BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240306T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240213T173530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T191947Z UID:10000601-1709726400-1709730000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF Maximize Your Membership DESCRIPTION:New to SAFSF? Long time member but haven’t been making use of the many resources available to members? Join us for our Maximize Your Membership orientation webinar! \n\n\n\nWe’ll help you connect to new staff\, other members\, and help you discover how to make use of the incredible peer leadership and learning possible with our members. \n\n\n\nWe’ll walk through the member portal – get you oriented to the resources provided there\, touch on ways you can engage with YOUR network\, and identify SAFSF staff members who are able and wanting to help you have greater impact. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, SAFSF member only event. \n\n\n\n\nRecording URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-maximize-your-membership/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/315796b3-2f37-e31b-b026-37d8c833ffa5-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T113000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240227T165245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T214743Z UID:10000605-1710237600-1710243000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Taking Power Back: Food Policies to Curb Predatory Marketing in New York DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Community Food Funders \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by New York Health Foundation\, Philanthropy New York\,and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders \n\n\n\nBriefing: 1-2:30pm ET: Online \n\n\n\nIn many communities of color across the five boroughs\, it’s no mistake that McDonald’s outlets outnumber grocery stores. Marketers of processed food spend billions of dollars to manipulate the local food environment\, exploiting local history\, culture\, and economics. Now\, community advocates across New York are fighting to reduce the food and beverage industry’s influence and successfully putting power back in community members’ hands. \n\n\n\nJoin Community Food Funders\, New York Health Foundation and our co-sponsors to learn from community leaders and advocates about their recent wins\, such as the Sweet Truth Act that passed last fall. We’ll also hear about a new slate of food policies that would take the burden off consumers to parse healthy from unhealthy foods and that would encourage retailers\, manufacturers\, and government agencies to create healthier default options.  Speakers will discuss how a national regranting initiative is supporting community action\, providing opportunities for cross-pollination across the country\, building the evidence base to improve public health\, and attracting like-minded funders. \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nDr. Omni Cassidy\, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine/Langone Health where she directs the Food\, Culture\, & Tech Lab. She examines the intersections of food\, culture\, and technology with a specific focus on how food and beverage companies use advanced digital technologies\, such as virtual reality\, to market unhealthy products to communities of color. She hopes to eventually leverage advanced digital technologies to develop\, improve\, and inform novel interventions and policies to improve the food environment. \n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Pezzolesi\, MPH\, ODHM (Bob) is a founding Convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network. He is a public health advocate dedicated to building healthier communities by integrating faith-inspired social change with science-based public health policy and practice. Bob has helped lead successful community engagement and mobilization efforts for public health policy campaigns\, including a grassroots initiative to remove alcohol advertising from the New York MTA system and to support legislation to require warning labels in NYC chain restaurants for menu items with high amounts of added sugars. In 2023\, Bob was consecrated and commissioned as a Home Missioner in the United Methodist Church\, a lay leadership role dedicated to alleviating suffering and promoting social justice. \n\n\n\n\n\nShen’naque Sean Butler is a community health advocate and the founder of the FRESCH Food Bronx Health Initiative. His story is one of resilience\, determination\, and compassion. Shen’naque Sean lost his mother to cancer when she was only 57 years old\, and he realized that her health was compromised by the lack of healthy food options in the Bronx. Motivated by her memory\, he resolved to change the local food landscape. His mother\, a nurse\, and his grandmother\, a sharecropper\, instilled in him a sense of service and social justice. He has transformed his grief into a powerful force for good. Through his FRESCH Food Bronx Health Initiative\, Shen’naque Sean is not only providing nutritious food to those in need but also empowering the community to take charge of their health. His advocacy as a community voice had an essential role in the passage of the Sweet Truth Act\, groundbreaking legislation that mandates fast food chains operating in NYC to put warning labels on food items with high sugar content. With unwavering dedication\, he seeks to make a lasting impact on the well-being of Bronx residents and the broader conversation surrounding food policy and health. \n\n\n\n\n\nDeAnna Nara\, PhD is a policy lead at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. She works with community-based organizations across the country to pursue measures that improve the food environment. As an Edward Alexander Bouchet Doctoral Fellow\, DeAnna earned her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from Howard University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on nutritional management of chronic disease among low income\, minority residents in DC. DeAnna earned a MSc in Herbal Medicine from the Maryland University of Integrative Health and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Psychology from Howard University\, completing her Post Baccalaureate Training at the National Institute of Mental Health within the Laboratory of Cellular & Molecular Regulation. DeAnna is the Chair of the DC Board of Nutrition & Dietetics and is also a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Specialist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Information & Registration URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/taking-power-back-food-policies-to-curb-predatory-marketing-in-new-york/ CATEGORIES:Meetings,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1de7de52-3e10-4d22-bad4-0a828baeb3dc.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240318T193000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240215T011615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T204228Z UID:10000603-1710784800-1710790200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Executive Director Meet and Greet DESCRIPTION:in San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nCurious to learn more about SAFSF? Join our new Executive Director Clare Fox and the SAFSF team on Monday evening. Come by for a casual Meet and Greet to learn what SAFSF has to offer and how to get involved.  \n\n\n\nCome as you are and as you wish! This will be a drop-by event\, open to all current and prospective members in the area. Please register so we know to expect you.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register for this via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/executive-director-meet-and-greet/ CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2_clarefox_LH_square_headshot-2-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240213T181435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T003023Z UID:10000602-1710838800-1710864000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed for this event. \n\n\n\nJoin Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a day of peer funder engagement\, generative discussion\, and strategic alignment around funding regenerative agriculture\, held in San Francisco\, California on March 19\, 2024. \n\n\n\nWe will ground our discussions in two recent reports from peers in this space: \n\n\n\n\nCultivating Change: Accelerating and Scaling Agroecology and Regenerative Approaches by Global Alliance for the Future of Food and\,\n\n\n\nInvesting in Regenerative Agriculture: Shaping a Livable Future by Josh Cavanaugh\, board member of The Russell Family Foundation. \n\n\n\n\nParticipation is limited to 40 funders* currently funding regenerative agriculture or seriously considering activating their resources in this space. SAFSF members\, non-members\, regional funders\, and national funders are all welcome. \n\n\n\nThis is the first of three in person gatherings hosted by SAFSF in 2024 in lieu of a Forum. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*Registration for this event is limited to funders. SAFSF defines funders as organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission. Please reach out to Holly Enowski (holly@safsf.org) with any questions. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/regenerative-agriculture-california-gathering/ CATEGORIES:Event Slider,Meetings,Tours / Site Visits ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-13-at-10.36.41-AM-edited.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240215T012531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240321T165619Z UID:10000604-1710874800-1710878400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Digging In Screening DESCRIPTION:In San Francisco\, California — \n\n\n\nFollowing our in-person gathering Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture\, SAFSF is hosting a film screening of Digging In\, our documentary focused on land access\, consolidation and climate change\, and their impact on American agriculture\, especially BIPOC farmers and ranchers. It’s taking place at the Landmark Opera Plaza Theatre in San Francisco on March 19 at 7 pm. \n\n\n\nThis is open to all who are interested! Please extend the invite to your partners and friends in the field. Come one\, come all for this great discussion about Digging In\, featuring our film narrator\, Masika Henson. Reach out to Holly know if you have any questions about the film or want to host a screening of your own.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you are attending our San Francisco Opportunities & Challenges in Regenerative Agriculture gathering\, please register to attend this screening via your event registration. Questions? Reach out to Holly at holly@safsf.org. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-screening/ CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/unnamed-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T090000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240305T155009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T155255Z UID:10000607-1711440000-1711443600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:MO Funder Briefing on the Farm Bill (with Philanthropy Missouri) DESCRIPTION:Connecting food production\, nutrition\, and natural resources\, Congress has passed Farm Bill legislation regularly since the 1930s. Every five years\, the bill expires and is updated. The current bill was enacted in 2018 and scheduled to expire this year. \n\n\n\nWhat is the status of the Farm Bill? And what does this mean for Missouri?  \n\n\n\nPhilMO Members and non-Member funders are invited to a briefing on the current Farm Bill with Philanthropy Missouri and Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF). \n\n\n\nThe briefing will include an overview of the Farm Bill\, how it effects Missouri\, the current state of the bill/extension\, and any expected future Congressional actions. Additionally\, Missouri funders and advocates will discuss philanthropic opportunities to fill gaps and provide leadership to benefit Missourians.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar will feature SAFSF’s own Maggie Mascarenhas and Ferd Hoefner\, policy consultant. \n\n\n\n\nTo Register! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/mo-funder-briefing-on-the-farm-bill-with-philanthropy-missouri/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/farmbill.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240328T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240305T172555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T211918Z UID:10000609-1711630800-1711638000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Opportunities in Good Food Purchasing: Learning from Peer Funders DESCRIPTION:This webinar is co-hosted by SAFSF\, The Rockefeller Foundation\, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. \n\n\n\nThe quickly expanding field of Good Food Purchasing offers a breadth of opportunities for social and environmental impact and systems change\, with many entry points for funders. Whether you’re new to good food purchasing or have been in this space for a longtime\, please join us in a conversation about the importance of funding good food purchasing and how funders can best support the dynamic bench of actors in this field. We’ll hear from five of your funder peers with varying perspectives about the value of this work as food and agriculture funders\, how they came to fund the work\, what they see as key entry points to the work\, and more. A subsequent webinar will host practitioners in the field to lift up successes and opportunities from their vantage point as well. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nLinda Jo Doctor\, program officer\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\n\n\n\nNoah Cohen-Cline\, director\, Food Initiative\, The Rockefeller Foundation\n\n\n\nJulia McCarthy\, senior program officer\, New York Health Foundation\n\n\n\nSarah Bell\, program director\, 11th Hour Project\n\n\n\nHaven Leeming\, senior program officer\, Builders Initiative\n\n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nProcuring Food Justice 2023 Report\n\n\n\nFederal Good Food Purchasing Coalition\n\n\n\nGrowing Justice Fund URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/opportunities-in-good-food-purchasing-learning-from-peer-funders/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/food-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T110000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240305T150257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T192858Z UID:10000606-1712138400-1712142000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:April In the Kitchen Call: Redefining Risk DESCRIPTION:These SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nHow do we define risk? What does risk really mean when it comes to grantmaking and investing? What does it mean to de-risk? How much risk is good risk? How can we reframe risk when it comes to changing our food\, fiber\, and agricultural system for the better? \n\n\n\nJoin us as we explore these questions and others in April’s In the Kitchen call. We’ll hear from a few of your funder peers on their insights about risk from their perspective before opening the conversation up to the group to reflect on what risk means for you in your work. Come ready to hear from fellow members and to share your thoughts on the topic of risk. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nCharity May\, Principal\, Sacred Futures \n\n\n\n\nCharity May is the Founder and Principal of Sacred Futures\, an advisory practice that guides partners in the reimagining\, designing and implementing of governance\, leadership and ownership models\, sustainable growth strategies\, and financing vehicles to cultivate renewal and reciprocity between human and more-than-human worlds. \n\n\n\nBefore launching Sacred Futures\, Charity was directly involved in the management of real estate private equity investments and debt capital markets. She has directed\, led and supported the investment\, structure and development of over $575 million of project value for education facilities across the country\, serving over 40\,000 students. In her time in investment banking\, she conducted the underwriting\, analysis\, origination and structuring for over $3.8 billion of leveraged finance transactions across multiple sectors including technology\, consumer goods\, industrial\, and energy. Charity also managed a portfolio of middle-market companies totaling $134 million in debt commitments and served on the sell side and project finance functions for companies administering renewable energy resources. She has worked with various non-profits and NGOs on local and global economic development initiatives. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSkya Ducheneaux\, Executive Director\, Akiptan \n\n\n\n\nSkya Ducheneaux is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and spent her first 18 years of life on a cattle ranch on the CRST Reservation in South Dakota. She has an MBA in Business Administration. She previously spent her summers interning for the Intertribal Agriculture Council\, where she was introduced to the Native CDFI world (Community Development Financial Institution). Skya worked diligently to create the first national Native CDFI dedicated to Indian agriculture\, which launched in 2019. Skya remains connected to agriculture\, just from the other side of the table. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Crosby\, Principal\, Thread Fund \n\n\n\n\nTim Crosby is Principal of the Thread Fund\, which focuses on investing multiple forms of capital to generate social and environmental returns alongside financial returns. Additionally Tim is a Steering Committee Member of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food\, Member Agroecology Fund\, Chair Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS) Initiative\, Member Seattle Impact Investing Group\, and Board Member of the Carolyn Foundation and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Tim’s previous work includes Co-Chair Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders\, Director Slow Money Northwest\, Manager Cascadia Foodshed Financing Project\, and fifteen years as a professional photographer and graphic designer. Tim holds an MBA in Sustainable Business from Presidio University and a BA in Anthropology from Kenyon College. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/april-in-the-kitchen-call-redefining-risk/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/315796b3-2f37-e31b-b026-37d8c833ffa5-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240409T110000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240305T155356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T194017Z UID:10000608-1712655000-1712660400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Digging In Film Screening & Discussion with Philanthropy Missouri DESCRIPTION:Grab your lunch and join PhilMO for the a virtual lunchtime screening and discussion of the documentary Digging In.  \n\n\n\nThis film by KC-filmmakers Nathan Johnson and Jay W. Austin is designed to help funders understand concentration and consolidation\, land access\, and climate change and explore the connection these issues have to their work and the work of their grantees. Filmed across the United States\, the Missouri communities of Auxvasse\, Kansas City\, and Mexico are specifically featured. The film builds upon themes from Part I\, which explored the U.S. Farm Bill.  After the screening\, we will have a robust discussion. \n\n\n\nThis program is designed with PhilMO Members and Non-Member Funders in mind. Share with your colleagues who are interested in the intersection of grantmaking\, food systems\, and equity.  \n\n\n\nSpecial thanks to Missouri Foundation for Health for supporting access to the film.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-in-film-discussion-with-philanthropy-missouri/ CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/farmbill.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20231017T181848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T185750Z UID:10000586-1713139200-1713225599@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Deadline: Apply for SAFSF Membership DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is the leading national philanthropy serving organization (PSO) for funders seeking to drive change in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems. Members include endowed and self-funded foundations and investors\, as well as certain types of intermediaries\, such as community development finance institutions (CDFIs)\, community foundations\, funding collaboratives\, and regranting organizations. Membership offers more robust opportunities to strengthen connections\, foster collaboration and build capacity alongside funding peers. \n\n\n\nMember Benefits\n\n\n\n\nNetworking\, knowledge-sharing and collaboration with SAFSF peers;\n\n\n\nAccess to fellow members and network data;\n\n\n\nSpecial member-only calls and activities;\n\n\n\nDiscounted registration fees for all SAFSF events\, including Annual Forum and Policy Briefing;\n\n\n\nEntitled to invite one representative of an organization they are financially supporting to the Forum;\n\n\n\nAccess to an audience of other funders and NGOs;\n\n\n\nAbility to help shape the SAFSF agenda and work plan; and\n\n\n\nEligibility to participate on the Board of Directors.\n\n\n\n\nEligibility\n\n\n\nThe missions of our members should be in alignment with SAFSF’s own mission and values\, as well as the SAFSF Commitment to Racial Justice.  \n\n\n\nWe welcome those organizations and individuals who: \n\n\n\n\nOperate in alignment with SAFSF’s core values;\n\n\n\nUse grantmaking\, lending or investing as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and relate to SAFSF colleagues as peer funders\, not in a fundraising capacity;\n\n\n\nShare SAFSF’s goal of increasing viability of and funding for sustainable agriculture and food system organizations and enterprises;\n\n\n\nSupport relationship-building\, knowledge-sharing\, and collaboration within SAFSF’s framework;\n\n\n\nShare experiences\, perspectives and expertise with SAFSF colleagues;\n\n\n\nProvide financial support for SAFSF\, its programs and its initiatives; and\n\n\n\nShow an interest in enhancing the reputation of and expanding opportunities for SAFSF.\n\n\n\n\nParticipation in SAFSF events and committees is open to all individual donors\, executive and program staff\, and members of the Board of grantmaking or investment organizations. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events or to subscribe to our listserv. \n\n\n\nInterpretation of these criteria is at the discretion of the SAFSF Board of Directors. The Board of Directors also reserves the right to review a member’s fulfillment of these criteria at any time. Members may not use their participation in SAFSF for promotional purposes or for private gain. SAFSF reserves the right to deny membership or remove a member if an applicant’s or member’s actions reflect poorly on the field and might harm SAFSF’s reputation\, staff\, members\, or member organizations. While not an exhaustive list\, lawsuits\, federal or state investigations\, consumer boycotts\, or other significant actions against an applicant\, member\, or affiliated organization would raise such concern.  \n\n\n\nApplication Dates\n\n\n\nApplication deadlines are January 15\, April 15\, July 30\, and October 15. You will be notified of a decision generally within a month of the deadline. \n\n\n\nMembership Dues\n\n\n\nMember organization annual dues are based on total grantmaking or investment that supports sustainable agriculture and food systems work.  \n\n\n\nAnnual SAFS-related grants or investmentsFoundation/InvestorsCDFIs/Regranting Organizations/Community Foundations<$100\,000$1\,200$1\,200$100\,000-$249\,999$1\,500$1\,500$250\,000-$499\,999$2\,500$2\,500$500\,000-$999\,999$5\,000$2\,500$1\,000\,000-$1\,999\,999$7\,500$3\,750$2\,000\,000-$4\,999\,999$10\,000$5\,000>$5\,000\,000$15\,000-$60\,000$7\,500\n\n\n\nApplication Process\n\n\n\nTo explore SAFSF membership\, please contact membership and development associate\, Angie Boone (angie@safsf.org or 805-209-4643) URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-apply-for-safsf-membership-2/ CATEGORIES:Deadlines ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240213T155021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240322T151551Z UID:10000599-1713139200-1713225599@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Call for Board Nominations—Deadline Extended DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is accepting nominations for up to three (3) positions on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning on June 1\, 2024. Please consider nominating yourself or a funder colleague to bring your perspective\, expertise\, and energy to the work of SAFSF! The deadline to submit a nomination has been extended to April 15\, 2024. \n\n\n\nClick here for more details. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-call-for-board-nominations/ CATEGORIES:Deadlines ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Committee-Sign-Up-e1707837778948.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240415T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240318T193632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T201414Z UID:10000610-1713139200-1713225599@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2024 SAFSF Membership Drive DESCRIPTION:For over 20 years\, SAFSF has been home to hundreds of philanthropic and investment organizations moving capital toward a more just and sustainable food system. SAFSF offers a place to align and amplify our collective impact.  \n\n\n\nSAFSF membership offers robust opportunities to strengthen connections\, foster collaboration\, and build capacity alongside funding peers. Here is a sampling of the benefits of membership: \n\n\n\n\nLearning Communities and Communities of Practice \n\n\n\nAccess to data and reports about food and ag funding\n\n\n\nMember-only resource listserv and webinars\n\n\n\nPolicy Connection Newsletter \n\n\n\nDiscounted registration on SAFSF in person events and Annual Forum (in Albuquerque\, New Mexico next year!)\n\n\n\nProfessional and leadership opportunities to serve on Committees or Board of Directors\n\n\n\n\nTo celebrate a year of growth and transition\, SAFSF is running a membership drive between March 18 and April 15. Funders whose food systems and agriculture-related investments and/or grant-making is below $2 million will receive a 15% reduction on their 2024 SAFSF membership. This promotion is available only to new members and is offered as a one-time opportunity for the 2024 year. \n\n\n\nTo learn more about membership benefits\, eligibility\, and annual dues\, visit our membership page or contact Angie Boone\, Member and Development Associate\, at angie@safsf.org\, or (805) 209-4643. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2024-membership-drive/ CATEGORIES:Deadlines ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Forum-Pic-3-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T110000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240328T160035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240424T222718Z UID:10000611-1714039200-1714042800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Health Funders Learning Community DESCRIPTION:Last fall SAFSF connected a handful of health funders in our membership for a group call; that call led to a desire for a regular\, designated space for all health funders within the SAFSF member network to learn from one another. With that\, SAFSF is excited to announce the launch of the Health Funders Learning Community\, a new virtual space for SAFSF members who self-identify as being health funders in the food and ag sector. \n\n\n\nOur first funder co-chairs of the community will be Katie Kaufmann\, senior strategist for Missouri Foundation for Health\, and Jan Delatorre\, senior program officer for Michigan Health Endowment Fund.  \n\n\n\nThe goal of this first meeting is to establish the community\, hear what you are hoping to get out participating\, hear from your fellow funders about their work\, etc. We look forward to shaping this learning community with all of you. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only group and event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nAgenda URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/health-funders-learning-community/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/315796b3-2f37-e31b-b026-37d8c833ffa5-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240418T142044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T151423Z UID:10000617-1714732200-1714737600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Strategic Planning Kick Off for Members | In The Kitchen Call DESCRIPTION:Curious about the future of SAFSF? We invite you to join us as we start this strategic planning journey. As a SAFSF member\, you uniquely understand the importance of this network and how it’s impacted your work. We want your input and expertise to inform our collective next chapter. Come learn about our strategic planning process and lend your voice to our evolution. Please register so we can share materials in advance. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Funder-Only Registration\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n FacebookThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you a funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/strategic-planning-kick-off-for-members-in-the-kitchen-call/ CATEGORIES:Member Only ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Itk.branded.thumbnail.website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240507T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240507T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240422T204135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T204337Z UID:10000619-1715079600-1715083200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Small Funders Learning Community DESCRIPTION:Building Grantee Relationships as a Small Funder \n\n\n\nHow do you find grantmaking opportunities as a small funder? How do you build relationships with a limited capacity and a small staff? How do you support your grantees beyond the check without burning out? Join your fellow SAFSF members who identify as small funders to discuss your answers to these questions\, to build community with your peers\, to get insights into best practices\, and more. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only group and event for SAFSF Small Funders Learning Community Members. If you identify as a small funder within the SAFSF membership and are interested in joining\, please email Erin Olschewski at erin@safsf.org. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/small-funders-learning-community/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/315796b3-2f37-e31b-b026-37d8c833ffa5-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T183000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240416T220324Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T202100Z UID:10000615-1715185800-1715193000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF On The Road @ MIE in Los Angeles DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is On The Road Again and bringing the network together in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\nIf you are in town for Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) National Conference (or local to Southern California)\, join SAFSF for a networking reception for funders\, innovators and advocates working at the nexus of food and agriculture. \n\n\n\nThis will be hosted in Downtown LA near the conference location at Hotel Figueroa at Bar Alta. \n\n\n\nDrinks and light bites will be provided. \n\n\n\n\nRegister today! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/nexus-of-food-and-agriculture-reception-in-downtown-los-angeles/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-4.57.11-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240426T202302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240426T203414Z UID:10000621-1715688000-1715693400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Food Waste Reduction Briefing (Co-Sponsored Webinar) DESCRIPTION:Food Waste Reduction: Philanthropy for People and the Planet \n\n\n\nSAFSF is co-sponsoring this webinar aside other organizations\, hosted by Community Food Funders. \n\n\n\nUp to 40% of food in the United States is wasted along with all of the resources used to produce\, distribute\, and prepare it. Furthermore\, food production and food waste disposal generate significant greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of the food supply chain. Meanwhile\, millions of people struggle with food insecurity while good food goes to waste. \n\n\n\nFood waste reduction offers philanthropy an opportunity to address many of our world’s existential challenges\, including combating the climate crisis and biodiversity loss\, improving environmental health protections\, and fighting racial injustice. It is at the intersection of many other issues including food access\, local food systems\, and many more. Addressing food waste is a unique issue requiring both individual and systemic actions. Each of us has a role to play in solving food waste and now is the time to act. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a deep dive into the problem of food waste\, where funding has been going\, how local and national organizations are establishing innovative partnerships to address food waste\, and why and where funders should get involved. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here! URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-waste-reduction-briefing/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-3.31.51-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T113000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240426T201345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T192200Z UID:10000620-1716285600-1716291000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:A Deeper Look: State Level Policy Opportunities and Priorities (Co-Sponsored Webinar) DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Funders for Regenerative AgricultureCo-sponsored by Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders \n\n\n\nThe National Healthy Soils Policy Network is a community of practice including organizers from 31 farmer-forward organizations across the country who share models\, strategies and resources for advancing state and federal healthy soils programs. On this call\, you will learn about the collaborative nature of the network\, the national status of the state level healthy soils policy\, and their emerging initiative to engage with NRCS in order to ensure that climate conservation dollars under the Inflation Reduction Act reach small and medium-sized and historically underserved producers. \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\nDago Driggs\, NHSP Network Coordinator\n\n\n\nAmalie Lipstreau\, CalCan\n\n\n\nIsabelle Jenniches\, New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is not required. \n\n\n\n\nRecording URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/a-deeper-look-state-level-policy-opportunities-and-priorities/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fora-e1713544296789.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240417T155922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240520T160911Z UID:10000616-1716294600-1716300000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF On The Road: Networking Luncheon in New York City DESCRIPTION:“SAFSF On the Road” is headed to New York City! \n\n\n\nJoin Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a networking luncheon with funder colleagues and friends. Come mingle and meet funders\, investors\, innovators and advocates to discuss emerging topics in food and agriculture. This event will be held at Brooklyn Grange Farm Navy Yard in Brooklyn\, New York\, and will feature a farm tour and farm-to-table bites. Space is limited! \n\n\n\nTickets are $50 and complementary to current SAFSF members. \n\n\n\nThis event is at Brooklyn Grange Farm Navy Yard location on Flushing Ave. + Clinton Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11205\, Brooklyn Navy Yard\, Building 3. Attendees will receive detailed parking\, driving\, and walking instructions prior to the event date. \n\n\n\n\nRegister today!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDriving Instructions\n\n\n\nWalking Instructions\n\n\n\nMore about Brooklyn Grange Farm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnastasia Cole Plakias (she/her)\n\n\n\nCo-Founder & Chief Impact Officer\, Brooklyn Grange\n\n\n\nAnastasia Cole Plakias is co-founder and Chief Impact Officer of Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm. An accomplished public speaker\, award-winning writer\, and published photographer\, Anastasia is a passionate and outspoken crusader for fresh\, healthy foods and greener\, more sustainable cities. She works to leverage Brooklyn Grange as a platform for positive conversations about food and farming\, and a resource for community building and education. \n\n\n\nHer love of food began early\, cooking up elaborate meals in the tiny galley kitchen of her family’s NYC apartment. After working as a freelance writer for magazines\, Anastasia spent several years in the corporate offices of an Italian restaurant group and wine brand\, eating her way through the menus at some of New York City’s best restaurants and food carts. As a founding partner of Brooklyn Grange\, she has run the business’ produce sales\, managed its CSA program\, created its Events department\, and manages communications and external affairs. Her focus on details has been crucial to the smooth operations of the business as it has grown from year to year. \n\n\n\nA Co-founder of the non-profit\, City Growers\, on whose board she spent nine years as a member\, she presented alongside the organization’s Founding Director at TedX Long Island City. In 2014 and 2015\, she was an instructor of Natural Gourmet Institute’s Sustainable Farming Certificate Course\, and regularly teaches a workshop aimed at entrepreneurs interested in launching their own urban farming business. An energetic and inspiring speaker\, she has presented to audiences at a variety of conferences and convenings. In 2016\, Anastasia published a book about the business\, The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught us About Entrepreneurship\, Community\, and Growing a Sustainable Business; she also narrated the audio book. In 2017\, Anastasia was named as one of the NYC Food Policy Center’s “40 Under 40” individuals working to transform the food system. \n\n\n\nWhen Anastasia isn’t zipping from farm to farm on her bicycle or leading a tour for a visiting delegation of city planners\, she loves to tinker with kitchen projects in her Ditmas Park apartment\, or hike a high peak in the Catskills. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteph Wiley (he/him)\n\n\n\nCo-Founder of Brooklyn Packers\n\n\n\nSteph Wiley is New York City born and raised. He has over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and has been a member of Just Food’s board\, the New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NoWC) Advocacy Council\, and the NYC NoWC Training Collective. Steph co-founded Brooklyn Packers with Shawn Santana in 2016. \n\n\n\nSteph is dedicated to ensuring that every New Yorker can access healthy food through his worker-owned food distribution cooperative\, Brooklyn Packers. His focus is on creating neighborhood food hubs that connect BIPOC farms and aggregators with communities in need. These hubs improve health and economic outcomes while promoting better nutrition. By envisioning worker-owned hubs encompassing wholesale\, retail\, and agriculture businesses\, he creates abundant job opportunities and ensures year-round access to fresh\, local\, affordable\, and culturally relevant food for all New Yorkers. By addressing basic needs and fostering community connections\, Steph believes these hubs can foster more resilient neighborhoods that thrive. \n\n\n\nAlong with his work at Brooklyn Packers\, Steph is helping to develop a network of cooperative homesteads. He believes that aligned movements working together in solidarity is the best way to seek justice for all in our lifetimes. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-on-the-road-networking-luncheon-in-new-york-city-2/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-17-at-10.55.21-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240528T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240528T113000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240426T212536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T192051Z UID:10000622-1716890400-1716895800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Farm Bill Grassroots Capacity Building Project: Updates\, Lessons Learned and What's Next (Co-Sponsored Webinar) DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Funders for Regenerative AgricultureCo-sponsored by Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders \n\n\n\nIn June 2022\, the Farm Bill Grassroots Capacity Building Project launched as a collaboration between National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\, RAFI-USA\, and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\, with generous grant support from the Waverley Street Foundation. While having a focus on advancing agricultural policies that address the climate crisis and racial disparities\, this effort takes a broad perspective in supporting policy organizing as a whole. These collaborating organizations are the leading champions of the project\, collectively holding many decades of policy experience: \n\n\n\n\nHEAL Food Alliance\n\n\n\nNational Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)\n\n\n\nRAFI-USA\n\n\n\nNative Farm Bill Coalition (NFBC)\n\n\n\nNational Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)\n\n\n\nRural Coalition (RC)\n\n\n\n\nThis Project is primarily focused on providing financial support and training to on-the-ground organizations components include the following: \n\n\n\n\nA Rapid Response Fund that provides small grants to support mobilizing activities.\n\n\n\nA Capacity Building Fund that provides financial resources and training to Black\, Indigenous\, and organizations of color that would like to increase their involvement in policy advocacy.\n\n\n\nA Priority States Fund that focuses on advocacy in states with key\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for the session to learn more about how the collaborators and partners in this project are bringing about systemic and effective policy change by building a diverse and well-resourced grassroots advocacy movement that can sustain itself beyond one Farm Bill cycle. We will discuss the history and goals of the project\, as well as dive into the lessons learned and evolution of the participatory funding structures and where the fund is headed in the next year. \n\n\n\nSpeakers  \n\n\n\n\nAhna Kruzic\, RAF\n\n\n\nEdna Rodriguez\, RAFI\n\n\n\nAmanda Eller\, Waverley \n\n\n\nSarah Hackney\, NSAC\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder-only event. Registration is not required. \n\n\n\n\nRecording URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-grassroots-capacity-building-project/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fora-e1713544296789.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T131500 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240522T200207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T173247Z UID:10000624-1718712000-1718716500@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Opportunities in Good Food Purchasing: Learning from Leaders in the Field DESCRIPTION:This event is co-hosted by SAFSF\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The 11th Hour Project. \n\n\n\nThis will be the second of a two-part series featuring voices of leaders in the good food purchasing field. Good food purchasing is a strategy for food systems transformation that encourages large institutions (such as hospitals or schools) to direct their buying power in support of environmental sustainability\, local economies\, valued workforce\, animal welfare\, and nutrition to ultimately create a more equitable\, sustainable\, and just food system. The overarching goal is to foster a more equitable\, sustainable\, and just food system. Over the past decade\, the landscape of good food purchasing has evolved significantly\, with collaborative efforts from various stakeholders\, including our esteemed speakers\, now leading to its institutionalization as policy at local\, state\, and federal levels. In the first session of this two-part series\, we delved into the history and landscape of good food purchasing work from the perspective of funders in our network\, showcasing its potential for systemic change and the myriad avenues for funders to get involved.  \n\n\n\nWhether you’re new to good food purchasing or are actively supporting initiatives in this space\, we invite you to join us for this second insightful discussion on the grassroots and policy-oriented endeavors shaping this field. We will hear from a panel of practitioners who will share their triumphs and hurdles encountered in their work\, as well as illuminate distinct opportunities for funders to deepen their involvement in advancing good food purchasing initiatives. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nKey Takeaways from GFP Series\n\n\n\nProcuring Food Justice\n\n\n\n2023 GFPP Standards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder only event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\nLinda Jo Doctor is a program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek\, Michigan. In this role\, she develops programming priorities\, manages a portfolio of active grants\, and designs and implements national programming.  She co- leads the Foundation’s efforts to promote equitable\, sustainable\, and resilient 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. Ms. Doctor received her Master of Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health and a Masters of Philanthropic Studies from the Lily Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.  She previously served as a board member of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders and is a founding partner of the Convergence Partnership.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Bell is program director for the Food & Agriculture program at The 11th Hour Project\, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation. In this role\, she directs the foundation’s focus on equitable access to land\, capital and markets. She sits on the board of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation and previously served on the board of Pie Ranch in Pescadero\, California and the Environmental Grantmakers Association. She actively participates with the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. She studied at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas and holds bachelor’s degrees in both English literature and French from the University of Colorado. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHaile Johnston is a Philadelphia-based father of four children\, who works to improve the vitality of rural and urban communities through food systems reform. Along with his wife Tatiana\, he is the Co-Director and a founder of The Common Market\, a nonprofit distribution enterprise that connects communities to good food from sustainable family farms. Founded in Philadelphia to serve the Mid-Atlantic States\, the model has recently replicated to serve communities and farmers in Georgia\, Alabama\, Texas\, and soon in Chicago. Haile is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business where he concentrated in entrepreneurial management and is proud to have served as a Food and Community Fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Haile currently serves as a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur\, the Advisory Board Chair of the National Farm to School Network\, and on the Steering Committee of the Castanea Fellowship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexa Delwiche is the executive director of the Center for Good Food Purchasing. She previously served as Managing Director of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council from 2011 – 2015. At the LA Food Policy Council\, she spearheaded the development\, launch and implementation of the Good Food Purchasing Policy. From 2009 – 2010\, Alexa was the Food Policy Coordinator for the Los Angeles Food Policy Task Force\, working with the Task Force to produce and present to the Mayor of Los Angeles the “Good Food for All” Agenda. Previously\, Alexa worked for the United Farm Workers and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Alexa has a Master’s of Public Policy from UCLA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristina Spach has 2 decades of experience in community organizing and advocating for racially-equitable food policy. At FCWA\, Christina provides direct campaign support to grassroots coalitions leveraging public purchasing to protect food worker organizing and to hold food suppliers accountable to fair labor practices. She also serves on the boards of the HEAL Food Alliance and Food for the Spirit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRodger Cooley\, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council\, has worked for 20+ years in urban agriculture and sustainable urban food systems developing policy and projects. Rodger previously spent 9 years with Heifer International\, supporting the development of urban farming projects in Chicago and the mid-western United States. He recently joined the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation. Rodger has a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and has served as adjunct faculty at DePaul University and the Illinois Institute of Technology. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/opportunities-in-good-food-purchasing-learning-from-leaders-in-the-field/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/food-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240620T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240620T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240603T212308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T154044Z UID:10000626-1718881200-1718884800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: Reflecting on Learnings from Good Food Purchasing Series DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow SAFSF members in a conversation about reflections and takeaways from the two-part series SAFSF hosted in collaboration with W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The 11th Hour Project on Opportunities in Good Food Purchasing. For context\, good food purchasing is a strategy for food systems transformation that encourages large institutions (such as hospitals or schools) to direct their buying power in support of environmental sustainability\, local economies\, valued workforce\, animal welfare\, and nutrition to ultimately create a more equitable\, sustainable\, and just food system. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re new to good food purchasing or have been in this space for a longtime\, and whether you were able to join us for the two webinars or not\, you are welcome to come to listen\, learn and share your experiences with value-based procurement..  \n\n\n\nIf you were not able to join the first webinar about good food purchasing\, please feel free to watch the recording here. The second call of the series will be taking place on Tuesday\, June 18. If you’re not already registered\, you can do so here.  \n\n\n\nThese SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, member only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Funder-Only Registration\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you a funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/itk-call-reflections-on-good-food-purchasing/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Itk.branded.thumbnail.website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240625T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240416T025941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T023021Z UID:10000612-1719302400-1719421200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Building an Intersectional Philanthropic Approach: Climate Change\, Agriculture\, and Healthy Rural Communities DESCRIPTION:Join Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\, Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG)\, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA)\, and Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) for a dynamic two-day funder convening\, June 25-26\, in Minneapolis\, MN.  \n\n\n\nMeet in person with peer climate\, agriculture\, and environmental funders and learn about the significant opportunities to support a sustainable and just future through climate-smart agriculture. We’ll explore the connections\, opportunities\, and gaps between reducing emissions from working agricultural lands\, advancing carbon sequestration strategies through regenerative agriculture\, and supporting healthy rural communities. Through thoughtfully curated site visits\, we’ll also meet with leaders driving regenerative agriculture solutions and mobilizing communities in and around the Twin Cities.  \n\n\n\nThis event is currently sold out. Please join our waitlist below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOIN WAITLIST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUR PARTNERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nON THE GROUND\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis gathering is organized with support from McKnight Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Climate-Agriculture Connection in Rural Communities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmissions reductions in the transportation or energy sectors alone will not stave off the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Agriculture is responsible for 11% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.\, not including emissions from fertilizer\, animal farming\, and pesticide production. Nearly half of these total emissions come from the Midwest where rural and indigenous communities bear an unequal portion of the impacts. The longer industrial and extractive agriculture production methods dominate\, the higher these emissions will climb. \n\n\n\nThis is a key moment for agriculture\, climate\, and environmental funders. As the country seeks to address climate change\, and shift to a clean energy economy and sustainable agriculture practices\, rural places will be where the solar and wind farms are sited\, the minerals for batteries are mined and the batteries themselves produced\, and where agricultural practices evolve to reduce methane gases. Indeed\, rural places are implicated in many dimensions of the 21st-century economy\, from data processing to fabrication plants to cryptocurrency mining and online retail distribution. How these economies evolve\, who benefits\, and how well communities manage them—are clear and present policy issues that are receiving little attention\, leaving rural places historically under-resourced and without critical support and offering few guardrails to prevent a modern version of the extractive arrangements prevalent throughout history. \n\n\n\nTo build both critical political power in these regions and robust rural engagement in transition strategies\, it will be imperative that philanthropy work across the silos between climate\, agriculture\, and healthy rural economies to center the voices and strategies of rural communities and ensure equitable and just rural economic development and transition. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-an-intersectional-philanthropic-approach-climate-change-agriculture-and-healthy-rural-communities/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Copy-of-On-the-Road-Graphics-Square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240725T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240725T110000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240603T213240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240703T195819Z UID:10000627-1721901600-1721905200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:July Health Funders Learning Community Call DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second Health Funders Learning Community Call!  \n\n\n\nWe are excited to invite SAFSF Members to the second call of the Health Funders Learning Community. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow members funding at the intersection of health\, agriculture\, and food systems and engage in a meaningful discussion around specific challenges in funding health solutions.  \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect During the Call: \n\n\n\n\n1:1 Connections: We’ll start by spending some quality time connecting one-on-one.\n\n\n\nLive Case Study Discussion: We will dive into a live case study\, tackling a real challenge submitted  by one of your peer funders in the learning community:\n\n\n\n\nThe Challenge: “As a funder within the health system\, we often face internal tensions regarding a binary way of thinking about “systems” versus “program” funding. Our organization prides itself on being a “changemaker\,” which has recently led us to prioritize systemic investments over programmatic ones. During this call\, we’ll work together to break down these artificial barriers and explore how we can align our funding strategies with our broader goal of fostering justice and liberation on multiple levels.” \n\n\n\nQuestions to Reflect on Prior to Call: \n\n\n\n\nWhat would you do? How would you navigate the tension between systems and program funding in your organization?\n\n\n\nHave you previously encountered a similar challenge? What worked for your organization? Share your experiences\, strategies\, and any resources that helped bridge this divide.\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Funder-Only Registration\n "*" indicates required fields \n \n URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you a funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nRegistering for this event will add you to all future SAFSF Health Funders Learning Community calls. This is a SAFSF member-only group and event. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/july-health-funders-learning-community-call/ CATEGORIES:Member Only ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/food-recovery.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240731T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240731T235959 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20231017T182046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T151926Z UID:10000587-1722384000-1722470399@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Deadline: Apply for SAFSF Membership 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 100+ 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\nInterpretation of these criteria is at the discretion of the SAFSF Board of Directors. The Board of Directors also reserves the right to review a member’s fulfillment of these criteria at any time. Members may not use their participation in SAFSF for promotional purposes or for private gain. SAFSF reserves the right to deny membership or remove a member if an applicant’s or member’s actions reflect poorly on the field and might harm SAFSF’s reputation\, staff\, members\, or member organizations. While not an exhaustive list\, lawsuits\, federal or state investigations\, consumer boycotts\, or other significant actions against an applicant\, member\, or affiliated organization would raise such concern.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApplication Process\n\n\n\nApplications are reviewed quarterly (January 15\, April 15\, July 31\, and October 15) 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 senior membership associate\, Holly Enowski (holly@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 SAFS-related grants or investmentsFoundation/InvestorsCDFIs/Regranting Organizations/Community Foundations<$100\,000$1\,200$1\,200$100\,000-$249\,999$1\,500$1\,500$250\,000-$499\,999$2\,500$2\,500$500\,000-$999\,999$5\,000$2\,500$1\,000\,000-$1\,999\,999$7\,500$3\,750$2\,000\,000-$4\,999\,999$10\,000$5\,000>$5\,000\,000$15\,000-$60\,000$7\,500 URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/deadline-apply-for-safsf-membership-3/ CATEGORIES:Deadlines ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240806T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240806T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240729T195238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240729T195242Z UID:10000633-1722942000-1722945600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:August Small Funders Learning Community Call DESCRIPTION:Measuring Impact as a Small Funder \n\n\n\nHow do you measure the impact of your grants without being extractive to your grantees? What does success in a grant look like to you as a small funder? Who are you accountable to and what does that pressure look like for you? Join your fellow SAFSF members who identify as small funders to discuss your answers to these questions\, to build community with your peers\, to get insights into best practices\, and more. \n\n\n\nThis is a SAFSF member-only group and event for SAFSF Small Funders Learning Community Members. If you identify as a small funder within the SAFSF membership and are interested in joining\, please register below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Funder-Only Registration\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you a funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/august-small-funders-learning-community-call/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/315796b3-2f37-e31b-b026-37d8c833ffa5-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240808T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240808T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240726T164247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240726T170133Z UID:10000632-1723114800-1723118400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:August In the Kitchen Call: Strategic Planning Workshop DESCRIPTION:We invite our members to join us on Thursday\, August 8\, to share elements of a rough sketch of the emerging strategic direction for our work together. Your collaboration and input on where we are headed are invaluable. We look forward to your participation and insights. \n\n\n\nThese SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, member-only event. Please register below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Funder-Only Registration\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n FacebookThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you a funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/august-in-the-kitchen-call-strategic-planning-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Itk.branded.thumbnail.website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240821T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240821T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240719T160903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T194233Z UID:10000628-1724238000-1724242500@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Election Season Advocacy: What Funders Need to Know—Bolder Advocacy Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a webinar series exploring how funders can effectively support a wide array of advocacy strategies within a food and agriculture context. Organized in partnership with Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy Program\, these 4-sessions will provide funders with practical information and skill building opportunities in supporting election season advocacy and policymaker engagement\, and how to structure policy related grants.  \n\n\n\nWe encourage attendance at all four webinars to maximize learning\, though recordings will be made available for those unable to attend live. SAFSF will host a concluding reflection session to synthesize insights\, discuss integrating learnings into 2025 funding strategies\, and address ongoing challenges. \n\n\n\nThis webinar series is available as a benefit for SAFSF members. Not a member? Join our community by contacting our Senior Membership Associate\, Holly Enowski at holly@safsf.org to receive an application or for an information call.  \n\n\n\n\n\nGoals\nThis virtual programming series will enable SAFSF members to:  \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand why engaging in policy advocacy is essential for foundations and investors to achieve their missions; \n\n\n\nBuild support across the foundation for policy advocacy engagement; \n\n\n\nUnderstand characteristics of grantmaking that support effective policy advocacy; \n\n\n\nUnderstand how to comply with lobbying restrictions and build relationships with policymakers; \n\n\n\nBuild relationships and learn from peers engaged in policy advocacy funding.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutcomes\nAfter attending this virtual programming series\, SAFSF members should feel confident in:  \n\n\n\n\nRecognizing the broad scope of activities and strategies that can be considered policy advocacy;\n\n\n\nInitiating or continuing conversations with foundation board members about prioritizing policy advocacy; and \n\n\n\nHow to support grantees engaged in policy advocacy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPart 1\n\n\n\nThe November elections will significantly impact the policies governing our agriculture and food system. Policymakers elected at the federal\, state\, and local levels will influence who is eligible for food and nutrition assistance programs\, how much funding is allocated toward essential agricultural conservation programs\, how emerging and BIPOC farmers can access farmland\, and much more.  \n\n\n\nWith just a few months until November 5\, funders have the opportunity to impact voter turnout and support a host of essential civic engagement initiatives.  \n\n\n\nSAFSF members should join this session to learn:  \n\n\n\n\nHow private and public foundations can fund nonpartisan election-related activities;\n\n\n\nRules for conducting and funding voter registration drives; and \n\n\n\nHow foundations can take part in civic engagement initiatives during this critical election year.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLogin to access recordings & resources\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Mooney is senior counsel with the Bolder Advocacy Program at Alliance for Justice. He provides one-on-one technical assistance for nonprofit advocates\, teaches nonprofit and election law workshops and writes on these issues for Bolder Advocacy publications. This is his second tour with Alliance for Justice\, having previously served as senior counsel from 2001-2006. \n\n\n\nTim began his legal career as co-founder and counsel for Columbia Riverkeeper\, working to protect and restore the largest watershed in the Pacific Northwest. Following his first five years with Alliance for Justice\, Tim was senior counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. He spent the next decade as general counsel and director of operations for Tranquil Space yoga studios and later consulted on legal\, tech and business operations for entrepreneurs and nonprofits. Tim serves on the board of directors of Pigs & Pugs Project\, a charity that supports pig sanctuaries and pug rescue organizations. \n\n\n\nTim earned his B.S. in Environmental Studies from Syracuse University/SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and his J.D. from Pace University School of Law. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/election-season-advocacy-what-funders-need-to-know/ CATEGORIES:Bolder Advocacy Series,Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BolderSeries.Feature-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240829T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240829T114500 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240805T160529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240830T185934Z UID:10000634-1724929200-1724931900@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Digging Deeper: Livestock and Poultry Concentration with Open Markets Institute DESCRIPTION:Dig Deeper with Digging In! Digging In is SAFSF’s first documentary film\, produced by Nathan.works and underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation\, and was designed as a tool for funders and their grantees to explore the wide-ranging challenges of land access\, consolidation and concentration\, and climate change on U.S. agriculture. The film uplifts on-the-ground perspectives and solutions across the country.  \n\n\n\nJoin us for our first installment of Digging Deeper\, a lunchtime condensed documentary screening and chat\, focused on concentration in the livestock and poultry industry.  \n\n\n\nThis call featured Claire Kelloway\, Food Systems Program Manager at Open Markets Institute.  \n\n\n\nTopics Covered:  \n\n\n\n\nUSDA’s New Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets Proposed Rule \n\n\n\nCurrent state of the livestock and poultry industry \n\n\n\nWhat funders\, non-profit and communities can do \n\n\n\n\n\nRECORDING\n\n\n\nReal Food Generation Be-Trayed Kickbacks Report 2020\n\n\n\nSOMO Hungry for Profits\n\n\n\nThe Meat Racket by Christopher Leonard\n\n\n\nSubscribe to Claire’s Newsletter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured in Digging In\, Claire Kelloway is the program manager for fair food and farming systems at the Open Markets Institute. She is the primary writer for Food & Power\, a first-of-its-kind website\, providing original reporting and resources on monopoly power in food and agriculture. She also oversees Open Markets’ policy research into the legal underpinnings of corporations and market concentration in the food sector. \n\n\n\nKelloway has written for outlets such as The Intercept\, Civil Eats\, The American Prospect\, and ProPublica. She has appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered\,” Vox’s “FuturePerfect” videos\, and numerous podcasts. Before joining Open Markets\, she worked as a sustainability fellow with Bon Appetit Management Company and studied political economy at Carleton College. Kelloway lives and works in Minneapolis. \n\n\n\nYou can reach her at @clairekelloway on X. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/digging-deeper-livestock-and-poultry-concentration-with-open-markets-institute/ CATEGORIES:Digging In Film,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Digging-Deeper.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T155159 CREATED:20240808T165825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T221222Z UID:10000636-1726138800-1726143300@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Post-Chevron: Impacts on the Food\, Agriculture\, and Public Health Regulatory Landscape DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by Chesapeake Bay Funders Network\, Grantmakers In Health\, and Health and Environmental Funders Network. \n\n\n\nThis webinar explored the impacts of one of the most significant legal developments in recent years: the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo. This ruling has profound implications for the regulatory interpretation of major legislation such as the Clean Air Act\, the Clean Water Act\, and the Farm Bill.  \n\n\n\nChevron deference required judges to defer to agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutory language. A bedrock of administrative law stemming from the 1984 case Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council\, Inc.\, the principle was grounded in the idea that agencies have technical and subject-matter expertise that judges and politicians do not. This decision\, combined with that in Corner Post\, Inc. v. Bd. of Governors of the Fed. Reserve System\, which expands the statute of limitations the Administrative Procedure Act grants for challenging agency regulations\, redefines the relationship between agencies and the judiciary.  \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, our panel of experts (see below) addressed food\, agriculture\, and public health regulations that could be affected\, potential impacts on both the way Congress legislates and agencies conduct rulemaking\, and how this ruling may change the way funders conduct policy advocacy. \n\n\n\nThis was a funder-only webinar. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDemocracy Forward Resources:\n\n\n\n\nPost-Chevron Resource Center\n\n\n\nDoctrine Tracker\n\n\n\nCases since Loper/Relentless and Trends\n\n\n\nCongressional Testimony\n\n\n\nSummary of Key Points in Loper Bright/Relentless Oral Arguments\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulia McCarthy\, Senior Program Officer\, New York Health Foundation\n\n\n\nAs Senior Program Officer\, Julia McCarthy helps lead NYHealth’s Healthy Food\, Healthy Lives priority area\, the goal of which is to create a more equitable food system that connects all New Yorkers with the food they need to thrive. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining NYHealth\, Julia served as the deputy director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy at Teachers College of Columbia University\, where she oversaw operations\, strategy\, and project execution. Julia also held policy roles at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Natural Resources Defense Council. \n\n\n\nJulia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law\, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern scholar. She has served on the advisory committee on public policy for the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior and on the food retail advisory board for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRadhika Fox\, former Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water\n\n\n\nRadhika is a strategic and transformational leader with more than 25 years of experience in executive management\, policy\, strategy\, and operational roles. Currently Principal at North Star Strategy\, she has extensive expertise in the areas of sustainability\, infrastructure investment\, environmental management\, water resources\, the circular economy\, equity\, and environmental justice. Radhika is an expert facilitator and consensus-builder on complex\, intersectional issues; a nationally recognized thought leader; and a sought-after public speaker. \n\n\n\nRadhika most recently served as the Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. Appointed by the President and confirmed with robust bipartisan support by the Senate\, Radhika served as the chief advisor to the EPA Administrator and White House on domestic water resources and water infrastructure matters. In this role\, Radhika oversaw a $4.8 billion annual operating budget and 1\,900 staff across the nation. She led the development of the water pillar of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the agency—successfully securing a $50 billion appropriation\, the single largest federal investment in water. Radhika also led the water policy and regulatory agenda for the EPA\, and directed all initiatives focused on climate change\, sustainability\, equity\, and environmental justice for the Office of Water. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining EPA\, Radhika served as the Chief Executive Officer for the US Water Alliance\, the only national\, non-partisan network that unites diverse stakeholders on common-ground solutions to our nation’s pressing environmental\, water\, and climate challenges. As the CEO\, she transformed the organization—driving a five-fold increase in revenue and tripling membership. Radhika’s prior roles included senior management positions at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and PolicyLink. \n\n\n\nRadhika has also served on numerous boards\, including Jobs to Move America\, PolicyLink\, and the Water Solutions Network. Radhika graduated with a B.A. from Columbia University. She earned her M.A. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California\, Berkeley where she received a Community Development Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnne Knapke\, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Vilsack at the United States Department of Agriculture\n\n\n\nAnne recently departed the Biden-Harris Administration as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Vilsack at the United States Department of Agriculture. For the first year of the Administration\, Anne served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations\, standing up the office and working on Senate confirmation of nominees. She was previously Senior Program Officer at the Gates Foundation focusing on nutrition and agricultural development policy. Prior to working at the Gates Foundation\, Anne served as Legislative Director for Senator Amy Klobuchar. Anne holds a bachelor’s degree from the Ohio State University and master’s degrees in public policy and social service administration from the University of Chicago\, and lives in Brookland with her husband and young son.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSkye Perryman\, President and CEO\, Democracy Forward\n\n\n\nSkye is President and CEO of Democracy Forward\, a nonpartisan\, national legal organization that promotes democracy and progress through litigation\, regulatory engagement\, policy education\, and research. Perryman took the helm at Democracy Forward a few months after January 6\, 2021\, in the midst of rising extremism in communities and courts across the country. She has built a visionary team of legal\, policy\, and communications experts to confront anti-democratic extremism head-on while also using the law to advance progress and a bold vision for the future. \n\n\n\nA highly regarded litigator and strategist\, Perryman previously served as General Counsel of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists\, the nation’s leading association of physicians dedicated to the health of women. Earlier in her career\, Perryman served in litigation roles at WilmerHale and Covington & Burling where she gained the confidence of a number of private sector and public interest clients for her litigation skills\, tenacity\, and winning results. She also served as a founding member of Democracy Forward in the wake of the 2016 election where she developed high profile cases challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful activities. \n\n\n\nIn 2024\, Perryman was named one of the Most Influential People Shaping Policy by Washingtonian magazine\, which noted her role as a resource for both moderates and progressives. Perryman is a frequent guest lecturer and keynote speaker to national and international audiences on matters at the intersection of law and policy. Her legal work has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court as well as state supreme courts and her work and perspective are frequently covered by major media outlets such as The New York Times\, CNN\, MSNBC\, NBC\, The Washington Post\, Time\, Forbes Women\, Insider\, Ms. Magazine\, Teen Vogue\, among many others. \n\n\n\nPerryman grew up in Waco\, Texas and is a proud product of K-12 public education. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy magna cum laude from Baylor University where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and a Juris Doctor with honors from the Georgetown University Law Center where she served as an Editor for the American Criminal Law Review and was an Editor in Chief for the ACLR’s Annual Survey on White Collar Crime. Skye serves on the boards of the Atlas Performing Arts Center\, the Interfaith Alliance\, the Baylor Line Foundation\, and the Texas Observer. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Riley\, Managing Director for Food & Agriculture\, NRDC\n\n\n\nRebecca Riley is the managing director for Food & Agriculture at NRDC. As the largest use of land globally\, agriculture has an outsized impact on climate change\, biodiversity\, and human health\, making it a critical part of NRDC’s work. The Food & Agriculture sector uses litigation\, legislation\, policy\, and partnerships to tackle threats like degraded soil health\, pesticide overuse\, pollinator decline\, and food waste. \n\n\n\nPreviously\, Riley established and directed NRDC’s work on pollinators and served as the legal director of NRDC’s Nature department\, leveraging her long-standing expertise working on wildlife and endangered species issues\, particularly around the Endangered Species Act. Before joining NRDC\, Riley was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Environment and Natural Resources Division and clerked for a federal judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. \n\n\n\nRiley grew up in a Central Illinois farming community and is a graduate of the University of Toledo’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Harvard Law School. She is based in Chicago. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/post-chevron-impacts-on-the-food-agriculture-and-public-health-regulatory-landscape/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SupremeCourt1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR