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SUMMARY:Chicago Networking Social with SAFSF Board & Friends
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the SAFSF Board Retreat\, we invite you to join for a networking social for funders\, innovators\, and advocates working at the nexus of food and agriculture. This event is invitation-only. Drinks and light bites will be provided. If you are interested in attending\, please reach out to SAFSF’s Membership Team at membership@safsf.org.   \n\n\n\nInterested in learning with us? SAFSF is hosting a workshop for diverse capital partners to explore ways to break the silos between philanthropy and investment in support of a local food economy at The Hatchery on November 13. To learn more\, please visit our event page here.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/chicago-happy-hour-with-safsf-board-friends/
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SUMMARY:Pathways for Industry and Agriculture to Reduce N2O Emissions from Synthetic Fertilizer
DESCRIPTION:This webinar is hosted by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and co-hosts Climate and Energy Funders Group and Health and Environmental Funders Network. \n\n\n\nSynthetic nitrogen fertilizer is essential to modern agriculture\, but it is often overlooked in climate conversations and remains an underrecognized driver of climate change. \n\n\n\nNitrous oxide (N₂O)\, released during both the production and application of fertilizer\, is nearly 300 times more potent than CO₂\, with emissions. Today\, the U.S. is the world’s fourth-largest producer of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. By 2030\, domestic production of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers is expected to quadruple. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a webinar to explore key findings from “Nitrous Oxide: A Hidden Threat\,” a new report produced by McKnight Foundation and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. The report’s four authors highlight common-sense solutions to reduce N₂O emissions that center farmers and cross-sector collaboration. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of how agriculture and climate partners can help catalyze action toward ambitious 2035 and 2050 reduction goals. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is open to all funders. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTenzin Dolkar\, Senior Program Officer\, McKnight Foundation (moderator)\n\n\n\n\nTenzin Dolkar (Dolkar) is a program officer with the McKnight Foundation’s Midwest Climate & Energy program\, where she works to shape and guide the trajectory of the Foundation’s climate initiatives\, aligning McKnight’s equity goals. Prior to McKnight\, Dolkar served as a climate advisor to the City of Minneapolis through a Natural Resources Defense Council partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies American Cities Climate Challenge. From 2016 to 2018\, Dolkar served as a senior policy advisor to Governor Mark Dayton on transportation and agriculture. \n\n\n\nDolkar holds a master’s degree in social work from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in international studies with a minor in social work from the University of St. Thomas. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMike Badzmierowski\, Manager\, U.S. Agricultural Policy\, World Resources Institute\n\n\n\n\nDr. Mike Badzmierowski is the Manager for U.S. Agricultural Policy at World Resources Institute. His role is to research and provide guidance on practices and strategies best suited to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. \n\n\n\nMike’s research has focused on soil carbon and nitrogen and related greenhouse gas emissions with an emphasis on ensuring data quality. He earned his PhD in Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences from Virginia Tech where he continued as a postdoctoral researcher. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Management from the University of Rhode Island. \n\n\n\nOutside his professional pursuits\, Mike loves to stay active and is an avid explorer. He has a goal to see all of the U.S. National Parks. When Mike is not on the move\, he loves finding amazing food! Break the ice and reach out to him about your favorite dish (and where he can try it) or feel free to be direct about talking how we can best achieve greenhouse gas reductions in agriculture! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourtney Bernhardt\, Research Director\, Environmental Integrity Project\n\n\n\n\nCourtney is Co-Director of Environmental Integrity Project’s Center for Environmental Investigations and leads EIP’s team of dedicated analysts. She manages EIP’s public databases and analyzes and visualizes data to inform and support EIP’s advocacy efforts. She joined EIP in 2013 after earning a Master of Environmental Management and a certificate in geospatial analysis from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. Before then\, she spent several years working on CERCLA and CWA lawsuits as a paralegal at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. She also holds a B.A. in public policy from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Faber\, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs\, Environmental Working Group\n\n\n\n\nScott Faber leads Environmental Working Group’s government affairs efforts to reform food\, farm\, water and chemical safety policies. Faber is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Molloy\, Principal\, Ammonia & Fertilizers\, Rocky Mountain Institute\n\n\n\n\nPatrick is a principal with RMI’s Climate-Aligned Industries Program\, where he leads workstreams focused on ammonia and fertilizers\, hydrogen infrastructure\, and hydrogen system innovation. He focuses on deployment potential\, system design\, market evolution\, and potential for disruption in next-generation traded markets. Patrick has been widely cited on next-generation technology emergence with particular focus on hydrogen applications in the industrial space. Previously\, he worked with RMI’s Business Renewables Center\, focusing on tax equity structures and PPA deal structures. Additionally\, as part of RMI’s mining team\, he led work on mine site remediation of on-site renewable resource development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller\, Executive Director\, Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\n\n\n\n\nMark Muller serves as the executive director at the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. He 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. \n\n\n\nMark served as director of the Mississippi River program at the McKnight Foundation\, and prior to that he directed the Food & Community Fellows program at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. He also spent two years teaching high school in New York City and 18 months volunteering in Honduras and Guatemala. He and his spouse and three children live in south Minneapolis.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/pathways-for-industry-and-agriculture-to-reduce-n2o-emissions-from-synthetic-fertilizer/
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SUMMARY:SAFSF on the Road: Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Building Vision and Capital: Aligning Funding Practices with Entrepreneurial Realities \n\n\n\nSustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) invites you to a workshop where diverse capital partners will explore bridging the capital gaps to support the local food economy. We will hear from food entrepreneurs to explore ways philanthropy and investors can align funding practices with entrepreneurial realities.  \n\n\n\nJoin SAFSF and fellow funders\, including the Chicago Food Policy Action Council\, Fresh Taste\, Kinship Foundation\, Proofing Station\, and Builders Vision\, on Thursday\, November 13\, from 2:00–5:00 PM CT at The Hatchery. Learn from food entrepreneurs about how food serves as a critical philanthropy strategy that you can activate more deeply.  \n\n\n\nThanks to our Chicago-based  SAFSF members for their thought partnership!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda At A Glance\n\n\n\n1:20 PM  Tour of The Hatchery *Optional*2:00 PM   Event Kick–Off2:20 PM   Facilitated Funder Networking3:00 PM   The Hatchery Entrepreneur Panel 3:45 PM   Funder Panel and Takeaways: Blended capital in practice 4:00 PM   Integrated Capital Stack Workshop 5:00 PM   Refreshments and Networking \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFunder Discussion\n\n\n\nA continuation from a conversation heard at the 2025 SAFSF Forum\, this conversation will explore how Chicago’s food system has evolved over the past decade with strong philanthropic support. A combined approach – community-led as Chicago Region Food Systems Fund\, impact investment as Proofing Station\, and the long-term strategic grantmaking model of Food:Land:Opportunity – offers the most effective path forward to co–create a more equitable and resilient food system. How can investments and philanthropy go hand in hand? \n\n\n\n// PHILANTHROPY: Kinship Foundation\n\n\n\n\nLenore Beyer is the Director of Conservation Initiatives at Kinship Foundation\, where she manages Food:Land:Opportunity\, a multi-year initiative to create a resilient local food economy in the Chicago region. Beyer manages a grant portfolio of $3M annually and spearheads projects in collaborative COVID response funding and innovative financing. Prior to joining Kinship Foundation\, Beyer was the vice president of policy and planning at Openlands\, a regional conservation land trust\, where she led projects to create Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge and integrated farmland protection with local food initiatives. Beyer was previously the executive director of the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County\, a citizen advocacy organization\, and served as president of the Illinois Environmental Council. \n\n\n\n\n// COMMUNITY-LED: Chicago Region Food System Fund\n\n\n\n\nDion Dawson is a food-fighting social entrepreneur\, philanthropic leader\, and founder focused on health equity through an innovative and logistical lens. Dion’s penchant for challenging the solvency of food insecurity through the stabilization of the supply chain has reinvigorated the traditional food distribution model and been met with worldwide attention. With data-driven operations\, consistent quality\, and a deep commitment to a resident-informed process that meets residents and recipients where they are\, he prioritizes the end-user experience. \n\n\n\nDion is the Chief Dreamer of Dion’s Chicago Dream\, a nonprofit social enterprise combating food insecurity through logistics & last-mile delivery in the U.S’s Midwest region. His system provides fresh produce to the door steps of food insecure recipients and has provided millions of pounds of fresh produce annually to the Chicago region food system\, with numerous community jobs created and one powerful movement. \n\n\n\n\n// IMPACT INVESTMENT: Proofing Station\n\n\n\n\nCortney Renton\, Executive Director of Proofing Station\, is a seasoned food systems leader with experience driving change from farm to shelf. She is rooted in 15 years of multidisciplinary experience in research\, sustainability\, strategy\, and fundraising roles across diverse social impact organizations. \n\n\n\nMost recently\, Cortney served as the Executive Director of CitySeed\, a nonprofit based in New Haven\, CT building an equitable local food system through community and economic development.  \n\n\n\nCortney is a proud Midwesterner. She was born and raised in Minnesota and built her career in Chicago. Previously\, she led national programs focused on rural hunger relief by building strategic relationships with donors\, partners\, and farmers at Feeding America\, one of the largest nonprofits in the country. Cortney has also held research\, fundraising\, and sustainability roles with The Chicago Council on Global Affairs\, The Greater Chicago Food Depository\, and Sir Kensington’s.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Entrepreneurs \n\n\n\n// BRICK AND MORTAR: Twisted Eggroll\n\n\n\n\nChicago native and passionate entrepreneur\, Nikkita Randle\, founded Twisted Eggroll in 2015 to bring a fresh\, culturally inspired twist to traditional egg rolls. What started as a frozen packaged product has expanded into consumer packaged goods and e-commerce\, and will soon include a Chatham storefront in 2026.   \n\n\n\nAwards and Recognition: Red Eye Big Idea Award Food & Drink\, Neighborhood Opportunity Fund\, and Midwest Dairy Pitch Competition winner. \n\n\n\n\n// CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS: Sorghum Symphony\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlending expertise in agriculture\, genetics\, food chemistry\, and nutrition\, John Hammerstone and Shwetha Shrivatsa—a retail expert and mother—turned their shared love of food and music into Sorghum Symphony. Inspired by the need for safe\, healthy snacks for people of all ages—especially children with food allergies—they created a line of nutritious\, allergen-free snacks made from sorghum and other climate-friendly crops\, all free from the Top 9 allergens. Dedicated to both health and sustainability\, Sorghum Symphony proudly maintains a carbon-neutral footprint and contains no added sugar—snacks that are good for people and the planet. \n\n\n\n\n// AGTECH: Oishii \n\n\n\n\nKnown for its high-tech\, solar-powered vertical farms\, Oishii is redefining what’s possible in agriculture and the future of food. From AI-driven strawberry production to sustainable packaging and robotics\, Oiishi’s premium berries are nutrient-rich\, hyper-local\, and Non-GMO Project verified.  \n\n\n\n“Vertical farming technology is critical to solving one of the world’s largest problems – our failing agriculture system\,” said Hiroki Koga\, CEO and Co-founder of Oishii in Forbes. “Vertical farming does not require pesticides; we can recycle most of the water that we use\, and we can use significantly less land. \n\n\n\nOishii operates the world’s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm. Oishii is on a mission to fix our broken agriculture system – one perfectly plump berry at a time. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAFSF On the Road is a curated event series designed to connect influential and emerging decision makers with capital providers who are deploying funds toward systemic change. Each event is an opportunity to deepen relationships\, exchange insights\, and discover how philanthropy and investment can drive a just and resilient food future. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-on-the-road-chicago/
CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings
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SUMMARY:SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Advocacy Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health are forming a funder Working Group for a coordinated\, strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. The Working Group comes as an actionable response to insights shared by field leaders in a SNAP-focused webinar earlier in October. \n\n\n\nRecognizing the far-reaching implications of SNAP for food security\, health\, and economic equity\, this Working Group will serve as an information hub and a strategic coordination space\, designed to help funders act quickly\, effectively\, and in alignment with one another. We will organize three Working Group meetings to start and then assess next steps. \n\n\n\nThe first call will focus on opportunities for funders to support and engage in policy advocacy to protect SNAP on a federal and state level. In addition to connecting with peers\, funders will hear from Joel Berg\, CEO of Hunger Free America\, who will provide a policy landscape update from D.C.\, and Joey Hentzler\, Program Manager at MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger\, who will share about MAZON’s policy engagement and rapid response funding. \n\n\n\nUpcoming Working Group Calls will focus on opportunities to support training and technical assistance and strategic communications. \n\n\n\nThis Working Group is open to all funders currently responding to or actively considering a response to SNAP cuts. Funders do not need to be members of SAFSF or GIH – if you are wrestling with the impact of SNAP cuts for your communities\, this space is for you. Please register below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntelligence Gathering with Experts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoel Berg\, CEO of Hunger Free America\n\n\n\nJoel Berg is CEO of Hunger Free America\, a nationwide anti-hunger 501c3 advocacy and direct service organization. He is also an internationally-recognized book author\, researcher\, media spokesperson\, and thought leader in the fields of domestic hunger\, food systems\, poverty\, national service\, and American politics. \n\n\n\nAccording to The Nation magazine\, under Joel’s direction\, the group “grew in one of the leading direct service and advocacy organizations on hunger and poverty” in the country. He currently oversees work of more than 50 diverse employees and a 44-person\, nationwide\, AmeriCorps VISTA team. \n\n\n\nHe has appeared on Morning Joe\, All In with Chris Hayes\, NBC Nightly News\, The Beat with Ari Melber\, NPR\, CNN\, Marketplace\, Fox News\, PBS Newshour\, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart\, Hardball\, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton\, and the Kudlow Report. He’s also been quoted in outlets such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, New York Daily News\, New York Post\, The Guardian\, El Diario\, BET.com\, USA Today\, and The Wall Street Journal. \n\n\n\nJoel authored two books: All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America?\, and America We Need to Talk: a Self Help Book for the Nation\, which Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison called “important and entertaining.” Joel previously served for eight years in the Clinton Administration in senior executive service positions at including USDA\, including Coordinator of Community Food Security. \n\n\n\nFrom 1989 to 1993\, he served as a policy analyst for the Progressive Policy Institute and as a domestic policy staff member for then President-elect Bill Clinton’s transition team. He holds a BA from Columbia University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoey Hentzler\, Program Manager at Mazon\n\n\n\nJoey Hentzler is the Program Manager for MAZON. He leads and implements the organization’s grantmaking strategy and works to support state grantee partners to build their advocacy capacity and achieve their anti-hunger policy goals. He holds two undergraduate degrees from the University of Kansas in Political Science and Latin American Studies. Joey started political organizing with fellow college students in 2011 to push back against radical cuts to public education and the social safety net in Kansas. Most recently\, he helped lead grassroots campaigns in his hometown to stop county jail expansion and to achieve comprehensive Sanctuary City ordinance. Before joining MAZON\, Joey served as Director of Advocacy at Kansas Appleseed leading state-level advocacy campaigns focused on food safety net\, foster care\, and juvenile justice reform. He worked with MAZON during the 2018 Farm Bill fight to successfully protect SNAP by pressuring Kansas’s key Congressional leaders on agriculture and food policy. Throughout his career in his beloved Kansas\, the state motto has become a mantra for Joey: Ad astra per aspera.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/snap-strategy-funder-working-group-advocacy/
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SUMMARY:Federal Headwinds\, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action - Session 2
DESCRIPTION:This funder series is organized by The Funders Network\, Health and Environmental Funders Network\, Neighborhood Funders Group\, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network\, Climate and Energy Funders Group and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in partnership with ClimateMAX\, a new national collaborative and intersectional table of NGOs advancing and defending climate and environmental justice policy solutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn just a few months\, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars\, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs\, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of historic investments in climate-resilient infrastructure has been largely stripped away. \n\n\n\nBut despite these fierce federal headwinds\, there are opportunities for action — and models of collaboration\, partnership and frontline resilience. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a three-part learning series for funders Federal Headwinds\, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action. \n\n\n\nThese webinars will bring together funders\, nonprofit and community leaders to share analysis of recent actions under the current administration\, including impacts on frontline communities and leaders. They’ll also create space for funders to look past silos and consider best ways to leverage their resources\, networks and expertise to meet this moment with urgency and flexibility.The series is designed as a three-part learning arc but funders are welcome to attend individual sessions as their schedules allow. Attendees will automatically be confirmed for all three sessions when registering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 2: Communities Leading & Protecting to Overcome Headwinds\n\n\n\nThis session will provide a deeper understanding of how communities are overcoming these rollbacks\, including impacts to programs intended to develop clean energy and economic opportunities for limited wealth and historically underinvested communities. \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at how communities are currently adapting and adjusting and create space for small-group breakouts\, so funders can hear directly from groups on the ground about their ongoing work. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nJessica Boehland\, Senior Program Officer\, The Kresge Foundation\n\n\n\nLogan Burke\, Executive Director\, Alliance for Affordable Energy\n\n\n\nPaul Getsos\, Special Project Director\, United Today\, Stronger Tomorrow\n\n\n\nRahwa Ghirmatzion\, Senior Policy Fellow\, Just Solutions\n\n\n\nJennifer Somers\, Co-Executive Director\, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund\n\n\n\n\nStay tuned for additional speaker updates!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/federal-headwinds-frontline-resilience-understanding-the-impacts-opportunities-for-action-session-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Why Regenerative Producers Still Can’t Get Credit and How Integrated Capital Can Close the Gap
DESCRIPTION:Despite evidence to the contrary\, regenerative farmers\, ranchers\, and producers more broadly are often labeled as “too risky” by conventional lenders—not because of their actual performance\, but because they fall outside the structures that define creditworthiness in industrial agriculture. This webinar\, first presented at the 2025 SAFSF Forum\, will reframe the conversation around risk: What is real risk in ag lending\, and what’s just a byproduct of broken systems? \n\n\n\nSpeakers will examine how conventional lenders’ failure to offer patient\, flexible capital options for regenerative producers is hindering the regeneration of a resilient and sustainable food system. Rather\, the emergence of innovative\, mission-driven lenders and investors who are reviving relationship and opportunity-based models is making it possible to put soil health on the balance sheet. \n\n\n\nSpeakers will also explore the emergence of loan guarantees—one of the most effective tools for unlocking credit where traditional underwriting falls short. Lenders have fewer ways to assess risk because regenerative producers often operate without subsidies\, crop insurance\, or conventional benchmarks\, lenders have fewer ways to assess risk. Guarantees help close that gap\, giving lenders a backstop and making it possible to finance operations that are sound but structurally excluded. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is open to all funders. Join us for a conversation about risk\, reward\, and what it will take to truly finance regeneration. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinda Jo Doctor\, Program Officer\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation (moderator)\n\n\n\nLinda Jo Doctor is a program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek\, Michigan. In this role\, she helps develop programming priorities\, reviews and recommends proposals for funding\, manages and monitors a portfolio of active grants\, and designs and implements national programming. She co- leads the Foundation’s efforts to promote equitable\, sustainable and nourishing food systems. Previously\, Ms. Doctor was deputy director for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program Office housed at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She also directed the Division of Prevention at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health\, where she provided leadership for statewide health promotion and prevention programs\, interagency initiatives\, and national efforts. Ms. Doctor received her Master of Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health She recently completed her studies and received a Masters of Philanthropic Studies from the Lily Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University. She has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Cincinnati\, College of Community Services. She currently serves on the board of directors of ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZach Ducheneaux\, 5th C LLC\, Founder\n\n\n\nZach Ducheneaux was a third generation rancher\, and Executive Director of the Intertribal Agriculture Council prior to accepting a role as the Farm Service Agency Administrator in 2021. Since January of 2025 he’s been bringing an investment approach to production agriculture to revitalize rural economies and preserve family farms and ranches. His company\, 5th C LLC will match investors with agriculture producers in a manner that shares profits\, shares risk\, and shares opportunity more equitably with the producer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLauren Manning\, Executive Director\, Food System 6\n\n\n\nLauren Manning\, Esq.\, LL.M.\, is Executive Director of Food System 6\, a nonprofit working to accelerate the transition to a just and restorative food system by expanding access to capital. Before FS6\, Lauren was a venture capital investor with agrifood-tech focused AgFunder while also raising grass-fed beef\, lamb\, and goat meat as part of a farmer collective in NW Arkansas for 10 years. She began her career as a civil litigator handling a broad range of cases including toxic torts and pharmaceuticals.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/why-regenerative-producers-still-cant-get-credit-and-how-integrated-capital-can-close-the-gap/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Gather Round Monthly Membership Call
DESCRIPTION:The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls\, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST\, serve as a regular “drop in” space for SAFSF members. These calls are focused on connection and continuing dialogue on topics explored in virtual learning events and other programs hosted by SAFSF during the month.  \n\n\n\nWe want to hear what’s top of mind for you\, what you are wrestling with\, and what topics you want to explore deeper. Each call will have a different topic. \n\n\n\nSAFSF members are automatically enrolled in Gather Round meetings\, and will see the calendar invitations. If you do not\, email membership@safsf.org to receive access. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-round-november/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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SUMMARY:Deadline: 2026 SAFSF Forum Request For Proposals
DESCRIPTION:We are seeking proposals for workshops\, learning dinners\, lightning talks\, and field days that align with SAFSF’s mission and goals for the conference. In addition to shaping the 2026 SAFSF Forum\, these submissions will contribute to ongoing program development within SAFSF\, helping us identify key areas for future events\, workshops\, and initiatives throughout the year.  \n\n\n\nTo help foster a diverse and representative Forum program that supports systems change in food and agriculture\, we invite funders\, frontline community and movement leaders\, and practitioners who are dedicated to advancing equity and sustainability in food and agriculture to propose a session through this RFP. \n\n\n\nPlease use this form to submit a session proposal by Sunday\, November 23\, at 11:59 PM PT. \n\n\n\nTo learn more about the RFP process\, including session formats\, themes\, timeline\, and more visit this page. \n\n\n\nSAFSF will be hosting an open house on Thursday\, October 23 at 12PM PT to answer questions about the RFP process. Please note we will not be able to provide feedback on individual session proposals at this time. This session will be recorded for those unable to attend live.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE \n\n\n\nSUBMIT A PROPOSAL\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the 2026 SAFSF Forum\n\n\n\nThe SAFSF Forum is a unique conference for the full spectrum of funders—including philanthropy\, investors\, community finance\, and intermediaries—to foster collaboration among peers\, field leaders\, and practitioners across the country around a shared mission for equitable and sustainable food and agriculture. The conference focuses on different approaches to moving impact capital to transform food systems. While funder learning is a central goal\, nonprofit movement leaders and food system partners are integral to the event’s success\, bringing on-the-ground wisdom and solutions. As we face a moment of profound transformation across non-profit\, philanthropy\, and food systems\, the SAFSF Forum is a gathering place for sense-making\, solutions\, and solidarity.  \n\n\n\nThe 2026 SAFSF Forum will take place in Savannah\, Georgia—a place where Afro-Indigenous stewardship\, Gullah Geechee traditions\, and Southern agrarian and culinary innovation intersect with today’s climate crisis\, land loss\, and rural economic disinvestment. The U.S. South is a fulcrum of American food and agriculture: a production powerhouse; a hub for farmworker and H-2A dynamics that shape national food supply; a climate frontline facing extreme heat\, hurricanes\, and flooding; and a logistics hub where Gulf and Atlantic ports—Savannah among them—move goods globally. Equity\, divestment\, and ownership struggles are also acutely felt here\, from Black land stewardship and heirs’ property challenges to corporate land capture in rural communities forcing displacement of local food systems. Because issues of land justice\, climate change\, rural economic development\, and systems of racism and exclusion converge so intensely in the South\, investing in community-led solutions in food and agriculture in the region can offer solutions to the country and the world. Throughout the Forum\, we will trace the throughline of Black and Indigenous Agrarianism\, uplifting lineages of liberatory organizing\, cooperative economics\, and rural self-determination that lay the foundation for a climate-resilient\, healthy\, and equitable food future beyond corporate control.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-2026-safsf-forum-request-for-proposals/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines,SAFSF Forum
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SUMMARY:Deadline: Become an SAFSF Member
DESCRIPTION:For over 20 years\, SAFSF has been the leading national membership organization for philanthropy and impact investors committed to creating an equitable and sustainable food and agriculture system. Our network of nearly 120 member organizations includes foundations\, impact investors\, community development finance institutions (CDFIs)\, funding collaboratives\, and re-granting organizations. SAFSF membership offers networking\, learning\, professional development\, and strategic collaboration opportunities. We are committed to racial equity and social justice.  Join us for great impact if you are a values-aligned funder supporting sustainable agriculture and food systems. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMember Benefits\n\n\n\nOur network thrives on active member participation. Key benefits include: \n\n\n\n\nMember Portal and Listserv—Access to exclusive recordings\, member rosters\, and a forum to connect with other members.\n\n\n\nCustomized Data Insights—Request customized data reports to inform your funding strategy and identify funders with similar interests.\n\n\n\nCommunities of Practice—SAFSF members can join our Learning Communities. Currently\, we offer groups tailored to Small Funders\, Health Funders\, and Indigenous Food Systems\, led by member co-chairs and supported by SAFSF staff.\n\n\n\nAnnual Forum—Enjoy inspirational learning\, dynamic connections\, and community-building opportunities. Members receive discounted registration for their organization.\n\n\n\nPolicy Insights—SAFSF provides cutting-edge insights on policy change in food and agriculture. Stay informed with our monthly members-only email newsletter on key policy issues in sustainable agriculture and food systems.\n\n\n\nNetworking—Connect with new and experienced funders across various issue areas\, funding types\, and geographies.\n\n\n\nIssues Alignment—Collaborate with strategic partners to co-develop or co-fund impactful projects with SAFSF strategic convenings and working groups.\n\n\n\nProfessional Development—Access growth opportunities\, serve on committees\, or join our Board of Directors.   \n\n\n\n\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\n\n\n\n\nApplication Process\n\n\n\nApplications are reviewed quarterly (January 15\, April 15\, July 30\, October 15\, and December 1) by our Membership Committee and Board of Directors. Eligible organizations use grantmaking\, lending\, or investing as core strategies. We invite organizations to join as collaborative peers\, not for fundraising purposes. \n\n\n\nTo explore SAFSF membership\, please contact membership@safsf.org. \n\n\n\n\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 SAFSF-related grants or investmentsFoundation/InvestorsOther Funders/Intermediaries<$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
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-become-an-safsf-member-4/
CATEGORIES:Deadlines
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SUMMARY:Federal Headwinds\, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action - Session 3
DESCRIPTION:This funder series is organized by The Funders Network\, Health and Environmental Funders Network\, Neighborhood Funders Group\, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network\, Climate and Energy Funders Group and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders in partnership with ClimateMAX\, a new national collaborative and intersectional table of NGOs advancing and defending climate and environmental justice policy solutions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn just a few months\, the current administration has dealt a series of significant setbacks to climate and communities: Billions of dollars\, including $2.6 billion for climate and environmental justice programs\, have been slashed from the federal budget. Agencies meant to protect our water and air have been gutted. And the promise of historic investments in climate-resilient infrastructure has been largely stripped away. \n\n\n\nBut despite these fierce federal headwinds\, there are opportunities for action — and models of collaboration\, partnership and frontline resilience. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a three-part learning series for funders Federal Headwinds\, Frontline Resilience: Understanding the Impacts & Opportunities for Action. \n\n\n\nThese webinars will bring together funders\, nonprofit and community leaders to share analysis of recent actions under the current administration\, including impacts on frontline communities and leaders. They’ll also create space for funders to look past silos and consider best ways to leverage their resources\, networks and expertise to meet this moment with urgency and flexibility.The series is designed as a three-part learning arc but funders are welcome to attend individual sessions as their schedules allow. Attendees will automatically be confirmed for all three sessions when registering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 3: Rising from the Ashes: Collaboration & Innovation Advance Strategies that Work \n\n\n\nWe will end the series with a discussion of the work and key strategies moving forward to build collaborative efforts that will drive solutions that advance energy affordability\, resilience in the face of growing climate disasters\, and health and safety. We will acknowledge the issues at stake in the context of mid-term elections and upcoming state legislative sessions. The final session also will spotlight ways that philanthropy is mobilizing to support work in communities. And it will highlight funder initiatives that model collaboration and partnership\, urging funders to lean in and get involved. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nMaria Doerr\, Program Officer\, Rural Climate Partnership\n\n\n\nByron Gudiel\, Executive Director\, Center for Earth\, Energy and Democracy\n\n\n\nJacqueline Patterson\, Founder and Executive Director\, Chisholm Legacy Project\n\n\n\nAiko Schaefer\, Executive Director\, Just Solutions\n\n\n\nJennifer Somers\, Co-Executive Director\, Collectrify: A Frontline-Led Energy Fund\n\n\n\n\nStay tuned for additional speaker updates!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/federal-headwinds-frontline-resilience-understanding-the-impacts-opportunities-for-action-session-3/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Training and Technical Assistance Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health are forming a funder Working Group to coordinate a strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. The Working Group is an actionable response to insights shared by field leaders in a SNAP-focused webinar in October. \n\n\n\nRecognizing the far-reaching implications of SNAP for food security\, health\, and economic equity\, this Working Group will serve as an information hub and a strategic coordination space\, designed to help funders act quickly\, effectively\, and in alignment with one another. We will organize three meetings to start and then assess next steps. The first Working Group call highlighted advocacy opportunities.The second Working Group call will explore how funders can support training and technical assistance for state agencies navigating significant and sudden changes in how SNAP operates\, including assessing the factors influencing error rates and technology solutions to reduce them. Tim Shaw\, Director of the Benefits Transformation Initiative at the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program\, will also provide a status update on state action and responses to H.R. 1 requirements.The third Working Group Call will focus on opportunities to support strategic communications. \n\n\n\nThis Working Group is open to all funders currently responding to or actively considering a response to SNAP cuts. Funders do not need to be members of SAFSF or GIH – if you are wrestling with the impact of SNAP cuts for your communities\, this space is for you. Please register below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntelligence Gathering with Experts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Shaw\, Director\, Benefits Transformation Initiative and Senior Policy Advisor\, Financial Security Program\n\n\n\nAs the Director of the Benefits Transformation Initiative and Senior Policy Advisor for the Financial Security Program\, Tim works to advance promising policies that address the most pressing financial security challenges facing people in America. Working with leaders across levels of government\, Tim and Aspen FSP’s Benefits team seek to provide policy\, nonprofit\, and market leaders with the innovative ideas\, research\, and networks of leaders they need to design and enact policies that help people weather financial shocks and comfortably afford everyday life. \n\n\n\nBefore joining the Aspen Institute\, he was an Associate Director for Economic Policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center. While there\, he was the policy lead for BPC’s Paid Family Leave Task Force and led projects on economic opportunity\, retirement security\, and fiscal policy. Prior to that work\, he was a tax and budget staffer at the Government Accountability Office. His work has been featured in numerous publications\, including the Washington Post\, Politico\, and the Wall Street Journal. \n\n\n\nTim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis and a Master of Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/snap-strategy-funder-working-group-training-and-technical-assistance-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Food in Prisons: Opportunities for Funders and Advocates
DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by Community Food Funders and co-sponsored by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. \n\n\n\nFood insecurity is often seen as a challenge faced outside of institutional walls\, but for millions of incarcerated individuals\, access to nutritious\, diverse\, and quality food remains a critical issue. In prisons across the Northeast\, food serves not only as sustenance but as a reflection of human dignity\, health\, and opportunity for rehabilitation. Yet\, many facilities still struggle with outdated systems that fail to recognize the importance of nutrition\, cultural relevance\, and community voice. \n\n\n\nAt this upcoming webinar\, you will hear from leading organizations working to reshape the food landscape within carceral facilities. Experts will present insights and data to help frame the issue\, and then share innovative strategies\, policy reforms\, and community-led initiatives aimed at improving the quality and diversity of food served. \n\n\n\nAddressing food inequities in prisons is a powerful entry point to advancing racial justice and promoting holistic community health. By investing in food justice within correctional systems\, we can nurture a more humane and equitable approach that benefits individuals\, families\, and communities across the region. \n\n\n\nJoin us to deepen your understanding of this often hidden issue. Together we can help forge a future where food in prisons reflects not just nutritional standards\, but values of dignity\, diversity\, and justice. \n\n\n\nLearn\n\n\n\n\nExamine the intersection of food justice\, racial equity\, and human rights within the criminal justice system.\n\n\n\nExplore how current prison food systems reflect larger issues of racial and economic injustice\, and the role funders can play in fostering meaningful change.\n\n\n\nHear firsthand from organizations leading efforts to incorporate local\, sustainable ingredients\, promote food justice\, and empower marginalized communities affected by incarceration.\n\n\n\nUnderstand the barriers faced by groups working to improve food offerings in correctional facilities\, and how they are being addressed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Capers\, Sweet Freedom Farm\n\n\n\n\nGrowing up in a food desert\, Michael was only able to understand food as a tool for survival. Over time\, Michael started to see food for what it truly is\, a tool to heal and resist. Through his work as a farmer\, activist\, and community bridge builder at Sweet Freedom Farm\, he seeks to give marginalized people\, including prisoners\, agency in defining their own health through education\, opportunity\, and access. Michael became active in the food justice movement while he was serving his 14-year prison sentence. He doubled down on his efforts immediately after his release in February of 2022. Since his release\, Michael has worked towards creating a food justice network that can expand his overall impact. Michael has helped to pioneer the bring back care packages movement\, speaking about it in interviews and publishing an article about it. He has worked with the Sing Sing Family Collective; RAPP (Releasing Ageing People in Prison campaign); All Of Us; Vocal-NY; Kites Nest; Center for Community Alternatives\, and the Shared Plate Fun. As a bridge-builder\, Michael created a panel discussion series to highlight the struggles of formerly incarcerated people and has been hosting farm stands at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He attends rallies and protests; advocates to senators and assembly members; while continuing to write and speak about the issues he cares about. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBritt Florio\, Program Manager\, Farm to Institution New England\n\n\n\n\nBrittany Florio (she / her) is the program manager at Farm to Institution New England. In this role\, Britt managing program development\, outreach\, and communications to catalyze change in the dynamic farm to institution movement. She has been working in the food system since 2010. Prior to her work at FINE\, Britt co-owned a regenerative herb and vegetable farm business in the Hudson Valley\, New York. After leaving the farm life\, she worked at UMass Amherst as the Sustainability Coordinator for UMass Dining and as an adjunct faculty member\, teaching Sustainability Science. Britt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s degree in Sustainability Science with a concentration in Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. In her free time\, Britt loves fermenting foods\, kayaking\, foraging\, and making wild flower bouquets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJalal Sabur\, Sweet Freedom Farm\n\n\n\n\nIn 2010\, Jalal began farming with Wassaic Community Farm – growing produce for farmers markets while running a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and gleaning project. While at Wassaic Community Farm Jalal co-founded the Freedom Food Alliance and the Victory Bus Project. The Freedom Food Alliance is a collective of small rural and urban farmers\, activists\, artists\, community folks and political prisoners who use food as an organizing tool. The Alliance founded the Victory Bus Project to connect urban and rural communities and to support families of prisoners by providing transportation (along with a box of farm-fresh food) for folks visiting prisoners in the Hudson Valley. In 2013\, Jalal started Sweet Freedom Farm in Germantown\, NY\, to continue the work of the Alliance. Sweet Freedom Farm is growing and distributing vegetables\, grains\, herbs\, and maple syrup\, prioritizing the folks affected by the incarceration system. Sweet Freedom is also a training site for young BIPOC farmers\, a gathering space for partnering projects in the alliance\, and building a Grow Food\, Not Prison movement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Scaife\, Executive Director\, Correctional Association of New York\n\n\n\n\nJennifer joined CANY as Executive Director in 2018. She previously held positions at the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice\, the San Francisco Adult Probation Department\, and the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office. Jennifer started her career as Program Director at Prison University Project (now Mount Tamalpais College) running the day-to-day operations of a college program at San Quentin State Prison in California. Jennifer holds a BA from the College of William and Mary\, an MA from Hollins University\, and an MFA from Indiana University Bloomington. She has taught creative writing workshops in prisons\, jails\, juvenile detention facilities\, and community arts studios. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeslie Soble\, Senior Program Manager\, Food In Prison\, Impact Justice\n\n\n\n\nLeslie Soble (she/her) manages the Food in Prison Project and is the lead author of Impact Justice’s national report\, Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison. An ethnographer and folklorist\, she has spent over five years immersed in research on the carceral eating experience and its impacts on individuals\, communities\, and the environment. In her current role\, she oversees the organization’s initiatives at the intersection of food and incarceration.Beyond Impact Justice\, Leslie is the founder and artistic director of Story Soup\, a project that creates contexts for dialogue across cultural and generational borders through food and narrative. Her ongoing academic research focuses on food as a cultural text\, aesthetic domain\, and site of performance. Leslie also serves as a teaching artist with various DC-based arts programs and has over a decade of experience designing and facilitating cultural competency workshops to explore identity\, systems of oppression\, and intercultural/intergenerational communication. \n\n\n\nLeslie holds an MA in cultural sustainability from Goucher College\, with a focus on the intersection of foodways\, narrative theory\, and social practice art\, and received her BA in gender studies from Brown University\, where her course of study focused on grassroots movements for social change.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/reimagining-food-in-prisons-opportunities-for-funders-and-advocates/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:December Health Funders Learning Community Call
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our last Health Funders Learning Community call of the year on December 10 at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET. This call is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow SAFSF members funding at the intersection of health\, agriculture\, and food systems\, and engage in a meaningful discussion around specific challenges in funding health solutions.2025 marked the start of a crisis that will continue to play out over many years. We will see ripple effects of the Trump administration’s decisions to cut thousands of staff positions at federal agencies like HHS\, EPA\, and USDA\, slash billions in public health funding\, and sign into law unprecedented changes to programs like Medicaid and SNAP. During the last Health Funders Learning Community call of 2025\, we will reflect on this year’s key lessons that can carry us into 2026 with more clarity and strength.  \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only call. If you are interested in exploring membership\, please contact our membership team. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for this learning community\, you must be logged in and a member of SAFSF. \nPlease log in or register for an account.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/december-health-funders-learning-community-call-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251216T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251216T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
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SUMMARY:Maximize Your Membership Q4
DESCRIPTION:Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members\, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization\, have not engaged in SAFSF programming or member benefits yet yourself\, want a refresher on all that is available to you as a SAFSF member organization\, or just want to connect\, join us! \n\n\n\nThis quarterly membership call features our newest SAFSF members  – help us welcome them into this community. Join Clare Fox\, Executive Director\, and Holly Hanes\, Senior Membership Associate\, for a deep dive into all things SAFSF\, including: \n\n\n\n\nCelebrating & sharing your membership internally and externally;\n\n\n\nMember Perks – including the annual Forum\, exclusive offerings\, and Learning Communities; \n\n\n\nHow to access your SAFSF benefits; \n\n\n\nSAFSF Professional and Leadership Development Pathways; \n\n\n\nTools and resources available to you; \n\n\n\nEvent Preview \n\n\n\n\nThis energizing conversation will excite you for the quarter ahead and expose you to one (or many!) benefits of membership that you were not utilizing to help in maximizing your SAFSF experience. Meet other members\, learn the SAFSF processes\, and get engaged! This event is a free\, SAFSF member only event. Interested in SAFSF membership? Email us. (membership@safsf.org)
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/maximize-your-membership-q4/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251218T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251218T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20250414T183111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T203206Z
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SUMMARY:Gather Round Monthly Membership Call: Reflecting on 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls\, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST\, serve as a regular “drop in” space for SAFSF members. These calls are focused on connection and continuing dialogue on topics explored in virtual learning events and other programs hosted by SAFSF during the month.  \n\n\n\nWhat a year 2025 has been! As the year comes to a close\, how are you making sense of the losses and the gains? How has the year changed and challenged you and your work? Join us for the last Gather Round to reflect on how far we have come and what we hope the next year will bring.  \n\n\n\nSAFSF members are automatically enrolled in Gather Round meetings\, and will see the calendar invitations. If you do not\, email membership@safsf.org to receive access. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-round-december/
CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T111500
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260108T163946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T174832Z
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SUMMARY:Breaking Through: Constitutional Solutions to the Environmental Crisis
DESCRIPTION:As climate\, health\, and fundamental rights face attack\, the question is not whether regulation matters\, but how we develop innovative and collaborative tools that deliver lasting protection for people and the planet. \n\n\n\nFor decades\, U.S. environmental protection has relied on a permit-based system to limit pollution.  This approach delivered important gains but wasn’t designed to address today’s cumulative climate harms\, intergenerational rights\, or systemic inequity. Over time\, this system has been corrupted by political and economic pressures favoring industry and short-term interests. The consequences?  Limited power for those most affected\, unequal burdens for poor communities and communities of color\, and few meaningful protections for children and future generations.  \n\n\n\nJoin two long-time leaders in constitutional environmental protection for storytelling\, strategic insights\, and dialogue about how these constitutional approaches deliver durable legal and societal change–and why this moment calls for expanding our collective approach. \n\n\n\nGreen Amendments For The Generations works through civic education and democratic processes to enshrine explicit environmental protections in state constitutions\, and then helps communities enforce them through advocacy and legal action. Our Children’s Trust uses litigation to advance social and legal recognition that these rights already exist–implicit in constitutional guarantees like life\, liberty\, and equality. Together\, these strategies reinforce one another\, creating stronger legal infrastructure that benefits environmental\, public health\, and justice efforts. \n\n\n\nThis work transforms our system at a critical moment by breathing life into the human right to a healthy environment and stable climate system. When their collective work succeeds\, we shift from corporation-profit-pollution frameworks to life-rights-health frameworks—fundamentally changing how agencies operate and becoming a resource for communities and advocates across environmental\, health\, and justice work. \n\n\n\nThis discussion is intended for folks in funding or funder-adjacent roles.  The formal discussion will last 60 minutes\, and speakers will be available an additional 15 minutes for questions. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is hosted by Health and Environmental Funders Network and co-sponsored by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaya K. van Rossum  \n\n\n\nMaya is the Founder of Green Amendments For the Generations and has also led the 4 state watershed-based advocacy organization\, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network\, for over 30 years. In her role there\, Maya was the lead and only environmental plaintiff in the landmark case that defeated pro fossil fuel fracking legislation\, breathed new life into Pennsylvania’s long ignored environmental rights amendment and became the foundation for the 2014 founding of the national Green Amendment movement and organization. Since then\, New York passed an amendment in 2021 and proposals are now advancing in over 20 additional states\, with half a dozen more on the way\, and there is increasing use of existing Green Amendments in Pennsylvania\, New York and Montana. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMat dos Santos \n\n\n\nMat dos Santos is the Co-Executive Director of Our Children’s Trust\, where they lead organizational strategy advancing constitutional protections for a healthy environment and stable climate. They bring nearly two decades of experience in constitutional\, civil rights\, and complex litigation across public-interest and private-sector settings. Previously\, Mat served as Legal Director of the ACLU of Oregon\, practiced complex litigation at Morrison & Foerster\, and managed global commercial litigation and risk for a multinational pharmaceutical company—experience that informs their systems-level approach to legal and institutional change.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/breaking-through-constitutional-solutions-to-the-environmental-crisis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260116T145501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T145503Z
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SUMMARY:Gather Round Monthly Membership Call
DESCRIPTION:The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls\, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST\, serve as a regular “drop in” space for SAFSF members. These calls are focused on connection and continuing dialogue on topics explored in virtual learning events and other programs hosted by SAFSF during the month. \n\n\n\nWelcome Back! As we begin a new year\, this Gather Round is an opportunity for members to reconnect\, reflect\, and ground in community.  \n\n\n\nThis session is lightly facilitated\, creating space to share what’s top of mind as we move into 2026.  Come as you are and share: what you’re carrying forward\, what you’re leaving behind\, and what questions or priorities are emerging in your work.  Join us and listen\, share\, and be in conversation with peers across the SAFSF network. \n\n\n\nSAFSF members are automatically enrolled in Gather Round meetings and will see the calendar invitations. If you do not\, email membership@safsf.org to receive access. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-round-monthly-membership-call/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20251210T164237Z
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SUMMARY:Movement-Aligned Funding Learning Community
DESCRIPTION:Systems change requires a deliberate shift in power. In a landscape where the industrial\, consolidated\, and corporate food system is well-funded\, deeply entrenched\, and politically coordinated\, community-led movements must be equally robust—supported with consistent resources\, strong social infrastructure\, and long-term investment. \n\n\n\nShifting power means centering and following the leadership of those most affected by injustice—Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color; immigrants; workers; 2SLGBTQIA+ people; women; disabled\, low-income\, poor\, and other urban and rural marginalized communities. Movements for food justice and food sovereignty need sustained investment in the organizing\, coalition-building\, and leadership development that enable communities to build and wield power over time. \n\n\n\nThis requires resources that are distributed nationally\, regionally\, and locally to support base building\, advocacy\, and community-led interventions across local\, state\, Tribal\, and national scales. Social and structural change is only possible when communities have the time\, infrastructure\, and capacity to organize—not just react. \n\n\n\nFunders play a critical role in supporting this work. To be “movement-aligned\,” funders must adapt practices and priorities to the values and leadership of frontline communities. This includes trusting community governance\, supporting grassroots leadership\, sharing decision-making power\, and shifting traditional funder prerogatives—even when it is uncomfortable. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Is This For?\n\n\n\nThis quarterly\, peer-led Learning Community is open to all SAFSF members. It is a space for honest dialogue\, where funders can share practices\, mistakes\, uncertainties\, and lessons learned with a shared intention of improving accountability to the communities most impacted by food system injustice. \n\n\n\nWe will read short pieces together and periodically invite movement leaders to ground the conversation. However\, this is not a curriculum-based or exhaustive learning space\, and we recognize that funders must seek learning directly\, in non-extractive ways\, from grassroots organizations and frontline leaders beyond this setting. Rather\, this Learning Community is designed to help funders learn about the principles and mechanics of movement building and do the internal work to be an effective ally.  \n\n\n\nAll SAFSF members are welcome\, and we especially encourage funders who are newer to movement-building or movement-aligned grantmaking or investing to participate. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy a Funder-Only Learning Community on Movement-Aligned Funding?\n\n\n\nThis space is intentionally designed for funders because: \n\n\n\n\nFunders need a place to build internal discipline and accountability without placing additional burdens on movement leaders to constantly educate them.\n\n\n\nFunders must examine their own power\, habits\, and practices—work that often requires internal organizing and strategy alignment.\n\n\n\nFunders need to be prepared before meaningfully engaging with movement partners\, so that conversations with frontline leaders are not extractive\, repetitive\, or centering funder needs.\n\n\n\nThis learning community complements—not replaces—direct engagement with movement organizations. The core purpose is to strengthen funders’ readiness to show up better in those relationships.\n\n\n\n\nOur intention is to help funders transform their practices to be accountable partners in multiracial\, frontline-led movements\, not to create a bubble where funders only talk to funders. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning Community Goals\n\n\n\n\nLearn about principles of long-term movement building for systems change from experienced practitioners and through the examination of successful examples in food systems context.\n\n\n\nBetter understand investment needs and funding practices that center the leadership of impacted communities\, support movement building\, and community-led food systems transformation.\n\n\n\nLearn and exchange best practices to increase frontline and grassroots organizations’ capacity (e.g.\, time\, financial resources\, communications infrastructure) so they can build leadership and power within the broader movement ecosystem.\n\n\n\nExplore the importance of organizing across the capital spectrum and across different issue areas (e.g.\, health\, food\, climate\, environment) in alignment with frontline communities of color and movement organizations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground and Details \n\n\n\n\nThe idea for this new Learning Community came from two SAFSF Members— Chicago Food Policy Action Council and Michigan State University’s Center for Regional Food Systems—and follows a networking session with both funders and practitioners at the SAFSF Forum in 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\nCalls will not be recorded to facilitate more transparent conversations. \n\n\n\n\n\nPre-meeting reading materials will be shared in advance. \n\n\n\n\n\nWe highly encourage you to attend all sessions in the series to stay connected with your colleagues and incorporate learnings into your work throughout the year\, but you are welcome to join at any point. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only series. If you are interested in exploring membership\, please contact our membership team.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/movement-aligned-funding-learning-community/
CATEGORIES:Learning Community,Member Only
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T104500
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
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SUMMARY:Responding to H.R. 1: Funder Opportunity to Help States Mitigate SNAP Coverage Losses
DESCRIPTION:Co-Hosts: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health.  \n\n\n\nH.R. 1’s unprecedented requirement that states pay for a share of SNAP benefits based on their payment error rates will impose a massive financial burden on state budgets\, forcing them to choose between cutting other programs and services\, reducing SNAP eligibility\, or even stopping participation in SNAP entirely.  \n\n\n\nTo mitigate this threat\, the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program and Social Finance have partnered to develop a proposal to help states effectively implement H.R. 1 and reduce some of the coverage losses and fiscal impacts. The concept\, based on a successful model that supported states during Medicaid Unwinding\, is to deploy small teams of digital services and process design experts directly to states or counties (depending on the type of SNAP administration).  \n\n\n\nThis proposal is an outgrowth of many conversations\, including those as part of the SAFSF-GIH SNAP Funder Working Group\, between advocates\, state and county offices\, funders\, and many more. It is one of many essential strategies to ensure that millions of Americans continue to have access to SNAP.  \n\n\n\nPlease join this briefing to learn more about this timely intervention.  \n\n\n\nThis call is open to all funders currently responding to or actively considering a response to SNAP cuts. Funders do not need to be members of any of the co-hosting funder networks – if you are wrestling with the impact of SNAP cuts for your communities\, this space is for you. Please register below.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/responding-to-h-r-1-funder-opportunity-to-help-states-mitigate-snap-coverage-losses/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260109T165910Z
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SUMMARY:SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Strategic Communications Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders and Grantmakers In Health are forming a funder Working Group to coordinate a strategic response to the SNAP cuts in H.R. 1. The Working Group is an actionable response to insights shared by field leaders in a SNAP-focused webinar last October.  \n\n\n\nRecognizing the far-reaching implications of SNAP for food security\, health\, and economic equity\, this Working Group will serve as an information hub and a strategic coordination space\, designed to help funders act quickly\, effectively\, and in alignment with one another. We will organize three meetings to start and then assess next steps. The first two Working Group calls highlighted advocacy opportunities and training and technical assistance opportunities.  \n\n\n\nOur upcoming Working Group Call will focus on strategic communications opportunities. Elizabeth Wenk\, Principal and Managing Director\, and Nick Seaver\, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Training Programs at Burness\, will share new insights from message testing about SNAP that highlights messaging that moves audiences\, insights on which arguments resonate and counter opponents\, and how different groups respond to these messages. The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Food\, Agriculture\, and Rural Economies team will also share what they are hearing from state legislators advocating for SNAP\, and how funders can support state policymakers’ efforts to protect the program. \n\n\n\nThis Working Group is open to all funders currently responding to or actively considering a response to SNAP cuts. Funders do not need to be members of SAFSF or GIH; if you are wrestling with the impact of SNAP cuts on the communities you serve\, this space is for you.  \n\n\n\nIntelligence Gathering with Experts\n\n\n\n\nAlabama State Senator Merika Coleman (D-19)\n\n\n\nElizabeth Wenk\, Principal and Managing Director\, U.S.\, Burness\n\n\n\nNick Seaver\, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Training Programs\, Burness\n\n\n\nJennie Day-Burget\, Senior Communications Officer\, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\n\n\n\nState Innovation Exchange (SiX) Food\, Agriculture\, and Rural Economies team
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/snap-strategy-funder-working-group-strategic-communications-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260217T110000
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice Alumni Circle
DESCRIPTION:The Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice (IFSCoP) is a learning and relationship-building cohort for funders interested in advancing support for Native-led food systems work. Developed by Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders\, First Nations Development Institute\, and Melvin Consulting PLLC\, this program brings funders together to engage directly with Indigenous leaders\, deepen understanding of structural and philanthropic barriers in Indian Country\, and build more effective strategies for supporting Native food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture. The IFSCoP has been offered every other year since 2021.  \n\n\n\nIn times of crisis\, our values can be the anchor that guides how we show up for one another. Alumni of the Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice are invited to join this virtual session\, where we will explore how funders and community leaders come together to respond in ways that are aligned with shared principles and centered on community needs. Participants will reflect on how they are partnering with grantees and local stakeholders to meet the moment and strengthen collective impact. \n\n\n\nThis virtual gathering is open to past IFSCoP participants only. Stay tuned for more information about Cohort 3 launching in 2026!
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/indigenous-food-systems-community-of-practice-alumni-circle-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260218T103000
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SUMMARY:From Fossil Fuels to Toxic Pesticides: Connecting Corporate Control\, Climate\, and Environmental Health
DESCRIPTION:Co-Hosts: Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA)\, Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN)\, Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders (SAFSF)\, and URSA Collective.  \n\n\n\nEverybody needs to eat. We believe that everyone wants a healthier food system\, but just need to be convinced it’s possible. We’ll show how the story of paraquat can build a drumbeat for broader narratives appealing to a wide audience\, such as: \n\n\n\n\nCorporate consolidation is driving farmers to the brink;\n\n\n\nFarming without synthetic pesticides can be more profitable over time\, and helps farmers regain independence from agrochemical conglomerates;\n\n\n\nAgricultural and industrial advocacy communities can organize together against the harms and massive profits of the four largest agrochemical companies. Together we are more powerful than we think\, and new audiences are interested in our messages.\n\n\n\n\nAt this funder briefing\, we encourage a robust discussion on how we can tell impactful stories together\, and advance a collective agenda for sustainable agriculture that values human health and dignity over corporate profits. \n\n\n\nThis session on the intersection of industrial and agrochemical corporate control\, climate impacts\, and environmental health inequities will showcase the findings of the recently released Phase 1 report\, Designed to Kill: Who Profits from Paraquat?\, and an accompanying storymap that illustrates the full lifecycle of the synthetic pesticide paraquat\, from fossil fuel extraction to transport to chemical manufacturing\, application\, and resulting exposure. These campaign materials are part of a broad systems approach that help coalitions “bust out of silos” between industrial and agricultural chemical issues\, and domestic and international chemicals campaigning\, while bringing pesticides into the climate conversation. \n\n\n\nPhase 2 of the work will launch a power-building campaign focused on the need to hold giant agrochemical companies accountable for their harms to people and climate across national borders. Our movement needs to go beyond communicating and organizing for individual pesticide bans and motivate root changes to our food system. \n\n\n\nThis discussion is intended for folks in funding or funder-adjacent roles. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnn Thrupp\n\n\n\nSenior Program Officer\, Clif Family Foundation\nANN THRUPP has extensive experience in sustainable\, organic\, equitable and regenerative agriculture and food systems in the United States and internationally. For more than 35 years\, she has been a pioneer working on the intersection of agriculture\, ecology\, food security\, social justice\, and public health. Ann has held leadership positions in non-profit organizations\, government\, academia\, business\, and now philanthropy.  \n\n\n\nShe is currently working as Senior Program Officer of Food Systems Transformation for the Clif Family Foundation. In 2022-23 she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research about pesticide use in banana production in Costa Rica. Ann previously served as the Director of the California Food is Medicine Coalition (2019-2022) and was founding Executive Director of the Berkeley Food Institute at the University of California Berkeley from 2013-2019. Prior to that\, she was Manager of Sustainability and Organic Development at Fetzer and Bonterra Vineyards for 11 years (2003-2013). She also worked for several years with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Agriculture Initiative in the Western Region office\, and for 10 years\, was Director of Sustainable Agriculture at World Resources Institute\, leading projects in Latin America and other regions of the world. \n\n\n\nAnn has a PhD and Master’s degree from Sussex University in England (with Marshall and Fulbright scholarships)\, a BA from Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa)\, with double majors in Human Biology and Latin American Studies. She has more than 75 publications\, including three books (with two as co-author)\, and has served on boards of non-profit organization and advisory committees in the field. She is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program and is fluent in Spanish. She is an avid runner (and was an All-American cross-country runner at Stanford University) and enjoys gardening\, music\, and creative writing. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiedre Nelms\n\n\n\nDirector of Communications\, Coming Clean\nDeidre is the Director of Communications for Coming Clean. She provides consistent framing\, messaging\, and promotion of Coming Clean’s work and that of strategic partner\, the Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy reform\, across communication channels including mass media\, social media\, websites\, and internal network communications.With a Master’s degree in philosophy\, Deidre was previously communications organizer for a graduate union local and taught environmental ethics at Georgetown University. She now lives in Kansas City\, Missouri. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Tamayo\n\n\n\nNational Policy and Advocacy Director\, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas\, Inc.\nAmy is the National Policy and Advocacy Director at Alianza Nacional de Campesinas\, Inc.\, where she strategizes and advocates alongside farmworker women in advancing their policy priorities in the areas of immigration\, environmental justice and pesticides\, workers’ rights\, and ending violence against women. Prior to joining Alianza\, Amy was a Justice Catalyst legal fellow at Centro de los Derechos del Migrante\, where she focused on challenging labor abuse and discrimination migrant workers face during recruitment and in the workplace. Amy has a Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law\, and has over 10 years of experience working on intersectional issues in women’ s rights. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCristóbal Lagunas\n\n\n\nOrganizing Lead\, Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network\nCristóbal is Organizing Lead for Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network. Cris is a strategist\, and organizer currently based in Boston\, MA. His work is rooted in the belief that our people hold the power to transform the world when we move together. Born in Chile and shaped by the immigrant struggle in the U.S.\, Cris has spent years organizing alongside frontline communities fighting for immigrant rights\, climate justice\, and Just Transition. Whether it’s building narrative power\, crafting campaigns\, or showing up in the streets\, Cris brings heart\, humor\, and deep commitment to the work of collective liberation.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/from-fossil-fuels-to-toxic-pesticides-connecting-corporate-control-climate-and-environmental-health/
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SUMMARY:Gather Round: Making Space to Connect
DESCRIPTION:The Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls\, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST\, serve as a regular “drop in” space for SAFSF members. These calls are focused on connection and continuing dialogue on topics explored in virtual learning events and other programs hosted by SAFSF during the month. \n\n\n\nIn February\, Gather Round will hold space during Black History Month with an emphasis on presence\, storytelling\, and connection. We’ll begin with a brief grounding and a short film highlighting Black farming and land stewardship\, offering a moment to reflect on the living legacy of Black agrarian leadership. From there\, we’ll move into breakout discussions on community care\, sustainability in our work\, and learning and unlearning. We will also have an open\, unprompted shared space for conversation.  \n\n\n\nThis gathering is an invitation to plant seeds together as we look ahead to gathering in Savannah\, Georgia\, later this year\, and to continue holding history\, care\, and community at the center of our work. \n\n\n\nThis event is designed for SAFSF members. Registering below will automatically register you for Gather Round each month.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for Gather Round\, you must be logged in and a member of SAFSF. \nPlease log in or register for an account.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-round-making-space-to-connect/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260227T100000
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SUMMARY:Withstanding the Assault: Strategies for Philanthropy to Support Frontline Organizations and the Communities Most Impacted
DESCRIPTION:Even the most pessimistic among us were not adequately prepared for this past year’s multi-pronged federal attack on the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged farmers\, new immigrants\, SNAP recipients\, and the organizations that advocate for these diverse communities and the ecosystems that we depend on. These challenges have been ratcheted up in 2026\, with a farm economy spiraling toward crisis and skyrocketing food insecurity compounded by ICE activities in Minneapolis and other cities. This webinar\, organized by the Food & Farm Democracy Initiative (FFDI)\, is an opportunity for funders to hear from frontline organizations\, some that are focused on policy advocacy and others that are addressing the hardships created by this Administration. One year in\, panelists will share how their organizations and communities are responding to support farmers\, ranchers\, and families and how they are anticipating what comes next. These panelists\, as well as leaders from the FFDI founding organizations (National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\, RAFI\, Red Clover Collaborative\, and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation)\, will also ground-truth how philanthropy can effectively respond to this reality.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to FFDI\, this webinar is co-sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders\, Health & Environment Funders Network\, Rural Climate Partnership\, and the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Benedict \n\n\n\nFarmer\, Desert Sky Produce \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoe Hollomon\n\n\n\nMidwest Farmers of Color Collective \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohnElla Holmes\n\n\n\nKansas Black Farmers Association \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHannah Kinney Smith\n\n\n\nPasa Sustainable Agriculture
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/withstanding-the-assault-strategies-for-philanthropy-to-support-frontline-organizations-and-the-communities-most-impacted/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260304T143000
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SUMMARY:Making Values-Based Procurement Work: Lessons from the Georgia ACRE Collective
DESCRIPTION:Join the Food Systems Leadership Network\, The Common Market\, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders for a 90-minute webinar highlighting lessons from the Georgia ACRE Collective\, a place-based\, collective-impact model that coordinated partners and investments across the supply chain to unlock new markets for farmers while delivering on values-driven purchasing goals. \n\n\n\nRather than focusing on a single intervention\, this session will explore how multiple aligned organizations worked together – from farm infrastructure and technical assistance to forward commitments and institutional partnerships – to build the conditions for success. \n\n\n\nSpeakers will share: \n\n\n\n\nA concise overview of the Georgia ACRE Collective model\n\n\n\nOn-the-ground realities from a participating farmer\n\n\n\nReflections on the role of philanthropy in supporting durable\, place-based food system change\n\n\n\nActionable takeaways for funders and practitioners interested in replication or adaptation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is designed for funders\, investors\, and food system leaders seeking practical insight into aligned capital\, shared risk\, and collaborative strategies that lead to durable impact. We are excited to share this conversation alongside SAFSF members The Common Market and The Conservation Fund\, and the full constellation of partners who made the Georgia ACRE Collective possible. This webinar sets the stage for deeper learning about food systems in Georgia at the 2026 SAFSF Forum in Savannah\, Georgia\, June 22–25. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/making-values-based-procurement-work-lessons-from-the-georgia-acre-collective/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260309T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260309T110000
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SUMMARY:Funding Narrative Power 101: From Communications to Systems Change
DESCRIPTION:Blue Sky Funders Forum\, Chesapeake Bay Funders Network\, Climate and Energy Funders Group\, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture\, Grantmakers in Health\, Health and Environmental Funders Network\, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders\, and The Funders Network. \n\n\n\nWho gets to shape how society understands health and harm\, what is true and trustworthy\, what is possible\, who belongs and who is deserving? In a time when concentrated power holders control the media landscape but popular uprising is growing\, conversations about the environment; health; and politics have never been more polarized. The competition for narrative power is taking center stage\, but how do narratives gather power in the first place?  \n\n\n\nPlease join us for a 90 minute interactive workshop with your funding peers that will provide:  \n\n\n\n\nSimple frameworks to understand what narrative power building is and what it practically means to fund narrative infrastructure \n\n\n\nAn appreciation for how different aspects of narrative work reinforce one another and an understanding of the role for collaborative\, cumulative and/or complementary funding \n\n\n\nInsights on how funding can support an ‘influence loop’ that leads individuals to take action\, rather than more passive communications strategies that can have limited impact \n\n\n\nIndividual and small group reflection to sharpen what role you and your colleagues are interested in playing\, where you may want to invest in the future\, and how you may need to create internal “buy in” for narrative work at your organizations \n\n\n\n\nFolks who are funders or consultants in philanthropy are welcome to participate in the workshop regardless of whether your organization has ever funded narrative and communications work. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend for the full 90 minutes. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funding-narrative-power-101-from-communications-to-systems-change/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260319T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260319T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260225T210005Z
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SUMMARY:Gather Round: In This Moment: Regional Insights  from Across Our Membership
DESCRIPTION:In this Moment: Regional Insights  from Across Our Membership \n\n\n\nThe Gather Round Monthly Membership Calls\, held on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST\, serve as a regular “drop in” space for SAFSF members. These calls are focused on connection and continuing dialogue on topics explored in virtual learning events and other programs hosted by SAFSF during the month. \n\n\n\nAcross the SAFSF network\, members are responding to federal shifts and funding uncertainty by leaning into local\, state and regional alignment and place-based collaborative capital strategies. In this month’s Gather Round\, we will discuss regional trends in the SAFSF membership and how funders are coordinating across funding needs within their respective communities. Whether you are a regional or place-based funder or simply want to learn about what’s happening on the ground across the country\, this month’s discussion will offer a space to reflect on the importance of regionality in food systems. Come prepared to share about how regionality shows up in funding food systems at your organization. This month’s Gather Round is a precursor to a regional networking event that will be virtually hosted by SAFSF next month as a way to deepen funding partnerships within your region.   \n\n\n\nCome ready to listen\, learn and share. \n\n\n\nInterested in SAFSF membership? Email us and learn more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for Gather Round\, you must be logged in and a member of SAFSF. \nPlease log in or register for an account.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-round/
CATEGORIES:Gather Round,Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260324T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260324T103000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260220T165725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T173435Z
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SUMMARY:Food Policy Councils: Food justice\, democracy\, and civic engagement
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by Community Food Funders\, New York Health Foundation\, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers\, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders \n\n\n\nOrganizing and activating networks for policy changes are hallmarks of a healthy democracy. In this moment\, food policy councils (FPCs) are responding to federal funding freezes\, harmful federal food system policies\, and communities in crisis. Their ability to address community needs on the ground and in collaboration with their local representatives can help communities weather challenges at the federal level. Strong FPCs also create stable political structures that outlast changes in administrations.  \n\n\n\nFood systems are complex and interconnected\, and driving change requires collaboration and cooperation across sectors\, geographic boundaries\, and political ideologies. FPCs have served as convening bodies that promote civic engagement and provide platforms for communities to advocate for healthy\, just\, and sustainable food systems. With approximately 300 FPCs across the country\, serving communities large and small\, they bring together diverse actors to influence policy in their communities. \n\n\n\nWhile FPCs have been around for decades\, their prominence increased during the COVID-19 pandemic\, largely due to their success in meeting communities’ rapidly evolving food system needs. Findings from Johns Hopkins’ Center for a Livable Future’s 2021 census found that 82% facilitated connections across food systems sectors\, 76% advocated for policy changes\, and 50% collaborated with government staff or elected officials to secure funding for food system services. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a deep dive on the work of FPCs. By highlighting the critical work they do\, and some of the challenges they face\, funders will come away from this webinar with actionable strategies to support and engage with FPCs near them.  \n\n\n\nLearn\n\n\n\n\nMeet two national organizations providing technical assistance and funding to food policy councils nationwide.\n\n\n\nLearn about food policy councils and the critical roles they play in advancing health\, equity\, and civic engagement around food.\n\n\n\nDiscover tools to connect with councils in NJ\, NY\, and CT. \n\n\n\nHear stories from local FPCs about how they’re responding to the shifting federal food policy landscape\, deepening their equity work\, and inspiring civic engagement in their communities.\n\n\n\n\nThis event is designed for funders.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-policy-councils-food-justice-democracy-and-civic-engagement/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260325T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260305T141948Z
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SUMMARY:Health Funders Learning Community Call
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Health Funders Learning Community call of 2026. \n\n\n\nHealth funders are navigating urgent community asks in an increasingly unstable policy and economic landscape. This session is designed as a connection and sense-making space for SAFSF members funding at the intersection of health\, agriculture\, and food systems. \n\n\n\nTogether\, we will move beyond high-level language and explore what “deploying capital” really means right now — including how members are thinking about payout levels\, multi-year commitments\, general operating support\, advocacy funding\, and state-level strategies. \n\n\n\nThis conversation will be grounded in on-the-ground realities from participants’ regions and is intended to support practical peer exchange as we launch the 2026 quarterly series. \n\n\n\nThis is an SAFSF member-only call. If you are interested in exploring membership\, please contact membership@safsf.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for this learning community\, you must be logged in and a member of SAFSF. \nPlease log in or register for an account.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/hflc2/
CATEGORIES:Learning Community,Member Only,Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T030011
CREATED:20260225T195542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T154530Z
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SUMMARY:Maximize Your Membership
DESCRIPTION:Maximize Your Membership is an orientation webinar for SAFSF members\, new and veteran! If you are new staff at a new or long-time SAFSF member organization\, have not engaged in SAFSF programming or member benefits yet yourself\, want a refresher on all that is available to you as a SAFSF member organization\, or just want to connect\, join us! \n\n\n\nThis quarterly membership call features our newest SAFSF members  – help us welcome them into this community. Join Clare Fox\, Executive Director\, and Holly Hanes\, Membership Manager\, for a deep dive into all things SAFSF\, including: \n\n\n\n\nCelebrating & sharing your membership internally and externally;\n\n\n\nMember Perks – including the annual Forum\, exclusive offerings\, and Learning Communities; \n\n\n\nHow to access your SAFSF benefits; \n\n\n\nSAFSF Professional and Leadership Development Pathways; \n\n\n\nTools and resources available to you; \n\n\n\nEvent Previews \n\n\n\n\nThis energizing conversation will excite you for the quarter ahead and expose you to one (or many!) benefits of membership that you were not utilizing to help in maximizing your SAFSF experience. Meet other members\, learn the SAFSF processes\, and get engaged! This event is a free\, SAFSF member only event. Interested in SAFSF membership? Email us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo register for this program\, you must be logged in and a member of SAFSF. \nPlease log in or register for an account.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/maximize-your-membership-3/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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