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SUMMARY:Building Support for WIC: Opportunities for Philanthropic Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and Grantmakers in Health (GIH) \n\n\n\nResearch shows that participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women\, Infants\, and Children (WIC) contributes to healthier births\, more nutritious diets\, improved infant feeding practices\, better health care for children\, and higher academic achievement for students. However\, only about half of eligible low-income people currently access the program\, and an even smaller share of eligible pregnant people and children aged 1 through 4 utilize the benefit.  \n\n\n\nThis session will bring together experts from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities\, the National WIC Association\, and 1\,000 Days to explore why increasing WIC participation is vital to improving maternal and child health outcomes in the U.S. This panel will discuss the current opportunities and challenges facing WIC\, including how we can best uplift the voices of WIC clients in the policy conversation\, reduce barriers to services\, improve the WIC user experience\, and ensure the program is adequately funded. Funders will leave this session with a better understanding of strategies and opportunities to build support for WIC\, the organizations doing the work on the ground\, and the families that can benefit from this program.   \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nIntroduction to WIC for Funders CBPP Slides\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTy Jones Cox\, Vice President for Food Assistance\, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  \n\n\n\nTy Jones Cox is the Vice President for Food Assistance. Ty brings over 15 years of experience working for individuals in need\, starting as a legal aid attorney in Virginia before joining the Center in 2010 as a Senior Policy Analyst on the Food Assistance Team. While at the Center\, Ty worked with state and federal officials\, as well as state advocates\, to strengthen SNAP delivery and connections to other economic security programs such as health care and child nutrition. \n\n\n\nTy went on to become the Director of Policy at Benefits Data Trust where she led a team focused on using data and policy to increase and streamline benefits access. She spent time at AARP Foundation as a Senior Advisor on Food Assistance prior to launching a business where she provided consultancy and guidance to state human services agencies and nonprofit organizations around eligibility and enrollment policy for safety net programs\, specifically SNAP\, Medicaid\, and WIC. She also provided strategic guidance to health care entities seeking to implement food security and social determinants of health screenings in clinical settings. \n\n\n\nTy earned her B.A. in American Politics and African American Studies from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoë Neuberger\, Senior Policy Analyst\, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities  \n\n\n\nNeuberger\, a Senior Policy Analyst\, joined the Center in May 2001. She works on nutrition assistance programs. Neuberger provides analytic and technical assistance on child nutrition programs such as WIC and school lunches to policymakers and state-level non-profit groups. \n\n\n\nPreviously she worked as an analyst at the White House Office of Management and Budget\, where she was responsible for oversight of over $30 billion in federal spending on TANF\, child care\, child nutrition\, WIC\, and low-income tax credits. \n\n\n\nShe holds a law degree from Yale University and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSolianna Meaza\, Interim Initiative Director\, 1\,000 Days \n\n\n\nSolianna is the Interim Initiative Director at 1\,000 Days. At 1\,000 Days\, she leads the domestic and global nutrition policy and advocacy agenda.  \n\n\n\nPrior to joining 1\,000 Days\, Solianna was a Senior Consultant at Guidehouse\, formerly known as PwC Public Sector. At Guidehouse\, she led a team supporting the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) that focused on financial data aggregation\, analysis\, and visualization to provide data-driven recommendations to improve the PEPFAR portfolio. \n\n\n\nThroughout her career\, Solianna held progressive leadership roles at international development organizations including the Eleanor Crook Foundation\, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\, and worked at the US House of Representatives. At USAID\, she served as a political appointee in the Office of the Administrator under the Obama Administration. \n\n\n\nSolianna received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from North Carolina State University. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and rescue dog\, Evie. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgia Machell\, PhD\, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer\, Chief Operating Officer\, National WIC Association \n\n\n\nGeorgia is responsible for directing program operations for NWA. This involves managing the NWA staff and working closely with senior management to ensure the Association develops projects\, programming\, and products that support the mission and vision of NWA. In addition\, Georgia develops WIC research priorities and leads efforts to connect NWA members with new research findings and provides guidance on planning\, conducting\, and communicating WIC research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPANEL FACILITATOR \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonica Beltran\, Program Officer\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation  \n\n\n\nMonica Beltran is a program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Michigan. In this role\, she supports the foundation’s systems change efforts to promote thriving children\, working families and equitable communities. \n\n\n\nShe focuses on systems impact and health equity. She brings maternal and child health expertise\, professional experience working directly with public health agencies to address inequities in birth outcomes\, experience in philanthropy and a passion for social justice.
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: Opportunity Areas for Funding & Collaboration in Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:These SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nJoin fellow SAFSF members to hear from Josh Cavanaugh\, trustee at the Russell Family Foundation\, as he shares his research around areas of opportunity for funding and collaboration in regenerative agriculture. \n\n\n\nThrough 25 interviews with practitioners to understand capital needs and constraints\, and with values-aligned funders (including several other SAFSF members) to understand interest\, decision-making factors\, and any present barriers to engagement\, his research identifies pressing needs in the regenerative agricultural space: supply chain services\, land access\, and transition financing. This conversation will seek to illuminate the identified areas for investors and grantmakers where engagement will enable the transition to regenerative.  \n\n\n\nFollowing his sharing we’ll have plenty of time for questions\, reflections\, and discussion on the topic. \n\n\n\nThis is a free event available to SAFSF members. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nReport\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJosh Cavanaugh\, trustee at The Russell Family Foundation. The Russell Family Foundation invests in people and places to advance environmental sustainability and address the climate crisis. They do this through a variety of programs\, grants\, and impact investing\, including the Catalytic Climate Finance\, Food for Climate Solutions\, and Jane’s Fellowship.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/october-itk-call-opportunity-areas-in-regenerative-agriculture/
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SUMMARY:Digging In Virtual Screening - All Welcome!
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all! Join us for the an open virtual screening of the SAFSF-produced documentary Digging In. This film is designed to help funders understand concentration and consolidation\, land access\, and climate change and explore the connection these issues have to their work and the work of their grantees. We hope the film will be a tool to start new conversations and spark solutions we can work toward together.  \n\n\n\nAfter the screening\, learn how to host a virtual and in-person screening of your own. This is open to all non-funder and funder audiences. Share with your friends\, colleagues\, and others who may want to “dig in” with us and explore Digging In. \n\n\n\nDigging In was underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation\, created and produced by Nathan.Works\, a Kansas City-based documentary film and digital communications firm\, in partnership with SAFSF.  \n\n\n\nThis screening is a free event open to all who register. Registration and hosting of the screening will occur via Zoom webinar. Please sign up below.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-open-virtual-screening/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Food & Agriculture - Transformative 25 Funds Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join Transformative 25 on Wednesday\, October 18 where we will hear from fund leaders about their work and contributions to transforming finance for people and the planet. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\nSHONA Capital\n\n\n\nMichigan Good Food Fund (MGFF)\n\n\n\nFibers Fund\n\n\n\nFoodshed Capital Loan Fund\n\n\n\n\nThe Transformative 25 is an annual list of funds\, banks and initiatives that are demonstrating the power of integrated capital to reimagine the finance system to work for people and the planet. The list highlights the work of funds employing integrated capital\, using creative financial tools\, that focus on social\, relational\, and ecological returns\, and that engage with ownership and governance for equity. \n\n\n\nNo-fee tickets are available for students and those with limited resources. All are welcome. Please email Caroline Simms at caroline.sims.va@gmail.com for an access code. \n\n\n\nHosted by Jen Astone\, Principle at Integrated Capital Investing and Chair\, Transformative 25\, a non-profit fiscally sponsored by Possibility Labs \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-agriculture-transformative-25-funds-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Building Community of Practice Around In-Kind Support and Capacity Building
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and GRACE Communications Foundation \n\n\n\nIncreasing numbers of philanthropic organizations fund technical aid\, increased capacity building\, and in-kind support in addition to traditional forms of funding. This type of work can deepen our relationships with our grantee partners\, support short-term capacity gaps in the field\, and support lower-capacity organizations. This session aims to bring together SAFSF organizations that conduct capacity building/in-kind support\, or that would like to\, in order to share lessons learned\, resources\, and to discuss the power dynamics unique to this type of work. With the aim of improving our philanthropic practice\, we’ll discuss the unique nature of capacity building and how to expand on (or launch) our capacity building efforts. Additionally\, we’ll dig into evaluation practices and the collective capacity needs we see in the movement. With an open format\, we’d like to create space for learning and community\, with the aim continuing these conversations over the course of the year.  \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required.  \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis conversation will be led by: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdam Hymans\, Managing Director at Resource Media  \n\n\n\nAdam leads the food justice and environmental health practice at Resource Media\, a 501(c)3 nonprofit communications and advertising firm working nationwide to support coalitions\, foundations and community-based organizations. He brings nearly two decades of experience in strategic and organizational communications\, marketing\, brand development\, capacity building and philanthropy. In addition to food systems work\, Adam has led client projects at the intersection of conservation and multicultural outreach. Most recently\, he facilitated the global rollout of internal DEIJ programs\, launched multichannel ad campaigns focused on Justice 40 investments\, provided communications capacity for members of multi-state watershed protection initiatives\, and led successful multicultural COVID-19 and voter engagement campaigns in his native Philadelphia. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Food and Farm Communications Fund. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMegan Saynisch\, Senior Advisor at GRACE Communications Foundation  \n\n\n\nMegan is a Senior Advisor at the New York City-based GRACE Communications Foundation\, where she works with multiple partners on communications and philanthropic projects and serves on several boards and steering committees. Prior to this role\, she was the Communications Director at GRACE\, where she helped launch GRACE’s consumer engagement program\, FoodPrint. Megan has worked in philanthropy\, government\, and non-profits for over 20 years\, and founded a philanthropic-centered communications and digital grant management consulting business prior to joining the GRACE team. She is also a 2022-2023 GEO Change Leader in Philanthropy Fellow. Megan lives in Brooklyn\, NY with her husband and two kids\, is the co-president of a beautiful Brooklyn community garden\, and is an avid cook\, pickler\, and butter-maker.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-community-of-practice-around-in-kind-support-and-capacity-building/
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SUMMARY:Farmland Access 101: Innovative Strategies toward Landscape Change
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation \n\n\n\nHere in the Midwest\, farmland access tops the list of barriers facing emerging farmers (which includes those new to farming as well as populations that have farmed outside of the scope of traditional state and federal farmer support programs).  \n\n\n\nAt the same time\, many Midwest agricultural communities are experiencing a generational shift  in land ownership as existing farmers consider retirement.  \n\n\n\nWe collectively have a narrow window of opportunity to transition millions of acres of farmland to the vibrant\, diverse network of emerging farmers seeking land. Unfortunately\, the exorbitant cost of farmland makes the puzzle more complicated than simply connecting retiring and emerging farmers. Some innovative organizations have been utilizing easements\, federal grants\, and more comprehensive farmer support programs to overcome these barriers. This session provides a Midwest perspective on tools and approaches that advance diverse farmland ownership. \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nBPS Recommendations\n\n\n\nBPS Fact Sheet\n\n\n\nBPS Statement\n\n\n\nSinging Hills Presentation\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMODERATOR \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, Executive Director\, Regenerative Agriculture Foundation \n\n\n\nMark Muller came to RAF in March 2020 after spending over 20 years working on related issues including agricultural conservation\, Midwest water quality\, racial equity in the food system\, and effective federal food and agricultural policy. Most recently Mark served as director of the Mississippi River program at the McKnight Foundation\, and prior to that he directed the Food & Community Fellows program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He also spent two years teaching high school in New York City and 18 months volunteering in Honduras and Guatemala. He lives in south Minneapolis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Jifunza Wright-Carter\, M.D.\, M.P.H\, Co-Founder and President\, Black Oaks Center \n\n\n\nJifunza Wright Carter M.D.\, M.P.H. personal & professional life has been intertwined with plants. A regenerative farmer & herbalist\, she is a plant-based eater of 50 years. She has studied macrobiotics\, living foods\, mind-body therapies\, Chinese Medicine as well as medicinal herbs\, and homeopathy since she was a teen. Food has been an integral part of her prescriptive selfcare plans for decades of care for thousands of patients in her practice of integrative family medicine. Patients learning about the healing power of foods and the care of themselves has been a devotion and a commitment for much of her professional life\, particularly in underserved communities. \n\n\n\nDr. Wright is a graduate of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. During her Family Practice residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago Ill\, she declared her commitment to integrative medicine and completed her family practice residency training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx\, New York\, where residents had an herbal formulary\, acupuncture clinic\, and openness to integrative medicine. \n\n\n\nDr. Wright currently practices medicine in the Chicago area and is available to assist you with your health challenges via telehealth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJan Joannides\, Executive Director\, Renewing the Countryside \n\n\n\nJan is the Executive Director and co-founder of Renewing the Countryside. For the past twenty-five years\, she has been an advocate and organizer for rural communities and citizens working to stimulate economic growth and enhance their communities through sustainable uses of their landscapes and resources. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAaron Blythe\, Agriculture Program Director\, Latino Economic Development Center \n\n\n\nAaron helps direct LEDC’s Agricultural Program working to secure grants\, managing the program budget\, and coordinating LEDC’s Agricultural training activities including; business technical assistance to farmers\, loan application assistance\, marketing assistance\, and in-field technical assistance. Aaron also helps to build key partnerships with other farming and government organizations involved in creating pathways for success to Minnesota’s Latino agricultural entrepreneurs. \n\n\n\nAaron started working in Organic vegetable production in 2001. He is a graduate of the University of Santa Cruz’s Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems’ Apprenticeship program in Ecological Horticulture. Aaron spent over 8 years working and managing Organic vegetable farms in Oregon and Minnesota. He spent 6 years as the farm manager of Big River Farms\, an Organic vegetable training farm that works with emerging and immigrant farmers. Most recently\, he spent 5 years as the Director of Shared Ground Farmers’ Cooperative\, a majority-owned Latino marketing cooperative in St. Paul\, MN. \n\n\n\nAs a white employee of a Latino organization\, Aaron is inspired to do this work for two reasons. First\, he is consistently in awe of the vision\, dedication\, and wisdom Latino agricultural entrepreneurs bring to rural Minnesota. Secondly\, Aaron wants to see a thriving Minnesota agricultural economy and believes deeply that the future of a healthy rural Minnesota depends on the energy and passion of the growing Latino community that has made rural Minnesota it’s home.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farmland-access-101-innovative-strategies-toward-landscape-change/
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SUMMARY:Kansas City Digging In Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the FREE hometown premiere of Digging In: An Exploration of the US Food System on Sun Nov 19\, 2023 at 408 Armour Road\, North Kansas City\, MO 64116. 3-5 pm CT.  \n\n\n\nFrom KC-filmmakers Nathan Johnson and Jay W. Austin\, Digging In follows our host (Masika Henson) around the country to understand who controls our food\, who owns the the land its grown upon\, and whether our systems can adapt to a changing climate. \n\n\n\nAt this event\, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the filmmakers and others featured in the film\, connect with others who have questions and answers about the food system\, and enjoy special finger foods prepared by a local chef. Holly Enowski\, SAFSF\, will be in attendance.  \n\n\n\nCelebrate local creators\, enjoy a film before it’s released to the public\, and learn more about filmmaking and food. This family-friendly event is a beautiful way to spend a Sunday afternoon. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your tickets now! \n\n\n\n\nSecure Your FREE Ticket Here!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/kansas-city-digging-in-screening/
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Agriculture's Relationship with Animals and Climate: Practitioner Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by SAFSF\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, Stray Dog Institute\, FACT\, and First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\nThe global production of animals for meat\, dairy\, and eggs is a major contributor to climate change\, accounting for an estimated ~10% of annual human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. \n\n\n\nIn the U.S.\, more than 90% of farmed animals are raised in industrial confinement\, many in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Industrial animal agriculture not only creates significant environmental impacts\, but also subjects billions of animals to severe suffering. Moreover\, the adverse effects of industrial animal operations disproportionately impact Black\, Brown\, Indigenous\, and/or low-income communities\, compromising communities’ health and overall quality of life. \n\n\n\nFor a food system that is just and sustainable\, we need to move beyond industrial animal agriculture toward food systems that respect the dignity and well-being of humans\, animals\, and the environment. \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, experts engaged in models of sustainable food production that prioritize environmental\, animal\, and community well-being will share their approaches to including animals in food production and discuss linkages to climate. We’ll hear from Indigenous practitioners working with bison\, advocates of regenerative farming and ranching\, and practitioners integrating non-commodified and wild animals into their systems. \n\n\n\nKey Discussion Points: \n\n\n\n\nOverview and history of CAFOs and the policies bolstering them\n\n\n\nHow practitioners think about the climate impacts of their work\n\n\n\nHow practitioners view and approach their relationships with animals\n\n\n\nPolicymaking to transition from industrial animal farming to a food system that prioritizes environmental\, animal\, and community well-being\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS:  \n\n\n\n\nMelissa Hoffman\, SHO Farm\n\n\n\nAmbrosia Young\, Rocky Boy Chippewa Cree Tribe\n\n\n\nGreg Gunthorp\, Gunthorp Farms\n\n\n\nHarry Rhodes\, FACT\n\n\n\nA-dae Romero-Briones\, FNDI\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Recording\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is a funder-only\, no-pitch space for those working in philanthropy and investing. For SAFSF events\, funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. This includes individual donors\, executive and program staff\, and members of the board of grantmaking organizations (family foundations\, individual donors\, corporate foundations\, government\, community foundations\, etc.)\, as well as representatives of non-profit or for-profit investment enterprises. Development or fundraising staff of regranting organizations are generally not permitted to participate in our funder-only events. \n\n\n\nIf you are not a funder and register for this event\, your registration may be canceled. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSPEAKERS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmbrosia Young\, Chippewa Cree Tribe  \n\n\n\nAmbrosia Young is a 37-year-old member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. She holds a degree in business management\, accounting/bookkeeping\, and grant management. Ambrosia has several years of experience working with the BIA in the realty and range departments. She was also a recent board member of the Buffalo board in Rocky Boy. Ambrosia’s family owns a ranch\, and she spends her extra time helping with the cattle. Her exposure to agriculture has taken her to exciting places and allowed her to meet new people. Although Ambrosia is still relatively new to the world of Agriculture\, she is eager to learn more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarry Rhodes\, Executive Director\, Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT)  \n\n\n\nFor the last 20 years Harry Rhodes has led organizations that are working to reform our food system by supporting local\, humane\, organic farming. Harry believes that everyone has a right to eat healthy food. His expertise is taking startup ideas and scaling them up into vibrant not-for-profit organizations.  \n\n\n\nAfter 17 years as Co-Founder and Executive Director of Growing Home\, a leading organic urban farming organization in Chicago\, Harry was selected as the second Executive Director of Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) in 2019. Now in its 40th year\, FACT is at the forefront of transforming the animal agriculture system with the vision that all food-producing animals should be raised in a humane and healthy manner\, and that everyone should have access to safe and humanely produced food. Under Harry’s leadership FACT’s budget has almost doubled in the last three years\, its staff has grown from 2.5 to 6 full-time employees\, and its national impact continues to grow. FACT provides critical resources to help farmers adopt humane practices\, advocates for food health and safety\, and guides consumers in making healthy food choices. Harry has a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Wisconsin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA–dae Romero-Briones\, Associate Director of Research and Policy for Native Agriculture\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\nA-dae Romero-Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa) is associate director of research and policy for Native Agriculture for First Nations Development Institute. She formerly was the director of community development for Pūlama Lāna‘i in Hawaii\, and is also the co-founder and former executive director of a nonprofit organization in Cochiti Pueblo\, New Mexico. A-dae worked for the University of Arkansas School of Law’s Indigenous Food and Agricultural Initiative while earning her LLM degree in food and agricultural law. Her thesis was on the Food Safety Modernization Act as it applied to the federal-tribal relationship. She wrote extensively about food safety\, the Produce Safety rule and tribes\, and the protection of tribal traditional foods. A U.S. Fulbright Scholar\, A-dae received her bachelor of arts degree in public policy from Princeton University\, and received a law doctorate from Arizona State University’s College of Law\, in addition to her LLM degree in food and agricultural law from the University of Arkansas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreg Gunthorp\, Gunthorp Farms \n\n\n\nIn 1998\, Greg Gunthorp was selling live hogs for less than his grandfather did during the Great Depression. It was then that he entered the meat industry– all while still raising high-quality\, pasture-raised pigs like his family has for generations before him. Gunthorp Farms is a family owned business and all members of the family chip in. Gunthorp Farms also employs approximately 30 full-time and 15 part-time employees. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMelissa Hoffman\, Founder and Co-Director\, LivingFuture Foundation \n\n\n\nMelissa is the Founder and Co-Director (with her wife\, Shawn Smith) of LivingFuture Foundation\, a conservation-non-profit promoting a kinship relationship with land.  She is a farmer\, chef\, and educator\, as well as the creator of the foundation’s first project\, SHO Farm\, a 1300-acre forested watershed in Vermont’s mountains. SHO Farm\, also a wildlife refuge\, practices wildlife-integrated agroforestry and hosts a rescued duck sanctuary\, Sanctuary at SHO. Melissa holds a BA in Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College\, and attended University of Chicago’s Master of Arts program in Cultural Anthropology. She went on to practice bio-intensive agriculture\, biodynamics\, and permaculture (the latter under Geoff Lawton). She loves combining fungi\, and gathered and cultivated plants using global techniques of fermentation and preservation to craft delicious\, place-specific cuisine. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/sustainable-agricultures-relationship-with-animals-climate-practitioner-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
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SUMMARY:Virtual Farewell Celebration for Virginia Clarke
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual celebration of Virginia Clarke. Virginia has served as SAFSF’s founding executive director for over 20 years and will be stepping down this December.  \n\n\n\nBring a cup of tea\, a glass of champagne\, some chocolates\, tissues\, whatever feels right as we toast to her incredible leadership. All who love and wish to celebrate Virginia are welcome!  \n\n\n\nBeyond showing up to this virtual celebration we invite you to help us celebrate through making a pledge to the Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity\, creating a well-wishes video\, and signing this digital farewell card.  \n\n\n\nThis event will be hosted on an external platform. All registrants will receive access information closer to the event date! Registration will close 24 hours before the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelp Us Celebrate\n\n\n\nWe hope you will help us send Virginia off with lots of love and appreciation below are a few additional ways you can get involved!  \n\n\n\nPLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT\n\n\n\nTo honor the legacy and leadership of 2003-2023 Executive Director Virginia Clarke\, SAFSF is launching a special fundraising initiative\, the Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity. Virginia worked to bring equity conversations and practices into all aspects of SAFSF’s work\, opening the door for essential internal trainings and bold equity programming\, and integrating equity practices across operations and organizational structure. The Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity will support intentional work to deepen and further operationalize SAFSF’s racial equity commitment and practices\, and to provide programs and assistance to our members and network to do the same. Help us reach our goal of $100\,000 before Virginia’s departure at the end of 2023\, and $250\,000 by mid-2024\, to build on her strong legacy. This work benefits every funder in SAFSF’s network—and by extension\, the movements we support—and we are inviting all our members to make a pledge of support to the Virginia Clarke Legacy Fund for Equity. No amount is too small—or too large! \n\n\n\nContact Renee Catacalos\, VP\, Strategy and Impact\, with any questions or to donate through a grant. \n\n\n\n\nDONATE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCREATE A VIDEO\n\n\n\nSAFSF is making a group video to celebrate Virginia’s legacy and we need your help. Please add your own video wishes below (it’s quick & easy) and you’ll be a part of a memorable farewell. \n\n\n\n\nCREATE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGN A FAREWELL CARD\n\n\n\nSAFSF has created this digital greeting card to capture thoughts\, memories\, and more from folks in our network and beyond. Take a moment to write Virginia a note and wish her well. \n\n\n\n\nSIGN
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/virtual-farewell-for-virginia-clarke/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231207T111500
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
CREATED:20231017T202834Z
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SUMMARY:Catalyzing Funder Support for Food Policy Councils: Effective Spaces for Policy Change
DESCRIPTION:Building equitable and resilient local food systems requires coordination of community efforts across and beyond the food system. Food policy councils help fulfill this role for over 300 jurisdictions across the U.S.\, serving as containers for civic engagement\, community leadership\, and policy change through the lens of food. These councils are diverse in their goals\, organizational structure\, connection to local and state governments\, and relationship with funders but are connected in their purpose as effective spaces for policy change.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore what we can learn from food policy councils about the ways that funders can engage in collaborative change and support policy advocacy at the local\, state\, and even federal levels. Through a panel discussion with food policy council leaders across the country and collaborative breakout group conversations\, this webinar will provide funders with practical insight into what food policy councils can achieve\, how to build relationships with existing food policy councils and catalyze new ones\, and how to be effective partners in supporting their work.  \n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nSLIDE DECK\n\n\n\n\nGoals: \n\n\n\n\nIntroduce the diversity of food policy councils in the United States and how they are navigating complex challenges to their food systems \n\n\n\nAllow funders to examine food systems challenges\, the network of food systems actors\, and opportunities for collaboration for policy change \n\n\n\nProvide funders a space to explore how investing in food policy councils can lead to effective change at the local\, state\, and even federal levels \n\n\n\nHelp funders understand the strategies they can employ to provide effective support for food policy councils \n\n\n\n\nSession Format:  \n\n\n\nThis 75-minute session will feature: \n\n\n\n\nPresentation to ground funder attendees on what food policy councils are\, their diversity in structure\, and what they can accomplish \n\n\n\nPanel discussion with food policy council leaders \n\n\n\nFacilitated breakout group discussions to explore opportunities for funder engagement\n\n\n\n\nBreakout questions: \n\n\n\n\nDo you see collaboration happening around food systems change in your community? Does policy change show up in these collaborations?\n\n\n\nIs your foundation already supporting food policy councils? If not\, are there barriers you have faced?\n\n\n\nHow can food policy councils effectively make the case for their work to funders? What information would be helpful for you? \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free funder-only event. This event is a funder-only\, no-pitch space for those working in philanthropy and investing. For SAFSF events\, funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. This includes individual donors\, executive and program staff\, and members of the board of grantmaking organizations (family foundations\, individual donors\, corporate foundations\, government\, community foundations\, etc.)\, as well as representatives of non-profit or for-profit investment enterprises. Development or fundraising staff of regranting organizations are generally not permitted to participate in our funder-only events. If you are not a funder and register for this event\, your registration may be canceled. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nj. olu baiyewu\, City of Atlanta Urban Agriculture Director (Panel Moderator) \n\n\n\nAs the City of Atlanta Urban Agriculture Director\, j. olu leads the strategic planning process\, stakeholder and partner collaboration\, and program implementation for Atlanta’s urban agriculture and fresh food access activities. Prior to joining the City of Atlanta j. olu was Director of Programs and Outreach at Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance. There he led the partnership\, outreach\, and implementation strategy of the organization’s Resource Center program. j. olu has also founded and served as Director of Organix Matters\, which designs\, builds\, manages\, and grows initiatives across metro Atlanta in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)\, farmers markets\, and gardens. He has also worked at two Atlanta-area non-profit urban farming organizations\, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture and Global Growers Network. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKaren Bassarab\, Senior Program Officer\, Food Communities & Public Health Program\, Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future  \n\n\n\nKaren is a senior program officer with the Food Communities and Public Health Program\, primarily responsible for managing the Food Policy Network project\, a national resource hub for local and regional councils from across the United States and Canada. Karen enjoys the dynamic work of this role to support the development of lasting policy solutions that account for regional environmental\, political and cultural variations\, and can affect all aspects of the food system. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaura Ackerman\, Director\, Syracuse Onondaga Food Systems Alliance\n\n\n\nMaura holds dual masters degrees in Public Health and Nutrition Science from Tufts University\, but gained much of her experience working at every level in nonprofit organizations and local governments across Massachusetts—leading youth programming\, mounting massive public health education campaigns\, and writing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of grants\, among many other things. Most recently\, she worked as the Assistant Director of Programs at Project Bread\, the largest hunger relief organization in that state; she still works there part-time as a Senior Advisor\, though these days\, her primary focus is SOFSA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElisa Muñoz-Miller\, Executive Director\, New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee\n\n\n\nMuñoz-Miller leads the New Orleans Food Policy Advisory Committee (FPAC)\, a broad-based coalition of more than 40-member organizations\, businesses and individuals who work\, eat and sell food. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaura Henn\, Coordinator\, Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition\n\n\n\nMaura Henn has over 17 years of experience working with community food systems with an emphasis on farmers market and cooperative grocery store management. She works with local Montana farmers markets and small agriculture producers to promote local foods and connect suppliers with low-income buyers through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) incentives\, including collecting survey data and conducting outreach activities at local markets. She is the coordinator for the Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition and manages NCAT’s participation in the Montana Double SNAP Dollars Network. Maura also coordinates the Business and Community program of the Montana Harvest of the Month Program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKathryn Parker\, Program Officer\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\n\n\n\nKate Parker is a program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek\, Michigan. In this role\, she works in the foundation’s priority place of New Orleans to support thriving children\, working families and equitable communities. \n\n\n\nServing under the direction of the vice president for place-based programs\, Parker is responsible for identifying and nurturing opportunities for effecting positive systemic change in New Orleans. In this role\, she executes programming efforts that are aligned with the organizational direction and works closely with other staff to ensure the integration and coordination of initiatives as it relates to the mission of the foundation. More specifically\, Parker focuses on issues of health equity. She brings public health and food systems expertise\, along with professional experience working directly with local and state agencies to address inequities in access to healthy food and quality health care. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulia McCarthy\, Senior Program Officer\, New York Health Foundation\n\n\n\nAs Senior Program Officer\, Julia McCarthy helps lead NYHealth’s Healthy Food\, Healthy Lives priority area\, the goal of which is to create a more equitable food system that connects all New Yorkers with the food they need to thrive. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining NYHealth\, Ms. McCarthy served as the deputy director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy at Teachers College of Columbia University\, where she oversaw operations\, strategy\, and project execution. Ms. McCarthy also held policy roles at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Natural Resources Defense Council. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJane Schmitz\, Director\, From Now On Fund and seed donor for Fund for Better Food Policy\n\n\n\nJane taught public health at Occidental College from 2011-2019. She is active locally within in her own community and nationally to promote nutrition security for children and families. She has a doctoral degree in public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Click for more information on the Better Food Policy Fund.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/catalyzing-funder-support-for-food-policy-councils-effective-spaces-for-policy-change/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231213T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
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SUMMARY:[RESCHEDULED] In the Kitchen Call: Year-End Reflections
DESCRIPTION:These SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we look back at all that we’ve accomplished together in 2023. Let’s take the time to reflect and celebrate some of your accomplishments\, share lessons learned\, and connect with one another. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF-member only event. Registration is required.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-year-end-reflections/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240129T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240129T235959
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
CREATED:20231017T181410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240111T180517Z
UID:10000585-1706486400-1706572799@www.agandfoodfunders.org
SUMMARY:Deadline: Apply for SAFSF Membership
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is the leading national philanthropy serving organization (PSO) for funders seeking to drive change in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems. Members include endowed and self-funded foundations and investors\, as well as certain types of intermediaries\, such as community development finance institutions (CDFIs)\, community foundations\, funding collaboratives\, and regranting organizations. Membership offers more robust opportunities to strengthen connections\, foster collaboration and build capacity alongside funding peers. \n\n\n\nMember Benefits\n\n\n\n\nNetworking\, knowledge-sharing and collaboration with SAFSF peers;\n\n\n\nAccess to fellow members and network data;\n\n\n\nSpecial member-only calls and activities;\n\n\n\nDiscounted registration fees for all SAFSF events\, including Annual Forum and Policy Briefing;\n\n\n\nEntitled to invite one representative of an organization they are financially supporting to the Forum;\n\n\n\nAccess to an audience of other funders and NGOs;\n\n\n\nAbility to help shape the SAFSF agenda and work plan; and\n\n\n\nEligibility to participate on the Board of Directors.\n\n\n\n\nEligibility\n\n\n\nThe missions of our members should be in alignment with SAFSF’s own mission and values\, as well as the SAFSF Commitment to Racial Justice.  \n\n\n\nWe welcome those organizations and individuals who: \n\n\n\n\nOperate in alignment with SAFSF’s core values;\n\n\n\nUse grantmaking\, lending or investing as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and relate to SAFSF colleagues as peer funders\, not in a fundraising capacity;\n\n\n\nShare SAFSF’s goal of increasing viability of and funding for sustainable agriculture and food system organizations and enterprises;\n\n\n\nSupport relationship-building\, knowledge-sharing\, and collaboration within SAFSF’s framework;\n\n\n\nShare experiences\, perspectives and expertise with SAFSF colleagues;\n\n\n\nProvide financial support for SAFSF\, its programs and its initiatives; and\n\n\n\nShow an interest in enhancing the reputation of and expanding opportunities for SAFSF.\n\n\n\n\nParticipation in SAFSF events and committees is open to all individual donors\, executive and program staff\, and members of the Board of grantmaking or investment organizations. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events or to subscribe to our listserv. \n\n\n\nInterpretation of these criteria is at the discretion of the SAFSF Board of Directors. The Board of Directors also reserves the right to review a member’s fulfillment of these criteria at any time. Members may not use their participation in SAFSF for promotional purposes or for private gain. SAFSF reserves the right to deny membership or remove a member if an applicant’s or member’s actions reflect poorly on the field and might harm SAFSF’s reputation\, staff\, members\, or member organizations. While not an exhaustive list\, lawsuits\, federal or state investigations\, consumer boycotts\, or other significant actions against an applicant\, member\, or affiliated organization would raise such concern.  \n\n\n\nApplication Dates\n\n\n\nApplication deadlines are January 29\, April 15\, July 30\, and October 15. You will be notified of a decision generally within a month of the deadline. \n\n\n\nMembership Dues\n\n\n\nMember organization annual dues are based on total grantmaking or investment that supports sustainable agriculture and food systems work.  \n\n\n\nAnnual SAFS-related grants or investmentsFoundation/InvestorsCDFIs/Regranting Organizations/Community Foundations<$100\,000$1\,200$1\,200$100\,000-$249\,999$1\,500$1\,500$250\,000-$499\,999$2\,500$2\,500$500\,000-$999\,999$5\,000$2\,500$1\,000\,000-$1\,999\,999$7\,500$3\,750$2\,000\,000-$4\,999\,999$10\,000$5\,000>$5\,000\,000$15\,000-$60\,000$7\,500\n\n\n\nApplication Process\n\n\n\nTo explore SAFSF membership\, please contact membership and development associate\, Angie Boone (angie@safsf.org or 805-209-4643)
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-apply-for-safsf-membership/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
CREATED:20231106T194236Z
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SUMMARY:Members-Only: Small Funders Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:After the small/medium funder structured networking session at the SAFSF 2023 Forum in Washington DC\, we saw continued interest that our members who identify as “small funders” would like more opportunities to connect and learn from one another. We have been brainstorming ways for this group to continue connecting and\, with the help of a funder planning group\, have determined that SAFSF will host the Small Funders Learning Community\, a new virtual space for SAFSF members who self-identify as being a part of a small funding organization. This community’s direction and content will be led by you\, the funders\, and logistics will be managed by SAFSF. \n\n\n\nThe goal of this initial kick-off meeting is to hear from all of you about topics you’d like to discuss\, how you would want this group to be structured\, what frequency you’d like to connect\, what would bring you value\, etc. We look forward to shaping this learning community with all of you. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only group and event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nExternal Agenda
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/members-only-small-funders-learning-community/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines,Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240206T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240206T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
CREATED:20231107T171541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231211T230639Z
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SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: Indigenous Food Systems Working Group Reflections
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow SAFSF members of the Indigenous Food Systems Working Group for their reflections and takeaways from their year of peer learning. The IFS Working Group has been a continued opportunity for those in our first cohort of the Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice to deepen their understanding and to work collaboratively to remove barriers for increasing funding in Indian Country. Come to hear their experience\, ask questions\, and get excited for the launch of our second cohort of the Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice! \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS:  \n\n\n\n\nFunder members of the Indigenous Food Systems Working Group
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-indigenous-food-systems-working-group-reflections/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
CREATED:20240205T203340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T170327Z
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SUMMARY:Executive Director Virtual Meet and Greet
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF Members are invited to join me (Clare Fox) for a Virtual Meet and Greet.  \n\n\n\nLet’s connect and talk about your priorities and aspirations for 2024\, and how SAFSF can support your work. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Clare here. This event is open to current SAFSF members.  \n\n\n\nRegister below:
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/executive-director-virtual-meet-and-greet/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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CREATED:20240213T173530Z
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SUMMARY:SAFSF Maximize Your Membership
DESCRIPTION:New to SAFSF? Long time member but haven’t been making use of the many resources available to members? Join us for our Maximize Your Membership orientation webinar!  \n\n\n\nWe’ll help you connect to new staff\, other members\, and help you discover how to make use of the incredible peer leadership and learning possible with our members.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll walk through the member portal – get you oriented to the resources provided there\, touch on ways you can engage with YOUR network\, and identify SAFSF staff members who are able and wanting to help you have greater impact. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, SAFSF member only event. \n\n\n\n\nRecording
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-maximize-your-membership/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T122856
CREATED:20240227T165245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T214743Z
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SUMMARY:Taking Power Back: Food Policies to Curb Predatory Marketing in New York
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Community Food Funders \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by New York Health Foundation\, Philanthropy New York\,and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders  \n\n\n\nBriefing: 1-2:30pm ET: Online  \n\n\n\nIn many communities of color across the five boroughs\, it’s no mistake that McDonald’s outlets outnumber grocery stores. Marketers of processed food spend billions of dollars to manipulate the local food environment\, exploiting local history\, culture\, and economics. Now\, community advocates across New York are fighting to reduce the food and beverage industry’s influence and successfully putting power back in community members’ hands. \n\n\n\nJoin Community Food Funders\, New York Health Foundation and our co-sponsors to learn from community leaders and advocates about their recent wins\, such as the Sweet Truth Act that passed last fall. We’ll also hear about a new slate of food policies that would take the burden off consumers to parse healthy from unhealthy foods and that would encourage retailers\, manufacturers\, and government agencies to create healthier default options.  Speakers will discuss how a national regranting initiative is supporting community action\, providing opportunities for cross-pollination across the country\, building the evidence base to improve public health\, and attracting like-minded funders. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nDr. Omni Cassidy\, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Langone Health where she directs the Food\, Culture\, & Tech Lab. She examines the intersections of food\, culture\, and technology with a specific focus on how food and beverage companies use advanced digital technologies\, such as virtual reality\, to market unhealthy products to communities of color. She hopes to eventually leverage advanced digital technologies to develop\, improve\, and inform novel interventions and policies to improve the food environment. \n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Pezzolesi\, MPH\, ODHM (Bob) is a founding Convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network. He is a public health advocate dedicated to building healthier communities by integrating faith-inspired social change with science-based public health policy and practice. Bob has helped lead successful community engagement and mobilization efforts for public health policy campaigns\, including a grassroots initiative to remove alcohol advertising from the New York MTA system and to support legislation to require warning labels in NYC chain restaurants for menu items with high amounts of added sugars. In 2023\, Bob was consecrated and commissioned as a Home Missioner in the United Methodist Church\, a lay leadership role dedicated to alleviating suffering and promoting social justice. \n\n\n\n\n\nShen’naque Sean Butler is a community health advocate and the founder of the FRESCH Food Bronx Health Initiative. His story is one of resilience\, determination\, and compassion. Shen’naque Sean lost his mother to cancer when she was only 57 years old\, and he realized that her health was compromised by the lack of healthy food options in the Bronx. Motivated by her memory\, he resolved to change the local food landscape. His mother\, a nurse\, and his grandmother\, a sharecropper\, instilled in him a sense of service and social justice. He has transformed his grief into a powerful force for good. Through his FRESCH Food Bronx Health Initiative\, Shen’naque Sean is not only providing nutritious food to those in need but also empowering the community to take charge of their health. His advocacy as a community voice had an essential role in the passage of the Sweet Truth Act\, groundbreaking legislation that mandates fast food chains operating in NYC to put warning labels on food items with high sugar content. With unwavering dedication\, he seeks to make a lasting impact on the well-being of Bronx residents and the broader conversation surrounding food policy and health. \n\n\n\n\n\nDeAnna Nara\, PhD is a policy lead at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. She works with community-based organizations across the country to pursue measures that improve the food environment. As an Edward Alexander Bouchet Doctoral Fellow\, DeAnna earned her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on nutritional management of chronic disease among low income\, minority residents in DC. DeAnna earned a MSc in Herbal Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Psychology from Howard University\, completing her Post Baccalaureate Training at the National Institute of Mental Health within the Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Regulation. DeAnna is the Chair of the DC Board of Nutrition & Dietetics and is also a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Specialist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Information & Registration
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/taking-power-back-food-policies-to-curb-predatory-marketing-in-new-york/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Executive Director Meet and Greet
DESCRIPTION:in San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nCurious to learn more about SAFSF? Join our new Executive Director Clare Fox and the SAFSF team on Monday evening. Come by for a casual Meet and Greet to learn what SAFSF has to offer and how to get involved.  \n\n\n\nCome as you are and as you wish! This will be a drop-by event\, open to all current and prospective members in the area. Please register so we know to expect you.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register for this via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/executive-director-meet-and-greet/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T090000
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SUMMARY:Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed for this event. \n\n\n\nJoin Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a day of peer funder engagement\, generative discussion\, and strategic alignment around funding regenerative agriculture\, held in San Francisco\, California on March 19\, 2024.  \n\n\n\nWe will ground our discussions in two recent reports from peers in this space: \n\n\n\n\nCultivating Change: Accelerating and Scaling Agroecology and Regenerative Approaches by Global Alliance for the Future of Food and\,\n\n\n\nInvesting in Regenerative Agriculture: Shaping a Livable Future by Josh Cavanaugh\, board member of The Russell Family Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nParticipation is limited to 40 funders* currently funding regenerative agriculture or seriously considering activating their resources in this space. SAFSF members\, non-members\, regional funders\, and national funders are all welcome.  \n\n\n\nThis is the first of three in person gatherings hosted by SAFSF in 2024 in lieu of a Forum.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Registration for this event is limited to funders. SAFSF defines funders as organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. Please reach out to Holly Enowski (holly@safsf.org) with any questions.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/regenerative-agriculture-california-gathering/
CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T190000
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SUMMARY:Digging In Screening
DESCRIPTION:In San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nFollowing our in-person gathering Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture\, SAFSF is hosting a film screening of Digging In\, our documentary focused on land access\, consolidation and climate change\, and their impact on American agriculture\, especially BIPOC farmers and ranchers. It’s taking place at the Landmark Opera Plaza Theatre in San Francisco on March 19 at 7 pm. \n\n\n\nThis is open to all who are interested! Please extend the invite to your partners and friends in the field. Come one\, come all for this great discussion about Digging In\, featuring our film narrator\, Masika Henson. Reach out to Holly know if you have any questions about the film or want to host a screening of your own.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register to attend this screening via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-screening/
CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,In Person Gathering,Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T090000
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SUMMARY:MO Funder Briefing on the Farm Bill (with Philanthropy Missouri)
DESCRIPTION:Connecting food production\, nutrition\, and natural resources\, Congress has passed Farm Bill legislation regularly since the 1930s. Every five years\, the bill expires and is updated. The current bill was enacted in 2018 and scheduled to expire this year. \n\n\n\nWhat is the status of the Farm Bill? And what does this mean for Missouri?  \n\n\n\nPhilMO Members and non-Member funders are invited to a briefing on the current Farm Bill with Philanthropy Missouri and Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF). \n\n\n\nThe briefing will include an overview of the Farm Bill\, how it effects Missouri\, the current state of the bill/extension\, and any expected future Congressional actions. Additionally\, Missouri funders and advocates will discuss philanthropic opportunities to fill gaps and provide leadership to benefit Missourians.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will feature SAFSF’s own Maggie Mascarenhas and Ferd Hoefner\, policy consultant.  \n\n\n\n\nTo Register!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/mo-funder-briefing-on-the-farm-bill-with-philanthropy-missouri/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T150000
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SUMMARY:Opportunities in Good Food Purchasing: Learning from Peer Funders
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is co-hosted by SAFSF\, The Rockefeller Foundation\, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.  \n\n\n\nThe quickly expanding field of Good Food Purchasing offers a breadth of opportunities for social and environmental impact and systems change\, with many entry points for funders. Whether you’re new to good food purchasing or have been in this space for a longtime\, please join us in a conversation about the importance of funding good food purchasing and how funders can best support the dynamic bench of actors in this field. We’ll hear from five of your funder peers with varying perspectives about the value of this work as food and agriculture funders\, how they came to fund the work\, what they see as key entry points to the work\, and more. A subsequent webinar will host practitioners in the field to lift up successes and opportunities from their vantage point as well. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nLinda Jo Doctor\, program officer\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\n\n\n\nNoah Cohen-Cline\, director\, Food Initiative\, The Rockefeller Foundation\n\n\n\nJulia McCarthy\, senior program officer\, New York Health Foundation\n\n\n\nSarah Bell\, program director\, 11th Hour Project\n\n\n\nHaven Leeming\, senior program officer\, Builders Initiative\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nProcuring Food Justice 2023 Report\n\n\n\nFederal Good Food Purchasing Coalition\n\n\n\nGrowing Justice Fund
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/opportunities-in-good-food-purchasing-learning-from-peer-funders/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:April In the Kitchen Call: Redefining Risk
DESCRIPTION:These SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nHow do we define risk? What does risk really mean when it comes to grantmaking and investing? What does it mean to de-risk? How much risk is good risk? How can we reframe risk when it comes to changing our food\, fiber\, and agricultural system for the better?  \n\n\n\nJoin us as we explore these questions and others in April’s In the Kitchen call. We’ll hear from a few of your funder peers on their insights about risk from their perspective before opening the conversation up to the group to reflect on what risk means for you in your work. Come ready to hear from fellow members and to share your thoughts on the topic of risk. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:  \n\n\n\nCharity May\, Principal\, Sacred Futures \n\n\n\n\nCharity May is the Founder and Principal of Sacred Futures\, an advisory practice that guides partners in the reimagining\, designing and implementing of governance\, leadership and ownership models\, sustainable growth strategies\, and financing vehicles to cultivate renewal and reciprocity between human and more-than-human worlds. \n\n\n\nBefore launching Sacred Futures\, Charity was directly involved in the management of real estate private equity investments and debt capital markets. She has directed\, led and supported the investment\, structure and development of over $575 million of project value for education facilities across the country\, serving over 40\,000 students. In her time in investment banking\, she conducted the underwriting\, analysis\, origination and structuring for over $3.8 billion of leveraged finance transactions across multiple sectors including technology\, consumer goods\, industrial\, and energy. Charity also managed a portfolio of middle-market companies totaling $134 million in debt commitments and served on the sell side and project finance functions for companies administering renewable energy resources. She has worked with various non-profits and NGOs on local and global economic development initiatives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSkya Ducheneaux\, Executive Director\, Akiptan \n\n\n\n\nSkya Ducheneaux is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and spent her first 18 years of life on a cattle ranch on the CRST Reservation in South Dakota. She has an MBA in Business Administration. She previously spent her summers interning for the Intertribal Agriculture Council\, where she was introduced to the Native CDFI world (Community Development Financial Institution). Skya worked diligently to create the first national Native CDFI dedicated to Indian agriculture\, which launched in 2019. Skya remains connected to agriculture\, just from the other side of the table. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Crosby\, Principal\, Thread Fund \n\n\n\n\nTim Crosby is Principal of the Thread Fund\, which focuses on investing multiple forms of capital to generate social and environmental returns alongside financial returns. Additionally Tim is a Steering Committee Member of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food\, Member Agroecology Fund\, Chair Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS) Initiative\, Member Seattle Impact Investing Group\, and Board Member of the Carolyn Foundation and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Tim’s previous work includes Co-Chair Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders\, Director Slow Money Northwest\, Manager Cascadia Foodshed Financing Project\, and fifteen years as a professional photographer and graphic designer. Tim holds an MBA in Sustainable Business from Presidio University and a BA in Anthropology from Kenyon College.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/april-in-the-kitchen-call-redefining-risk/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Digging In Film Screening & Discussion with Philanthropy Missouri
DESCRIPTION:Grab your lunch and join PhilMO for the a virtual lunchtime screening and discussion of the documentary Digging In.  \n\n\n\nThis film by KC-filmmakers Nathan Johnson and Jay W. Austin is designed to help funders understand concentration and consolidation\, land access\, and climate change and explore the connection these issues have to their work and the work of their grantees. Filmed across the United States\, the Missouri communities of Auxvasse\, Kansas City\, and Mexico are specifically featured. The film builds upon themes from Part I\, which explored the U.S. Farm Bill.  After the screening\, we will have a robust discussion.  \n\n\n\nThis program is designed with PhilMO Members and Non-Member Funders in mind. Share with your colleagues who are interested in the intersection of grantmaking\, food systems\, and equity.  \n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Missouri Foundation for Health for supporting access to the film.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-film-discussion-with-philanthropy-missouri/
CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T235959
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Apply for SAFSF Membership
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is the leading national philanthropy serving organization (PSO) for funders seeking to drive change in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems. Members include endowed and self-funded foundations and investors\, as well as certain types of intermediaries\, such as community development finance institutions (CDFIs)\, community foundations\, funding collaboratives\, and regranting organizations. Membership offers more robust opportunities to strengthen connections\, foster collaboration and build capacity alongside funding peers. \n\n\n\nMember Benefits\n\n\n\n\nNetworking\, knowledge-sharing and collaboration with SAFSF peers;\n\n\n\nAccess to fellow members and network data;\n\n\n\nSpecial member-only calls and activities;\n\n\n\nDiscounted registration fees for all SAFSF events\, including Annual Forum and Policy Briefing;\n\n\n\nEntitled to invite one representative of an organization they are financially supporting to the Forum;\n\n\n\nAccess to an audience of other funders and NGOs;\n\n\n\nAbility to help shape the SAFSF agenda and work plan; and\n\n\n\nEligibility to participate on the Board of Directors.\n\n\n\n\nEligibility\n\n\n\nThe missions of our members should be in alignment with SAFSF’s own mission and values\, as well as the SAFSF Commitment to Racial Justice.  \n\n\n\nWe welcome those organizations and individuals who: \n\n\n\n\nOperate in alignment with SAFSF’s core values;\n\n\n\nUse grantmaking\, lending or investing as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and relate to SAFSF colleagues as peer funders\, not in a fundraising capacity;\n\n\n\nShare SAFSF’s goal of increasing viability of and funding for sustainable agriculture and food system organizations and enterprises;\n\n\n\nSupport relationship-building\, knowledge-sharing\, and collaboration within SAFSF’s framework;\n\n\n\nShare experiences\, perspectives and expertise with SAFSF colleagues;\n\n\n\nProvide financial support for SAFSF\, its programs and its initiatives; and\n\n\n\nShow an interest in enhancing the reputation of and expanding opportunities for SAFSF.\n\n\n\n\nParticipation in SAFSF events and committees is open to all individual donors\, executive and program staff\, and members of the Board of grantmaking or investment organizations. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events or to subscribe to our listserv. \n\n\n\nInterpretation of these criteria is at the discretion of the SAFSF Board of Directors. The Board of Directors also reserves the right to review a member’s fulfillment of these criteria at any time. Members may not use their participation in SAFSF for promotional purposes or for private gain. SAFSF reserves the right to deny membership or remove a member if an applicant’s or member’s actions reflect poorly on the field and might harm SAFSF’s reputation\, staff\, members\, or member organizations. While not an exhaustive list\, lawsuits\, federal or state investigations\, consumer boycotts\, or other significant actions against an applicant\, member\, or affiliated organization would raise such concern.  \n\n\n\nApplication Dates\n\n\n\nApplication deadlines are January 15\, April 15\, July 30\, and October 15. You will be notified of a decision generally within a month of the deadline. \n\n\n\nMembership Dues\n\n\n\nMember organization annual dues are based on total grantmaking or investment that supports sustainable agriculture and food systems work.  \n\n\n\nAnnual SAFS-related grants or investmentsFoundation/InvestorsCDFIs/Regranting Organizations/Community Foundations<$100\,000$1\,200$1\,200$100\,000-$249\,999$1\,500$1\,500$250\,000-$499\,999$2\,500$2\,500$500\,000-$999\,999$5\,000$2\,500$1\,000\,000-$1\,999\,999$7\,500$3\,750$2\,000\,000-$4\,999\,999$10\,000$5\,000>$5\,000\,000$15\,000-$60\,000$7\,500\n\n\n\nApplication Process\n\n\n\nTo explore SAFSF membership\, please contact membership and development associate\, Angie Boone (angie@safsf.org or 805-209-4643)
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-apply-for-safsf-membership-2/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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SUMMARY:Call for Board Nominations—Deadline Extended
DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is accepting nominations for up to three (3) positions on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning on June 1\, 2024. Please consider nominating yourself or a funder colleague to bring your perspective\, expertise\, and energy to the work of SAFSF! The deadline to submit a nomination has been extended to April 15\, 2024.  \n\n\n\nClick here for more details.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-call-for-board-nominations/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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SUMMARY:2024 SAFSF Membership Drive
DESCRIPTION:For over 20 years\, SAFSF has been home to hundreds of philanthropic and investment organizations moving capital toward a more just and sustainable food system. SAFSF offers a place to align and amplify our collective impact.  \n\n\n\nSAFSF membership offers robust opportunities to strengthen connections\, foster collaboration\, and build capacity alongside funding peers. Here is a sampling of the benefits of membership: \n\n\n\n\nLearning Communities and Communities of Practice \n\n\n\nAccess to data and reports about food and ag funding\n\n\n\nMember-only resource listserv and webinars\n\n\n\nPolicy Connection Newsletter \n\n\n\nDiscounted registration on SAFSF in person events and Annual Forum (in Albuquerque\, New Mexico next year!)\n\n\n\nProfessional and leadership opportunities to serve on Committees or Board of Directors\n\n\n\n\nTo celebrate a year of growth and transition\, SAFSF is running a membership drive between March 18 and April 15. Funders whose food systems and agriculture-related investments and/or grant-making is below $2 million will receive a 15% reduction on their 2024 SAFSF membership. This promotion is available only to new members and is offered as a one-time opportunity for the 2024 year. \n\n\n\nTo learn more about membership benefits\, eligibility\, and annual dues\, visit our membership page or contact Angie Boone\, Member and Development Associate\, at angie@safsf.org\, or (805) 209-4643.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2024-membership-drive/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T110000
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SUMMARY:Health Funders Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:Last fall SAFSF connected a handful of health funders in our membership for a group call; that call led to a desire for a regular\, designated space for all health funders within the SAFSF member network to learn from one another. With that\, SAFSF is excited to announce the launch of the Health Funders Learning Community\, a new virtual space for SAFSF members who self-identify as being health funders in the food and ag sector.  \n\n\n\nOur first funder co-chairs of the community will be Katie Kaufmann\, senior strategist for Missouri Foundation for Health\, and Jan Delatorre\, senior program officer for Michigan Health Endowment Fund.  \n\n\n\nThe goal of this first meeting is to establish the community\, hear what you are hoping to get out participating\, hear from your fellow funders about their work\, etc. We look forward to shaping this learning community with all of you. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only group and event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nAgenda
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/health-funders-learning-community/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Strategic Planning Kick Off for Members | In The Kitchen Call
DESCRIPTION:Curious about the future of SAFSF? We invite you to join us as we start this strategic planning journey. As a SAFSF member\, you uniquely understand the importance of this network and how it’s impacted your work. We want your input and expertise to inform our collective next chapter. Come learn about our strategic planning process and lend your voice to our evolution. Please register so we can share materials in advance. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        \n                            Funder-Only Registration\n                             \n							"*" indicates required fields \n                        \n                        CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n                            \n                            \n                                                    First\n                                                    \n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                            Last\n                                                            \n                                                        \n                            \n                        Organization*Title*Email*\n                            \n                        Are you a funder?*\n								\n								Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n							SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/strategic-planning-kick-off-for-members-in-the-kitchen-call/
CATEGORIES:Member Only
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SUMMARY:Small Funders Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:Building Grantee Relationships as a Small Funder \n\n\n\nHow do you find grantmaking opportunities as a small funder? How do you build relationships with a limited capacity and a small staff? How do you support your grantees beyond the check without burning out? Join your fellow SAFSF members who identify as small funders to discuss your answers to these questions\, to build community with your peers\, to get insights into best practices\, and more. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only group and event for SAFSF Small Funders Learning Community Members. If you identify as a small funder within the SAFSF membership and are interested in joining\, please email Erin Olschewski at erin@safsf.org.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/small-funders-learning-community/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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