www.nfg.org/ruralstrategies.About All the People\, All the Places: In response to increasing concern among funders and advocates about the widening divide between rural and urban America\, Wallace Global Fund released “All the People\, All the Places: A Landscape of Opportunity for Rural and Small Town Civic Engagement.” The report observes that this divide has indeed strained our nation’s social fabric and damaged public interest policy-making across issues and communities. Importantly\, the scan also provides insightful perspective on promising opportunities that advocates and organizers working in rural and small town communities offer to funders investing in positive change. About The Heartland Fund: The Heartland Fund is a new pooled donor fund\, initiated by the Wallace Global Fund and The Franciscan Sisters of Mary\, that supports diverse local leaders and organizations to promote social\, environmental\, and economic common cause across racial and urban/rural divides in the Midwest.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/diving-deeper-opportunities-for-philanthropy-and-rural-small-town-america/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181213T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181213T121500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T204454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T204454Z
UID:10000401-1544698800-1544703300@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Diving Deeper: Opportunities for Philanthropy and Rural & Small-Town America
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by Philanthropy Southwest \n\n\n\nThe demographics of rural America are changing: nine out of ten rural areas are more ethnically diverse than they were 20 years ago. Many who live and work in rural communities are striving to promote participatory civic engagement\, challenge structural inequity and racism\, and foster transition to economies that sustain both people and the environment. \n\n\n\nPhilanthropy has a role to play in shaping an equitable\, sustainable\, and resilient future for rural and small-town American communities\, one that is led and informed by the assets\, needs\, and many resources of local residents. Two recent scans—one released by NFG and entitled “Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need From Funders\,” and the other the Wallace Global Fund’s “All the People\, All the Places: A Landscape of Opportunity for Rural and Small Town Civic Engagement“—underscore the importance of rural and small-town communities in power building and organizing at the intersection of land\, people\, and the environment. Based on learning from the field\, the reports provide recommendations for those making philanthropic investments in this space. \n\n\n\nJoin NFG\, the Heartland Fund\, and SAFSF for a three-part webinar series where we will share and discuss the findings of the two scans\, hear from field leaders about their work and what they need from funders\, and connect with grantmakers funding in rural and small-town communities. \n\n\n\nThe first webinar (October 11) will share high-level takeaways and recommendations from the two scans as well as reflections from leaders of dynamic frontline organizations. The second webinar (November 15) will brief funders on some of the emerging implications of the recent mid-term elections for rural and small-town communities and the issues we collectively care about. The third webinar (December 13) will dive deeper into the conversations primed by the first two dialogues\, answering questions from funder peers and exploring philanthropic strategies in this space. \n\n\n\nWhether your organization has many investments in rural communities or you are still puzzling out what the term “rural” really means\, we invite you to join this dynamic webinar series and explore opportunities to learn from\, lift up\, and support innovative and equity-promoting work in rural and small-town communities across the country.Who is this webinar for? If you are a foundation leader (staff or board member) currently funding in rural communities across the country or interested in funding in rural communities and small-towns\, you are encouraged to attend.Please direct questions to Adriana Rocha\, vice president of programs at Neighborhood Funders Group\, or Susie DiMauro\, program manager at Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. \n\n\n\nAbout the Integrated Rural Strategies Group: Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG) established the Integrated Rural Strategies Group to assist the philanthropic field to understand where the opportunities exist and released “Voices from the Field: Rural Organizers on What They Need From Funders.” The scan lifts up voices of organizers on the ground and identifies priorities for the organizing work already taking place. It also further defines the Integrated Rural Strategies Group’s role and intended impact on the landscape of rural organizing. Learn more at www.nfg.org/ruralstrategies.About All the People\, All the Places: In response to increasing concern among funders and advocates about the widening divide between rural and urban America\, Wallace Global Fund released “All the People\, All the Places: A Landscape of Opportunity for Rural and Small Town Civic Engagement.” The report observes that this divide has indeed strained our nation’s social fabric and damaged public interest policy-making across issues and communities. Importantly\, the scan also provides insightful perspective on promising opportunities that advocates and organizers working in rural and small town communities offer to funders investing in positive change. About The Heartland Fund: The Heartland Fund is a new pooled donor fund\, initiated by the Wallace Global Fund and The Franciscan Sisters of Mary\, that supports diverse local leaders and organizations to promote social\, environmental\, and economic common cause across racial and urban/rural divides in the Midwest.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/diving-deeper-opportunities-for-philanthropy-and-rural-small-town-america-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190227T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190227T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190227T220247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T161823Z
UID:10000296-1551261600-1551265200@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Fishing Communities in the Struggle for Food Sovereignty and Healthy Ecologies
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by WhyHungerCo-Sponsored by Biodiversity Funders Group \n\n\n\nIn the same way that small-scale farms make a difference in the sustainability of our land-based food system\, who catches the fish we eat is a major determinant in the health of oceans\, fishing communities\, and the food system. Evidence shows that fishery diversity and scale are critical to recovering fish stocks and the health of ecosystems. Small-scale farming and fishing play a significant role in the viability of local economies and in the food security of communities globally. And yet support for the organizing of small-scale food producers makes up a relatively small part of funding portfolios\, research agendas\, and policy strategies to transform the food system into one that is socially just and cools the planet. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us for an hour of learning and dialogue with expert practitioners who are working to support the leadership of fisherfolk communities in the U.S. and globally\, including those impacted by the recent devastating dam collapse in the state of Minas Gerais\, Brazil. \n\n\n\nFacilitators: \n\n\n\nSaulo Araujo\, global movements progam director\, WhyHungerNiaz Dorry\, coordinating director\, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)Speakers:Ormezita Barbosa\, general coordinator\, Movement of Artisanal Fishermen and Fisherwomen (MPP) and the Fisherfolk Pastoral Commission (CPP)Nadine Nembhard\, secretary general\, World Forum of Fisher Peoples \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fishing-communities-in-the-struggle-for-food-sovereignty-and-healthy-ecologies/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190227T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190227T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T040247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T040247Z
UID:10000400-1551261600-1551265200@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Fishing Communities in the Struggle for Food Sovereignty and Healthy Ecologies
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by WhyHungerCo-Sponsored by Biodiversity Funders Group \n\n\n\nIn the same way that small-scale farms make a difference in the sustainability of our land-based food system\, who catches the fish we eat is a major determinant in the health of oceans\, fishing communities\, and the food system. Evidence shows that fishery diversity and scale are critical to recovering fish stocks and the health of ecosystems. Small-scale farming and fishing play a significant role in the viability of local economies and in the food security of communities globally. And yet support for the organizing of small-scale food producers makes up a relatively small part of funding portfolios\, research agendas\, and policy strategies to transform the food system into one that is socially just and cools the planet. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us for an hour of learning and dialogue with expert practitioners who are working to support the leadership of fisherfolk communities in the U.S. and globally\, including those impacted by the recent devastating dam collapse in the state of Minas Gerais\, Brazil. \n\n\n\nFacilitators: \n\n\n\nSaulo Araujo\, global movements progam director\, WhyHungerNiaz Dorry\, coordinating director\, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)Speakers:Ormezita Barbosa\, general coordinator\, Movement of Artisanal Fishermen and Fisherwomen (MPP) and the Fisherfolk Pastoral Commission (CPP)Nadine Nembhard\, secretary general\, World Forum of Fisher Peoples \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fishing-communities-in-the-struggle-for-food-sovereignty-and-healthy-ecologies-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190410T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190410T184723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171729Z
UID:10000297-1554890400-1554894000@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:The Farm Bill Passed; Now What? USDA Implementation!
DESCRIPTION:With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill\, the focus has now firmly shifted to USDA administrative implementation. Many legislative victories can be lost in the rules and regulations drafted by the USDA. \n\n\n\nWant to know more about what that looks like? This webinar will be an overview of the basics of the USDA implementation process – what it is and why it is as critical as the legislative process. \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-farm-bill-passed-now-what-usda-implementation/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190410T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T014723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T014723Z
UID:10000398-1554890400-1554894000@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:The Farm Bill Passed; Now What? USDA Implementation!
DESCRIPTION:With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill\, the focus has now firmly shifted to USDA administrative implementation. Many legislative victories can be lost in the rules and regulations drafted by the USDA. \n\n\n\nWant to know more about what that looks like? This webinar will be an overview of the basics of the USDA implementation process – what it is and why it is as critical as the legislative process. \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-farm-bill-passed-now-what-usda-implementation-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190423T205631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171743Z
UID:10000298-1556015400-1556019000@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet: Philanthropic Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Relevant links:Regenerative Agriculture FoundationNo Regrets InitiativeCo-Sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\, Climate & Energy Funders Group / BFG\, and Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)We have an immediate planetary emergency involving multiple threats: climate disruption\, a global water crisis\, food insecurity for nearly one billion people\, vanishing species\, and vast migrations of people in search of basic conditions for survival. The UN has warned that we have only sixty more years of productive farming left if current levels of soil degradation continue. At the same time\, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Academies of Sciences have called for a major focus on soils and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through our lands.Protecting and restoring global soils can help alleviate all of these threats and limit global warming by sequestering carbon emissions. When we build carbon in agricultural soils through regenerative practices\, we achieve extraordinary benefits. \n\n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore the significant potential of agriculture and land restoration in addressing climate disruption. It will feature topline findings from a recent report on philanthropic opportunities to promote healthy soils and soil carbon sequestration. “Agriculture has a critical role to play\, both in dramatically reducing emissions and by providing a sink to draw down carbon from the atmosphere.” – Christina Figueres\, former executive secretary\, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nWhendee Silver\, professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry\, UC BerkeleyBetsy Taylor\, president\, Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions \n\n\n\nNOTE: This is the first of several upcoming opportunities to learn about regenerative agriculture and its connections to climate change adaptation and mitigation. There will be multiple workshops on this topic at the 2019 SAFSF Forum (June 18-20 in Pittsburgh\, PA)\, including a concurrent workshop (Philanthropy at the Nexus of Agriculture\, Soil\, Climate\, Health & Water) and a two-hour funder-only in-depth session related to regenerative agriculture and opportunities to support the soil health movement (Soil Health\, Climate Change Mitigation\, and Regenerative Agriculture). Stay tuned for additional related webinars as well! \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-soils-to-cool-the-planet-philanthropic-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T035631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T035631Z
UID:10000399-1556015400-1556019000@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet: Philanthropic Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Relevant links:Regenerative Agriculture FoundationNo Regrets InitiativeCo-Sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\, Climate & Energy Funders Group / BFG\, and Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)We have an immediate planetary emergency involving multiple threats: climate disruption\, a global water crisis\, food insecurity for nearly one billion people\, vanishing species\, and vast migrations of people in search of basic conditions for survival. The UN has warned that we have only sixty more years of productive farming left if current levels of soil degradation continue. At the same time\, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Academies of Sciences have called for a major focus on soils and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through our lands.Protecting and restoring global soils can help alleviate all of these threats and limit global warming by sequestering carbon emissions. When we build carbon in agricultural soils through regenerative practices\, we achieve extraordinary benefits. \n\n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore the significant potential of agriculture and land restoration in addressing climate disruption. It will feature topline findings from a recent report on philanthropic opportunities to promote healthy soils and soil carbon sequestration. “Agriculture has a critical role to play\, both in dramatically reducing emissions and by providing a sink to draw down carbon from the atmosphere.” – Christina Figueres\, former executive secretary\, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nWhendee Silver\, professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry\, UC BerkeleyBetsy Taylor\, president\, Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions \n\n\n\nNOTE: This is the first of several upcoming opportunities to learn about regenerative agriculture and its connections to climate change adaptation and mitigation. There will be multiple workshops on this topic at the 2019 SAFSF Forum (June 18-20 in Pittsburgh\, PA)\, including a concurrent workshop (Philanthropy at the Nexus of Agriculture\, Soil\, Climate\, Health & Water) and a two-hour funder-only in-depth session related to regenerative agriculture and opportunities to support the soil health movement (Soil Health\, Climate Change Mitigation\, and Regenerative Agriculture). Stay tuned for additional related webinars as well! \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.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. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-soils-to-cool-the-planet-philanthropic-opportunities-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190430T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190429T184257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171752Z
UID:10000299-1556560800-1556636400@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Farm Bill Implementation Policy Briefing
DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DCMonday\, April 29 — Tuesday\, April 30Funders-Only Event \n\n\n\nRegistration closed.This past December\, Congress finalized the 2018 farm bill––but that was only the first half of the process! Now begins the second half –– USDA administrative implementation\, where legislative victories are won or lost. Regardless of which farm bill issues you work on and care about\, USDA will play a role in how each and every aspect of the farm bill is rolled out on the ground. \n\n\n\nThis briefing will allow you to dig in and learn how the USDA administrative implementation process works\, including the role of Congress\, and hear from leading sustainable agriculture\, rural development\, and food system experts about the topline Farm Bill implementation issues they will be championing. Most importantly\, you will have the opportunity for networking and collaboration\, and you will leave this briefing with a clear understanding of how and where the grantmaking community can engage to broaden the impact of farm and rural policy in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nAgendaMonday\, April 296:00 pm Dinner (Logan Tavern\, 1423 P St NW\, Washington\, DC 2000)Speakers:Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) – confirmed\, ranking member\, Senate Agriculture CommitteeCongresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) – confirmed\, member\, House Appropriations Committee \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 30Meridian Institute1800 M Street\, NW\, Suite 400NWashington\, DC 20036 \n\n\n\n8:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast8:30 am Welcome\, Introductions and Framing for the DayStacey Barbas\, senior program officer for Health\, The Kresge FoundationA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\n8:50 am Overview of Farm Bill ImplementationTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF \n\n\n\n9:15 am The politics of implementation: What it looks like inside USDAKathleen Merrigan\, executive director\, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\, Arizona State University; former USDA Deputy Secretary \n\n\n\n9:45 am Break10:00 am Panel Discussion: Critical implementation issues for sustainable agriculture and food systemsModerator: Moira Mcdonald\, program officer\, Freshwater Conservation\, Walton Family Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Colby Duren\, director\, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\, University of Arkansas School of LawKate Fitzgerald\, principal\, Fitzgerald-Canepa\, LLCFerd Hoefner\, senior strategic adviser\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)Ellen Teller\, director of government affairs\, FRAC \n\n\n\n12:00 pm Lunch1:00 pm Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky (invited)1:30 pm Funder Only DiscussionModerator: Michael Roberts\, program manager\, Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems\, The 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\n3:00 pm Summary & Next StepsVirginia Clarke\, executive director\, SAFSFTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-implementation-policy-briefing/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190430T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200930T014257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T014257Z
UID:10000397-1556560800-1556636400@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Farm Bill Implementation Policy Briefing
DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DCMonday\, April 29 — Tuesday\, April 30Funders-Only Event \n\n\n\nRegistration closed.This past December\, Congress finalized the 2018 farm bill––but that was only the first half of the process! Now begins the second half –– USDA administrative implementation\, where legislative victories are won or lost. Regardless of which farm bill issues you work on and care about\, USDA will play a role in how each and every aspect of the farm bill is rolled out on the ground. \n\n\n\nThis briefing will allow you to dig in and learn how the USDA administrative implementation process works\, including the role of Congress\, and hear from leading sustainable agriculture\, rural development\, and food system experts about the topline Farm Bill implementation issues they will be championing. Most importantly\, you will have the opportunity for networking and collaboration\, and you will leave this briefing with a clear understanding of how and where the grantmaking community can engage to broaden the impact of farm and rural policy in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nAgendaMonday\, April 296:00 pm Dinner (Logan Tavern\, 1423 P St NW\, Washington\, DC 2000)Speakers:Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) – confirmed\, ranking member\, Senate Agriculture CommitteeCongresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) – confirmed\, member\, House Appropriations Committee \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 30Meridian Institute1800 M Street\, NW\, Suite 400NWashington\, DC 20036 \n\n\n\n8:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast8:30 am Welcome\, Introductions and Framing for the DayStacey Barbas\, senior program officer for Health\, The Kresge FoundationA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\n8:50 am Overview of Farm Bill ImplementationTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF \n\n\n\n9:15 am The politics of implementation: What it looks like inside USDAKathleen Merrigan\, executive director\, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\, Arizona State University; former USDA Deputy Secretary \n\n\n\n9:45 am Break10:00 am Panel Discussion: Critical implementation issues for sustainable agriculture and food systemsModerator: Moira Mcdonald\, program officer\, Freshwater Conservation\, Walton Family Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Colby Duren\, director\, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\, University of Arkansas School of LawKate Fitzgerald\, principal\, Fitzgerald-Canepa\, LLCFerd Hoefner\, senior strategic adviser\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)Ellen Teller\, director of government affairs\, FRAC \n\n\n\n12:00 pm Lunch1:00 pm Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky (invited)1:30 pm Funder Only DiscussionModerator: Michael Roberts\, program manager\, Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems\, The 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\n3:00 pm Summary & Next StepsVirginia Clarke\, executive director\, SAFSFTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-implementation-policy-briefing-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190515T154139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171802Z
UID:10000300-1557921600-1557926100@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Developing Business Models for Working Forest Riparian Buffers
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the William Penn Foundation \n\n\n\nImage source: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources\n\n\n\nRobust scientific evidence from decades of research demonstrates the effectiveness of forested riparian buffers in mitigating water pollution from agricultural runoff. Many grant programs support farmers to plant forested buffers along streams to mitigate this source of pollution. But even with grant support\, many farmers can’t afford to take land out of production\, especially small family farmers. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore a developing idea: riparian buffers that are also working forests. Funders are invited to participate to discuss the following: \n\n\n\nHow farmers can earn income from forested riparian buffers without compromising the buffer’s conservation functionThe potential for working buffers to be aggregated across multiple farms\, offering a spectrum of management options for landownersWhat state and federal programs exist that could support the development of working buffers.This webinar will highlight organizations in Pennsylvania (the location of the 2019 SAFSF Forum!) and beyond that are working to break down the structural barriers between conservation and profitability in agriculture. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nChris Kieran\, senior program associate\, Watershed Protection\, William Penn FoundationSpeakers will include representatives from:USDA National Agroforestry CenterPENNVESTPA Department of Conservation and Natural ResourcesPropagate VenturesResource: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pamphlet describing a vision for multifunctional working riparian forest buffers \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only. For more information\, please visit our website.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/developing-business-models-for-working-forest-riparian-buffers/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200929T224139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T224139Z
UID:10000390-1557921600-1557926100@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Developing Business Models for Working Forest Riparian Buffers
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the William Penn Foundation \n\n\n\nImage source: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources\n\n\n\nRobust scientific evidence from decades of research demonstrates the effectiveness of forested riparian buffers in mitigating water pollution from agricultural runoff. Many grant programs support farmers to plant forested buffers along streams to mitigate this source of pollution. But even with grant support\, many farmers can’t afford to take land out of production\, especially small family farmers. \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore a developing idea: riparian buffers that are also working forests. Funders are invited to participate to discuss the following: \n\n\n\nHow farmers can earn income from forested riparian buffers without compromising the buffer’s conservation functionThe potential for working buffers to be aggregated across multiple farms\, offering a spectrum of management options for landownersWhat state and federal programs exist that could support the development of working buffers.This webinar will highlight organizations in Pennsylvania (the location of the 2019 SAFSF Forum!) and beyond that are working to break down the structural barriers between conservation and profitability in agriculture. \n\n\n\nModerator: \n\n\n\nChris Kieran\, senior program associate\, Watershed Protection\, William Penn FoundationSpeakers will include representatives from:USDA National Agroforestry CenterPENNVESTPA Department of Conservation and Natural ResourcesPropagate VenturesResource: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources pamphlet describing a vision for multifunctional working riparian forest buffers \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only. For more information\, please visit our website.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/developing-business-models-for-working-forest-riparian-buffers-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190528T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190528T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190528T161033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T171814Z
UID:10000301-1559041200-1559044800@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Soil Health 101: Why is Everyone Talking About Soil Health?
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture FoundationCo-Sponsored by Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) \n\n\n\n“Can Dirt Save the Earth?” asked the New York Times.“What’s the big deal about soil? Everything\,” posited Beef Magazine.“One million acres with healthy soil practices by 2030\,” pledged General Mills. This webinar will explain why funders\, farmers\, policymakers and major food businesses are rallying around the issue of soil health – a topic that turns out to be both inspiring and exciting. Soil health is mentioned 47 times in the 2018 farm bill\, and legislation to promote soil health is pending or has passed in 12 states. Across the US\, a cultural shift is afoot on farms too. Producers are talking about the health of their soil\, and many are taking steps to improve it. Soil is increasingly seen as more than just a medium for nitrogen (N)\, phosphorus (P)\, potassium (K)\, and roots\, but a living entity and a valuable ally. By thinking about biology instead of chemistry\, producers are fostering biologically active soils\, increasing their resilience to extreme weather\, and reducing their inputs. \n\n\n\nRegistration for these webinars is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/soil-health-101-why-is-everyone-talking-about-soil-health/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190528T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190528T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20200929T231033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T231033Z
UID:10000396-1559041200-1559044800@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Soil Health 101: Why is Everyone Talking About Soil Health?
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture FoundationCo-Sponsored by Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) \n\n\n\n“Can Dirt Save the Earth?” asked the New York Times.“What’s the big deal about soil? Everything\,” posited Beef Magazine.“One million acres with healthy soil practices by 2030\,” pledged General Mills. This webinar will explain why funders\, farmers\, policymakers and major food businesses are rallying around the issue of soil health – a topic that turns out to be both inspiring and exciting. Soil health is mentioned 47 times in the 2018 farm bill\, and legislation to promote soil health is pending or has passed in 12 states. Across the US\, a cultural shift is afoot on farms too. Producers are talking about the health of their soil\, and many are taking steps to improve it. Soil is increasingly seen as more than just a medium for nitrogen (N)\, phosphorus (P)\, potassium (K)\, and roots\, but a living entity and a valuable ally. By thinking about biology instead of chemistry\, producers are fostering biologically active soils\, increasing their resilience to extreme weather\, and reducing their inputs. \n\n\n\nRegistration for these webinars is limited to funders only.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.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/soil-health-101-why-is-everyone-talking-about-soil-health-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190619T195913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201023T203933Z
UID:10000302-1560931200-1560963600@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Fracking in the Coalfields | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Across the United States\, energy extraction and production—from coal mining to oil drilling to fracking to petrochemical manufacturing and more—impact communities and the environment. Energy and agriculture often intersect\, whether it’s a frack pad located close to a farm\, a wind farm adjacent to agricultural fields\, or offshore drilling and its impacts on fish stock. \n\n\n\nWestern Pennsylvania is a microcosm of many of these energy production industries. On this field trip\, we’ll head south of Pittsburgh into northern Appalachia and the coalfield region\, taking winding mountain roads through a historic (and currently active) coal-producing area in which hundreds of fracking wells and refining and processing sites have also been installed over the last decade. Today\, about 75% of the residents of Washington County and nearly 90% of residents in neighboring Greene County live within two miles of a frack pad. We’ll hear directly from community members\, a farmer\, and other experts about how extreme energy extraction\, processing\, and waste related to longwall coal mining and shale gas fracking in southwestern Pennsylvania affect rural communities\, agricultural lands and ecosystems\, and air and water quality. \n\n\n\nLearn from the deep expertise of community members as well as staff and board members of the Center for Coalfield Justice and other organizations. This memorable and impactful day will leave you with a deeper understanding of how extractive industry affects a place\, landscape\, people\, and animals—and how funders and other partners might support avenues for environmental justice. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nNote: This tour will involve a great deal of driving on winding mountain roads. If you tend to get carsick\, we recommend that you use anti-nausea preventives such as medication and/or acupressure bands. \n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Breathe Collaborative• Center for Coalfield Justice• Earthworks Pennsylvania• Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2019forum-frackinginthecoalfields/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190620T033802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T033926Z
UID:10000303-1560931200-1560963600@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Community-Led Change in the Homewood Neighborhood | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Be inspired by a neighborhood that is finding ways to innovate\, leverage tremendous community resources and assets\, and meet local needs through coordinated community projects. Homewood is a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh\, home to about 6\,000 residents in nine square miles\, that has historically been underserved and disinvested—but is home to a wealth of local knowledge\, creativity\, and resources. We’ll spend the day walking from site to site to meet with a host of incredible community leaders and residents. \n\n\n\nThe programs that we will learn about support small-scale raised-bed vegetable gardens in backyards and vacant lots\, urban farms that take up full city blocks\, an outdoor learning lab with hydroponic and aquaponic growing systems developed in partnership between a church and local universities\, and more. As is true in many disinvested communities\, there is no grocery store in Homewood. We’ll hear from community leaders and an investor working alongside them to transform opportunity and a vision of what’s possible into a new community-led grocery store. Throughout the day\, we’ll hear stories of exciting and transformative community-led projects and collaborations\, and learn from the stakeholders—community members\, funders\, and investors\, and others—supporting them. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nCommunity host organizations include:• Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers Cooperative of Pittsburgh (BUGS FCP)• The Oasis Project Farm and Fishery (a project of Bible Center Church)• Phipps Homegrown Program• Sankofa Village Community Garden \n\n\n\nAdditional partners include:• Bridgeway Capital• The Heinz Endowments• ioby
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/community-led-change-in-the-homewood-neighborhood-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190620T034000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T034238Z
UID:10000304-1560931200-1560963600@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Technology\, Innovation\, and Impact | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:Once a center for the production of steel\, iron\, and glass\, Pittsburgh has reemerged as a leader in medicine\, education\, healthcare\, and—relevant to this tour—green building spaces\, robotics\, artificial intelligence\, and high-tech industries. Some of the technological solutions being developed by university researchers\, businesses\, and nonprofits in Pittsburgh are focused on food and agriculture system issues. \n\n\n\nOn this tour\, we’ll look at two very different spaces within the food system where technology is having an impact on sustainable food systems change in Pittsburgh and beyond. First\, we’ll visit a farm that uses cutting-edge robotic\, monitoring\, and sensing technology in production agriculture. We’ll have a deep discussion about how this disruptive technology might be deployed at different scales and with smaller levels of investment. Then\, we’ll explore a solution that leverages technology\, civic engagement\, and public-private partnerships to connect retail food surplus to emergency and charitable food need—and is having a significant and measurable impact on hunger in Pittsburgh. We’ll share a ‘wasted food’ lunch and explore how this app-based technology has had effects on both individual and community levels for donors\, recipients\, volunteers\, and organizations involved. Join us as we explore what the new buzzword ‘ag tech’ really means\, and dive deeply into several ‘ag tech’ solutions developed or deployed in Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Rivendale Farms• 412 Food Rescue• New Sun Rising• Millvale Food + Energy Hub• Strange Roots Experimental Ales
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/technology-innovation-and-impact-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190619T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155257
CREATED:20190620T034249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201024T034556Z
UID:10000305-1560931200-1560963600@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Soil Health and Climate Resilience in Pennsylvania | Site Visit at the 2019 SAFSF Forum
DESCRIPTION:The impacts of climate change vary regionally\, and farmers in western Pennsylvania are already grappling with increasingly frequent extreme weather events. Amid a growing awareness of the deep impact soil has on every aspect of our biodiversity\, health\, climate\, water\, and resilience\, more folks are listening to farmers and researchers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere who have been championing the importance of soil health for decades. \n\n\n\nSoil health management systems encompass a wide variety of practices and assessment approaches and are described in a variety of ways—regenerative agriculture\, organics\, regenerative organic\, agroecology\, sustainable agriculture\, and more. These approaches share common goals of protecting natural resources on and off the farm\, improving productivity and profitability\, and safeguarding the functioning of our planet and its health now and well into the future. \n\n\n\nOn this tour\, we’ll learn about long-term soil health research happening in Pennsylvania and explore how soil health relates to improved production\, watershed health\, climate change mitigation and adaptation\, and more. We’ll visit a couple of farms and meet with farmers focused on applying the principles of soil health management to their production. We’ll also learn how research\, modeling\, and monitoring efforts are being used to help tell the story of the benefits of healthy soil\, and support the spread of best practices in soil stewardship. \n\n\n\nThis day-long site visit is offered to participants at the 2019 SAFSF Forum in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania.\n\n\n\nHost organizations include:• Fallen Aspen Farm• Kretschmann Family Organic Farm• Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)• Pennsylvania No Till Alliance• Rodale Institute• Stroud Water Research Center• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/soil-health-and-climate-resilience-in-pennsylvania-site-visit-at-the-2019-safsf-forum/
CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum,Tours / Site Visits
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