BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200923T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200923T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155305 CREATED:20201007T192903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201025T033558Z UID:10000417-1600862400-1600866000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Members Only – In The Kitchen Call: Next Generation Philanthropy DESCRIPTION:SAFSF member-only call\n\n\n\nYoung people across America are driving today’s calls for radical societal transformation. Likewise\, young trustees of family foundations are sparking new\, and sometimes radical\, conversations about how generational wealth is deployed through philanthropy. Join us for an open discussion with several young philanthropists about how they prepared for and view their roles in their families’ foundation and how they’d like to influence their families’ philanthropy. This conversation will be equally valuable for young SAFSF members seeking to connect with each other as for foundation trustees and staff preparing to bring younger members into active foundation roles. \n\n\n\nRegistration for this call is limited to SAFSF members only. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/members-only-in-the-kitchen-call-next-generation-philanthropy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_271022467.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T233000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155305 CREATED:20200910T045956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200910T045956Z UID:10000353-1601460000-1601508600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Food Security\, Equity\, and the Farm Bill DESCRIPTION:$25 SAFSF Member / $40 Non-member funder \n\n\n\n2020 POLICY OUTLOOK AND STRATEGY SERIES: CLIMATE\, AGRICULTURE\, FARM BILL 2023\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\nFunder-Only Event\n\n\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the inequity\, fragility and failures of our food and agricultural system. Those outcomes are not inevitable but rather\, have been shaped by public policy\, or the lack thereof. If there has ever been a time to lean in and fund movements to turn the tide on public policy\, this is the time. The next crisis could very well be triggered by climate change. We must do better. Funders must have a collaborative effort around federal climate\, food\, and agriculture policy if we want to win structural and systemic change. \n\n\n\nPlease join us online for our 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023. We look forward to engaging in discussion and strategy with you! \n\n\n\nThis is the third pre-conference session of the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series\, view entire program details here. \n\n\n\nPRE-CONFERENCE SESSION\n\n\n\nFood Security\, Equity\, and the Farm Bill\n\n\n\nCOVID-19 has made it impossible for anyone in America to ignore the fragility and inequities in our country’s food system. These problems are not new\, but the ripple effects of the pandemic have leveled serious threats to the ability of everyday people to feed themselves and their families. The focus on this webinar will be to explore the historical context and inequities of federal food and agriculture policy\, and how this has led to widespread food insecurity with specific communities disproportionately burdened. From there we will move towards a discussion of how the Farm Bill currently seeks to address hunger and nutrition\, including where it falls short\, and how anti-hunger groups and the Native Farm Bill Coalition are working to address hunger and food insecurity both through COVID response legislation as well as in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill debate. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColby Duren\, director\, Native Farm Bill Coalition / Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\n\n\n\n\nColby is the Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas – Office of Economic Development (IFAI). He previously served as Policy Director and Staff Attorney for IFAI since 2017. Colby has over 11 years of experience in federal Indian law and policy\, with a specific focus on food\, agriculture\, nutrition\, natural resources\, and economic development\, which includes work on three Farm Bills. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining the Initiative\, Colby served as Staff Attorney and Legislative Counsel for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in Washington\, DC\, advocating on behalf of Tribal Nations on land\, natural resources\, and agriculture issues. He previously was a Legal Assistant for the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Washington\, DC office\, and a Paralegal and Legislative Assistant at a Washington\, DC law firm specializing in food and agriculture\, and represented Tribes on land reparation and agriculture issues. \n\n\n\nColby earned his law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington\, DC\, his Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie\, NY\, and is a student in the University of Arkansas School of Law Agricultural and Food Law LL.M. Program. He is licensed to practice in Maryland\, the District of Columbia\, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia\, and the Supreme Court of the United States. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, Colby was nominated by the Native American Bar Association of Washington\, DC for its Significant Contribution in Indian Law Award for his work on environmental issues in Indian Country\, and he was also recognized by the Intertribal Agriculture Council membership in December 2018 for his work supporting Tribal governments and Tribal producers in the development of the 2018 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoah Fulmer\, director of national partnerships\, Fair Food Network (moderator)\n\n\n\n\nNoah works with groups across the country to plan and implement healthy food incentive programs based on Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks model. Previously\, Noah co-founded and led Farm Fresh Rhode Island\, an organization that develops and operates innovative food system infrastructure in the nation’s smallest state. Farm Fresh runs farmers markets with nutrition education and healthy food incentives\, a local food processing kitchen\, and a multi-farm wholesale aggregation and delivery program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRicardo Salvador\, director and senior scientist\, Food and Environment Program\, Union of Concerned Scientists\n\n\n\n\nRICARDO SALVADOR is an agronomist\, with specializations in the culture of maize\, crop production techniques\, sustainability and systems analysis. He has been an extensionist with Texas A&M University\, associate professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University\, program officer for Food\, Health and Wellbeing with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, and currently serves as the director and senior scientist of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Ricardo’s undergraduate degree in agricultural science is from New Mexico State University\, and his M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in crop production and physiology are from Iowa State University. At UCS\, Ricardo leads a team of 10 scientists\, economists\, policy analysts\, communications and outreach specialists\, with the goal of shifting the narrative around food so that decision-makers\, media\, and informed citizens recognize and act upon the knowledge that modern\, sustainable practices can be highly productive while also protecting the environment\, producing healthy food\, and creating economic opportunity. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStacy Dean\, vice president for food assistance policy\, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities\n\n\n\n\nStacy Dean is the Vice President for Food Assistance Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. She directs CBPP’s food assistance team\, which publishes frequent reports on how federal nutrition programs affect families and communities and develops policies to improve them.  \n\n\n\nDean’s team also works closely with program administrators\, policymakers\, and non-profit organizations to improve federal nutrition programs and provide eligible low-income families with easier access to benefits. She brings her deep programmatic and operational knowledge along with a strong strategic sense to help advance CBPP’s priorities.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to her work on federal nutrition programs\, Dean directs CBPP efforts to integrate the delivery of health and human services programs at the state and local levels.  \n\n\n\nDean has testified before Congress and spoken extensively to national and state non-profit groups. She has been quoted in such publications as the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, and Politico\, as well as the Associated Press.  \n\n\n\nDean joined CBPP in 1997 as a Senior Policy Analyst working on national policy issues such as the federal budget\, SNAP\, and benefits for immigrants. Previously\, as a budget analyst at the Office of Management and Budget\, she worked on policy development\, regulatory and legislative review\, and budgetary process and execution for a variety of income support programs.  \n\n\n\nDean earned her B.A. and master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan. She sits on the Board of Social Interest Solutions\, a non-profit technology firm.  \n\n\n\nYou can follow her on Twitter @DeanCBPP. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-security-equity-and-the-farm-bill-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_203073802.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200930T233000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201008T215956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201025T033542Z UID:10000418-1601460000-1601508600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Food Security\, Equity\, and the Farm Bill DESCRIPTION:$25 SAFSF Member / $40 Non-member funder \n\n\n\n2020 POLICY OUTLOOK AND STRATEGY SERIES: CLIMATE\, AGRICULTURE\, FARM BILL 2023\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\nFunder-Only Event\n\n\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the inequity\, fragility and failures of our food and agricultural system. Those outcomes are not inevitable but rather\, have been shaped by public policy\, or the lack thereof. If there has ever been a time to lean in and fund movements to turn the tide on public policy\, this is the time. The next crisis could very well be triggered by climate change. We must do better. Funders must have a collaborative effort around federal climate\, food\, and agriculture policy if we want to win structural and systemic change. \n\n\n\nPlease join us online for our 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023. We look forward to engaging in discussion and strategy with you! \n\n\n\nThis is the third pre-conference session of the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series\, view entire program details here. \n\n\n\nPRE-CONFERENCE SESSION\n\n\n\nFood Security\, Equity\, and the Farm Bill\n\n\n\nCOVID-19 has made it impossible for anyone in America to ignore the fragility and inequities in our country’s food system. These problems are not new\, but the ripple effects of the pandemic have leveled serious threats to the ability of everyday people to feed themselves and their families. The focus on this webinar will be to explore the historical context and inequities of federal food and agriculture policy\, and how this has led to widespread food insecurity with specific communities disproportionately burdened. From there we will move towards a discussion of how the Farm Bill currently seeks to address hunger and nutrition\, including where it falls short\, and how anti-hunger groups and the Native Farm Bill Coalition are working to address hunger and food insecurity both through COVID response legislation as well as in the upcoming 2023 Farm Bill debate. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColby Duren\, director\, Native Farm Bill Coalition / Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\n\n\n\n\nColby is the Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas – Office of Economic Development (IFAI). He previously served as Policy Director and Staff Attorney for IFAI since 2017. Colby has over 11 years of experience in federal Indian law and policy\, with a specific focus on food\, agriculture\, nutrition\, natural resources\, and economic development\, which includes work on three Farm Bills. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining the Initiative\, Colby served as Staff Attorney and Legislative Counsel for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in Washington\, DC\, advocating on behalf of Tribal Nations on land\, natural resources\, and agriculture issues. He previously was a Legal Assistant for the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Washington\, DC office\, and a Paralegal and Legislative Assistant at a Washington\, DC law firm specializing in food and agriculture\, and represented Tribes on land reparation and agriculture issues. \n\n\n\nColby earned his law degree from the American University Washington College of Law in Washington\, DC\, his Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie\, NY\, and is a student in the University of Arkansas School of Law Agricultural and Food Law LL.M. Program. He is licensed to practice in Maryland\, the District of Columbia\, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia\, and the Supreme Court of the United States. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, Colby was nominated by the Native American Bar Association of Washington\, DC for its Significant Contribution in Indian Law Award for his work on environmental issues in Indian Country\, and he was also recognized by the Intertribal Agriculture Council membership in December 2018 for his work supporting Tribal governments and Tribal producers in the development of the 2018 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNoah Fulmer\, director of national partnerships\, Fair Food Network (moderator)\n\n\n\n\nNoah works with groups across the country to plan and implement healthy food incentive programs based on Fair Food Network’s Double Up Food Bucks model. Previously\, Noah co-founded and led Farm Fresh Rhode Island\, an organization that develops and operates innovative food system infrastructure in the nation’s smallest state. Farm Fresh runs farmers markets with nutrition education and healthy food incentives\, a local food processing kitchen\, and a multi-farm wholesale aggregation and delivery program. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRicardo Salvador\, director and senior scientist\, Food and Environment Program\, Union of Concerned Scientists\n\n\n\n\nRICARDO SALVADOR is an agronomist\, with specializations in the culture of maize\, crop production techniques\, sustainability and systems analysis. He has been an extensionist with Texas A&M University\, associate professor of Agronomy at Iowa State University\, program officer for Food\, Health and Wellbeing with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, and currently serves as the director and senior scientist of the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Ricardo’s undergraduate degree in agricultural science is from New Mexico State University\, and his M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in crop production and physiology are from Iowa State University. At UCS\, Ricardo leads a team of 10 scientists\, economists\, policy analysts\, communications and outreach specialists\, with the goal of shifting the narrative around food so that decision-makers\, media\, and informed citizens recognize and act upon the knowledge that modern\, sustainable practices can be highly productive while also protecting the environment\, producing healthy food\, and creating economic opportunity. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStacy Dean\, vice president for food assistance policy\, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities\n\n\n\n\nStacy Dean is the Vice President for Food Assistance Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. She directs CBPP’s food assistance team\, which publishes frequent reports on how federal nutrition programs affect families and communities and develops policies to improve them.  \n\n\n\nDean’s team also works closely with program administrators\, policymakers\, and non-profit organizations to improve federal nutrition programs and provide eligible low-income families with easier access to benefits. She brings her deep programmatic and operational knowledge along with a strong strategic sense to help advance CBPP’s priorities.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to her work on federal nutrition programs\, Dean directs CBPP efforts to integrate the delivery of health and human services programs at the state and local levels.  \n\n\n\nDean has testified before Congress and spoken extensively to national and state non-profit groups. She has been quoted in such publications as the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, and Politico\, as well as the Associated Press.  \n\n\n\nDean joined CBPP in 1997 as a Senior Policy Analyst working on national policy issues such as the federal budget\, SNAP\, and benefits for immigrants. Previously\, as a budget analyst at the Office of Management and Budget\, she worked on policy development\, regulatory and legislative review\, and budgetary process and execution for a variety of income support programs.  \n\n\n\nDean earned her B.A. and master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan. She sits on the Board of Social Interest Solutions\, a non-profit technology firm.  \n\n\n\nYou can follow her on Twitter @DeanCBPP. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/food-security-equity-and-the-farm-bill/ LOCATION:Online\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_203073802.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T003000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201008T140000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201009T221035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201023T202022Z UID:10000419-1602117000-1602165600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Translating Mission-Driven Advocacy into News Stories that Matter DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Nell Newman Foundation\n\n\n\nThis virtual gathering will unite funders with food media leaders and farmers for a lively and interactive discussion about maximizing philanthropic impact through media relations. \n\n\n\nAttendees will gain techniques to help outlets see food systems work as compelling\, vital stories. Learn how nonprofit media organizations are mobilizing during this extraordinary time to tell stories that will amplify funders’ efforts to transform the food and agriculture landscape and highlight populations and sectors that are underrepresented in mainstream media. \n\n\n\nFollowing a panel discussion\, attendees will be invited to join breakout sessions led by two nonprofits working in different sectors of food media (digital and podcasting) to discuss pitching and PR (helping journalists answer the “who cares?” question in the opening pitch) and get hands-on support honing their messaging. Participants will come away with a strong understanding of how to partner with independent media to achieve maximum impact for their food systems work and do the most good. \n\n\n\nKey topic areas will include climate\, underrepresented rural and BIPOC communities\, and food heritage and sovereignty. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/translating-mission-driven-advocacy-into-news-stories-that-matter/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/social-justice.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201022T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201022T123000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201010T224411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T201906Z UID:10000420-1603364400-1603369800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:We Can’t ‘Foodbank’ Our Way Out of Hunger: From Charity to a Social Justice Funding Model DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-part discussion of the contradictions in our food and social welfare systems\, and the ways philanthropy can help abate the present-day crisis and demonstrate a long-term commitment to building health\, social\, environmental\, and economic resilience into our food system. Each webinar will include a panel discussion followed by a funder-only strategy session. \n\n\n\nOver the past forty years\, food charity has captured the social imagination of funders and policymakers eager to resolve the contradictions of a society that produces hunger amidst plenty. Food charity has become normalized to capture the increasing number of people falling through the frayed social safety net. However\, this charitable emergency feeding system in the U.S.—the largest and most sophisticated in the world—has historically never been able to meet the demand or even make a real dent in the rate of food insecurity which has hovered at 11-12% for the past 30 years. \n\n\n\nPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic\, 37 million Americans were already struggling to put food on the table\, even as two-thirds of people facing hunger in the U.S. had incomes above the federal poverty line. With the number of food-insecure people in the U.S. expected to climb to 54 million by the end of 2020\, it is simply not possible to ‘foodbank’ our way out of hunger. We are witnessing and\, in many cases\, supporting a private charitable feeding system\, with no track record of eliminating hunger even before the pandemic\, but which is now pushed to its limits. \n\n\n\nThe first webinar (October 22) in this series will be a discussion of the anti-hunger landscape and feature concrete examples of the connection between food insecurity and food systems. Speakers will share a newly published philanthropic call to action from the Global Solidarity Alliance\, a group of non-governmental organizations\, national networks\, grassroots activists\, and scholars concerned about hunger and poverty in wealthier countries. \n\n\n\nPresented by WhyHunger\n\n\n\nResources:\n\n\n\nDownload Resources & Presentations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison Cohen\, senior director of programs\, WhyHunger (moderator)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison is the Senior Director of Programs at WhyHunger\, a grassroots support organization providing critical resources to support global social movements and to fuel community solutions rooted in social\, environmental\, racial\, and economic justice. We are working to end hunger and advance the right to nutritious food in the US and around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoshua Lohnes\, food policy director\, Food Justice Lab\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoshua studies the moral\, political and economic place of food in the wider economy. He is the Food Policy Research director in the Food Justice Lab developing action research projects through data sharing tools and planning resources that support the development of food policy and anti-hunger coalitions in West Virginia and beyond.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Ojeda\, chief programs officer\, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert is the Chief Programs Officer for the Community Food Bank. He was born and raised in Arequipa\, Peru\, where he grew up farming at his family’s farm. He joined the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona (CFBSA) in 2010\, where he is currently Chief Program Officer. In his role\, Robert oversees the CFBSA’s programmatic initiatives including hunger relief\, and community health\, education\, and development. Robert has a master’s degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development and a Ph. D. in Adult and Extension Education from Cornell University. He has over twenty years of experience doing community organizing work in Arizona and overseas. He regularly teaches community organizing and development workshops to indigenous leaders from Latin America.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShakara Tyler\, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShakara Tyler is a returning generation farmer\, educator and activist-scholar who engages in agroecology\, food sovereignty\, and climate justice as commitments of abolition and decolonization. She obtained her Ph.D. at Michigan State University in Community Sustainability (CSUS) and works with Black farming communities in Michigan and the Mid-Atlantic (PA\, MD). She also serves as Board President at the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) and a board member of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op (DPFC). URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/we-cant-foodbank-our-way-out-of-hunger/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_336415563.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T233000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200910T060653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T193959Z UID:10000354-1603879200-1603927800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Collaboration for System Change: Why the Farm Bill Matters DESCRIPTION:$25 SAFSF Member / $40 Non-member funder \n\n\n\n2020 POLICY OUTLOOK AND STRATEGY SERIES: CLIMATE\, AGRICULTURE\, FARM BILL 2023\n\n\n\nOnline\n\n\n\nFunder-Only Event\n\n\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the inequity\, fragility and failures of our food and agricultural system. Those outcomes are not inevitable but rather\, have been shaped by public policy\, or the lack thereof. If there has ever been a time to lean in and fund movements to turn the tide on public policy\, this is the time. The next crisis could very well be triggered by climate change. We must do better. Funders must have a collaborative effort around federal climate\, food\, and agriculture policy if we want to win structural and systemic change. \n\n\n\nPlease join us online for our 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023. We look forward to engaging in discussion and strategy with you! \n\n\n\nThis is the third pre-conference session of the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series\, view entire program details here. \n\n\n\nPRE-CONFERENCE SESSION\n\n\n\nCollaboration for System Change: Why the Farm Bill Matters\n\n\n\nFunders must have a collaborative effort around farm bill if we want to win structural agriculture and food system change. This webinar will focus on what is to be gained\, why it matters for your region and priorities\, for racial and economic justice\, for overall structural reform. In addition\, we will once again be joined by policy experts from Alliance for Justice to learn specifically on what you can do as funders around the Farm Bill\, including how to fund policy work on Farm Bill\, as well as engage directly. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbby Levine\, senior director\, bolder advocacy\, Alliance for Justice\n\n\n\n\nAbby Levine serves as Director of the Bolder Advocacy Program at Alliance for Justice. She provides legal guidance that encourages grantmakers to support advocacy and other nonprofit organizations to participate in policymaking decisions through an understanding of federal tax and election law. Abby’s work includes creating curriculum\, teaching workshops\, providing technical assistance\, writing plain-language legal guides\, and describing federal legislative and regulatory developments that impact nonprofits. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining Alliance for Justice in 2004\, Abby served as the Public Policy Analyst at the National Council of Nonprofit Associations (NCNA). At NCNA\, Abby monitored and analyzed issues affecting the nonprofit sector\, such as challenges to nonprofit tax exemptions and advocacy\, state budget cuts\, government grants streamlining\, and corporate governance. \n\n\n\nBefore working at NCNA\, Abby was an associate in the tax department at Squire\, Sanders & Dempsey in Cleveland\, Ohio. \n\n\n\n(B.A.\, American University; J.D.\, Case Western Reserve University School of Law). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRonnie Pawelko\, senior counsel\, Alliance for Justice\n\n\n\n\nRonnie Pawelko is Senior Counsel for the Bolder Advocacy program at Alliance for Justice and is based in AFJ’s Washington\, DC office. Through trainings and technical assistance\, she provides nonprofit advocacy organizations and foundations with accessible information\, resources\, and information so organizations can safely navigate complex laws and rules as they pursue systems change. Ronnie received her J.D. from Albany Law School and her B.A. from Russell Sage College. Before joining AFJ\, Ronnie was General Counsel at Family Planning Advocates of New York State. Previously\, Ronnie served as Health and Human Services Team Counsel for the New York State Senate and as staff attorney for the MergerWatch Project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFerd Hoefner\, strategic senior advisor\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\n\n\n\n\nFERD HOEFNER is the Senior Strategic Advisor for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)\, and has been the group’s senior Washington\, DC representative since its founding in 1988. NSAC is the leading voice for sustainable agriculture in the federal policy arena\, joining together the voices of more than 100 grassroots farm\, food\, conservation and rural organizations from all regions of the country to advocate for federal policies supporting the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture\, natural resources and rural communities. \n\n\n\nPrior to his work with NSAC\, Hoefner represented Interfaith Action for Economic Justice and its predecessor\, the Interreligious Taskforce on U.S. Food Policy\, on federal policy on farm\, food and international development issues for nearly a decade. He has also served as a policy consultant to Bread for the World\, Center for Rural Affairs\, Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies\, Land Stewardship Project\, Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs and U.S. Catholic Conference\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuinton Robinson\, policy advisor\, Rural Coalition\nBio coming soon. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/collaboration-for-system-change-why-the-farm-bill-matters-2/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_0786.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T233000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201011T230653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201026T155009Z UID:10000421-1603879200-1603927800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Collaboration for Systemic Change: Why the Farm Bill Matters DESCRIPTION:$25 SAFSF Member / $40 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThis is the third pre-conference session of the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Series\, view entire program details here. \n\n\n\nThis final pre-conference session\, leading up to our Funder Strategy Conference\, will explore why the Farm Bill matters for your priorities\, for racial and economic justice\, and for overall structural reform\, as well as why funder collaboration and investment is critical. \n\n\n\nPanelists will provide an overview of the Farm Bill and where sustainable agriculture and food system advocates have achieved substantial victories over time that would not have been possible without philanthropic support. We will drill down into some concrete examples of how these wins have played out on the ground. And you also hear from Alliance for Justice on just what you can do when it comes to engaging in policy advocacy around the Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Kessler\, founder\, Arabella Advisors\n\n\n\n\nERIC KESSLER is a serial entrepreneur who has started\, led\, and advised organizations pursuing social change across the country and around the globe. As founder of Arabella Advisors\, Eric has focused on helping clients achieve their philanthropic goals by devising strategies\, mounting effective advocacy campaigns\, evaluating impact\, increasing operational efficiency\, and designing and implementing impact investing portfolios. Now\, with a CEO in place to run the business\, Eric is focusing his energy on advising clients who are working to improve our food system through policies and business investments that promote nutritious\, sustainable\, and affordable food. He holds an Executive MBA from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Colorado\, Boulder. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFerd Hoefner\, strategic senior advisor\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\n\n\n\n\nFERD HOEFNER is the Senior Strategic Advisor for the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)\, and has been the group’s senior Washington\, DC representative since its founding in 1988. NSAC is the leading voice for sustainable agriculture in the federal policy arena\, joining together the voices of more than 100 grassroots farm\, food\, conservation and rural organizations from all regions of the country to advocate for federal policies supporting the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture\, natural resources and rural communities. \n\n\n\nPrior to his work with NSAC\, Hoefner represented Interfaith Action for Economic Justice and its predecessor\, the Interreligious Taskforce on U.S. Food Policy\, on federal policy on farm\, food and international development issues for nearly a decade. He has also served as a policy consultant to Bread for the World\, Center for Rural Affairs\, Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies\, Land Stewardship Project\, Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs and U.S. Catholic Conference\, among others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRonnie Pawelko\, senior counsel\, Alliance for Justice\n\n\n\n\nRonnie Pawelko is Senior Counsel for the Bolder Advocacy program at Alliance for Justice and is based in AFJ’s Washington\, DC office. Through trainings and technical assistance\, she provides nonprofit advocacy organizations and foundations with accessible information\, resources\, and information so organizations can safely navigate complex laws and rules as they pursue systems change. Ronnie received her J.D. from Albany Law School and her B.A. from Russell Sage College. Before joining AFJ\, Ronnie was General Counsel at Family Planning Advocates of New York State. Previously\, Ronnie served as Health and Human Services Team Counsel for the New York State Senate and as staff attorney for the MergerWatch Project. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuinton Robinson\, policy advisor\, Rural Coalition\n\n\n\n\nQuinton N. Robinson\, Esq. is a practicing attorney with litigation experience in the fields of employment and farm credit discrimination cases. Quinton serves as a policy advisor with Rural Coalition. \n\n\n\nMr. Robinson served as a white house political appointee for the Obama Administration\, first as the Director of the Office of Small Disadvantage Business Utilization at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and subsequently as Georgia State Director of Rural Development with the United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. Robinson also previously served as the Assistant Counsel on the House Agriculture Committee. \n\n\n\nQuinton helms from the historically black college of Albany State University. Mr. Robinson received his M.A. from the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University and his law degree from the Pierce School of Law at the University of New Hampshire. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/collaboration-for-system-change-why-the-farm-bill-matters/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_111855191.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201029T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201029T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201012T211214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201104T205642Z UID:10000422-1603969200-1603973700@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF Fibers Roadmap: Launch and Overview DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the SAFSF Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber\, Textiles\, and Leather – a three-part webinar series.\n\n\n\nSustainable agriculture and food systems encompass much more than food production alone. Food and fibers are critical for our daily needs and are fundamental to human health. And just like food\, fiber crops—including both plant-based fibers like cotton\, hemp\, and flax and animal-based products like wool\, alpaca\, and leather—are part of an agricultural system with critical and interconnected impacts on health\, economic and racial justice\, and the environment. \n\n\n\nFunders\, investors\, and integrated capital practitioners have the opportunity to draw on key lessons from the sustainable food movement and apply innovative financing models to catalyze the revitalization of the U.S. fiber and textile industry. Join us to dive into the launch of a seven-year financial Roadmap identifying five key Gaps and Levers where integrated philanthropic and investment capital would have the greatest impact on the U.S. fiber and textile industry. The Roadmap draws on more than 60 interviews with fiber farmers and ranchers\, processing businesses along the supply chain (mills\, tanneries\, etc.)\, brands and other supply chain experts\, and funders and investors. \n\n\n\nIn our first webinar\, we’ll launch the Fibers Roadmap\, and take a high-level look at the state of the U.S. fiber supply chain and the types of financing approaches needed to revitalize this industry. Participants will walk away with their eyes opened to how the U.S. fiber and textile industry fits into sustainable agriculture and food systems work. \n\n\n\nWebinar 1: Launch and Overview\, October 29\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWebinar 2: Case Studies from the Fiber System\, November 17\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWebinar 3: Strategy Session on Roadmap Levers and Next Actions\, December 3\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge funding support provided by The 11th Hour Project\, Globetrotter Foundation and the #NoRegrets Initiative\, Jena and Michael King Foundation\, One Earth\, and an RSF Donor Advised Fund.\n\n\n\nResources:\n\n\n\nClick here to view and download The SAFSF Fibers Roadmap and the 12 Case Studies. \n\n\n\nDownload presentation slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Kelley\, Common Threads Consulting – Project Director\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJenny O’Connor\, Guidelight Strategies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCalla Rose Ostrander\, People\, Food\, & Land Foundation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEsther Park\, Cienega Capital URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/launch-and-overview/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bkground_Huston-Textile-Loom_IMG_5513_Courtesy-Huston-Textile-Company.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201110T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201013T232834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201029T201416Z UID:10000423-1605009600-1605013200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:In The Kitchen Call: Election 2020 DESCRIPTION:Member and Strategic Partnerships Director Renee Catacalos and Policy Program Director Traci Bruckner will host an open discussion with SAFSF members to unpack the 2020 election results and what those results could mean for food and agriculture policy in the short and long term. \n\n\n\nJoin us and your SAFSF colleagues for this conversation in the spirit of collective support and positive purpose. \n\n\n\nThis call is limited to SAFSF members only. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-election-2020/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/94b91a18-c767-402e-abde-fa6b803be829.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201116T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201116T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201105T170829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T201702Z UID:10000431-1605542400-1605549600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Online Funder Screening of 'GATHER' DESCRIPTION:SAFSF is excited to host a free online screening and discussion of “Gather\,” an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual\, political\, and cultural identities through food sovereignty while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. \n\n\n\nFirst Nations Development Institute is co-producer of “Gather” and the film features many of First Nations’ grantees and partners\, as well as others who are making significant strides in advancing Native food sovereignty. Michael Roberts (Tlingit Nation)\, A’dae Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa)\, and Richard Elm-Hill (Oneida Nation) of First Nations will engage funders in a discussion following the screening. Grab your favorite movie snacks and beverages\, and settle in for an illuminating journey on the path of revitalization and re-creation of Indigenous food systems in North America. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by First Nations Development Institute URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/gather-screening/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/GATHER-POSTER-horizontal_800x533.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201117T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201117T121500 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201014T224320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T001340Z UID:10000424-1605610800-1605615300@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF Fibers Roadmap: Case Studies from the Fiber System DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the SAFSF Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber\, Textiles\, and Leather.\n\n\n\nSustainable agriculture and food systems encompass much more than food production alone. Food and fibers are critical for our daily needs and are fundamental to human health. And just like food\, fiber crops—including both plant-based fibers like cotton\, hemp\, and flax and animal-based products like wool\, alpaca\, and leather—are part of an agricultural system with critical and interconnected impacts on health\, economic and racial justice\, and the environment. \n\n\n\nFunders\, investors\, and integrated capital practitioners have the opportunity to draw on key lessons from the sustainable food movement and apply innovative financing models to catalyze the revitalization of the U.S. fiber and textile industry. Join us to dive into the launch of a seven-year financial Roadmap identifying five key Gaps and Levers where integrated philanthropic and investment capital would have the greatest impact on the U.S. fiber and textile industry. The Roadmap draws on more than 60 interviews with fiber farmers and ranchers\, processing businesses along the supply chain (mills\, tanneries\, etc.)\, brands and other supply chain experts\, and funders and investors. \n\n\n\nHear from some of the inspiring case study businesses profiled in the Roadmap. Fiber farmers and ranchers\, processing businesses\, and funders and investors will share their stories\, challenges\, and goals for expanding their efforts and building a more just\, transparent\, and regenerative U.S. fiber system. \n\n\n\nWebinar 1: Launch and Overview\, October 29\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWebinar 2: Case Studies from the Fiber System\, November 17\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWebinar 3: Strategy Session on Roadmap Levers and Next Actions\, December 3\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge funding support provided by The 11th Hour Project\, Globetrotter Foundation and the #NoRegrets Initiative\, Jena and Michael King Foundation\, One Earth\, and an RSF Donor Advised Fund.\n\n\n\nResources:\n\n\n\nDownload presentation slides\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Kelley\, Common Threads Consulting – Project Director (moderator)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacqueline Smith\, Central Grazing Company\, KS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen and Jesse Meyer\, Pergamena Parchments & Leathers\, NY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFred Briones and Ernie Stevens\, Oneida Nation Council\, Native American Fiber Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRicardo Garay\, Circular Systems URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-fibers-roadmap-case-studies-from-the-fiber-system/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/88616931-911f-4cc0-bdec-bf72a5bd1727.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200911T012033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T012033Z UID:10000355-1605697200-1605704400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference:Session 1 DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions): $375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-5/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201015T182033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201117T173351Z UID:10000425-1605697200-1605704400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 1 – We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nConference session dates: November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions): $375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTodd Barker\, senior partner\, Meridian Institute\nTodd Barker is a Senior Partner and Practice Director at Meridian. He currently leads projects that focus on agriculture\, food systems\, water\, climate\, big data\, and clean energy. A highlight of his tenure at Meridian has been the AGree Initiative\, which successfully advocated and lobbied for changes in the 2018 farm bill that support soil health. He also has extensive international experience\, including current work with the Global Alliance for the Future of Food. \n\n\n\nTodd cut his teeth as a mediator\, facilitator\, and strategist over 20 years ago\, working on the cleanup of Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility. He is a trusted advisor to foundations and funder collaboratives working on agriculture and food systems. He serves on the board of the DendriFund and chairs the board for the Clean Energy Group. \n\n\n\nTodd lives in Vermont with his partner Val\, where they run a part-time B&B for fun. When Todd isn’t working or spending time with his kids\, you’ll find him running\, skiing\, or cooking with Val. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRev. Dr. Heber Brown\, founder/executive director\, Black Church Food Security Network\n\n\n\n\nRev. Dr. Heber M. Brown\, III is a community organizer\, beginner farmer\, social entrepreneur and Senior Pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore\, Maryland. For nearly two decades\, Dr. Brown has demonstrated a deep commitment to and advocacy on a myriad of social justice concerns at every level of government\, business\, and at the grassroots level as well. He is a catalyst for social change who believes that systemic problems need systemic solutions \n\n\n\nToward that end\, in 2015 in the midst of the Baltimore Uprising which sparked after the death of Freddie Gray\, he launched the Black Church Food Security Network which combats food apartheid by providing seed funding and support to help congregations begin growing food on church-owned land. The Network also works to partner Black Churches and Black Farmers in the Mid Atlantic region in an effort to create a community-controlled\, alternative food system based on self-sufficiency and Black food and land sovereignty. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEric Debbble\, policy director\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition\n\n\n\n\nEric is a large animal veterinarian (University of Pennsylvania\, 2013) who prior to joining NSAC worked in the US Senate on farm and food policy with the office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). His commitment to sustainable\, equitable\, and just food systems comes from his time with farmers\, ranchers\, dairy producers and the people who make sure the food they produce is safe\, affordable\, and available to everyone in their own community. Prior to his veterinary career\, he worked in the not-for-profit sector ensuring safe housing conditions for elderly and disabled persons. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorette Picciano\, executive director\, Rural Coalition\n\n\n\n\nLorette Picciano is executive director of the Rural Coalition/Coalición Rural\, a Washington\, DC-based alliance of more than 70 culturally diverse community-based organizations representing small producers and farmworkers in the US and Mexico\, since 1992. RC promotes just and sustainable development in rural areas. Lorette is participating in her eighth farm bill debate. In the 2008 farm bill debate\, Lorette coordinated the Farm and Food Policy Diversity Initiative\, a collaboration of almost a dozen organizations representing socially disadvantaged producers and farmworkers in a unified effort to assure equal access to USDA programs by farmers\, ranchers\, and farmworkers. As a result of the initiative\, more than 30 sections of new policy were included in the farm bill to benefit socially disadvantaged producers. One success of RC’s efforts was the approval of the pilot project to fund high tunnels as a conservation practice under the EQIP program. Lorette has helped initiate and coordinate the “Getting Our Act Together (GOAT)” network\, which has been meeting since the 2014 farm bill process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrise Tencer\, executive director\, Organic Farming Research Foundation\n\n\n\n\nBrise brings 20 years of leadership experience working on organic food policy\, and research issues to OFRF. Brise most previously served as Director of Policy and Programs for California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)\, where she managed the government affairs and grower education program. Prior to that\, she served as lead lobbyist on food and agriculture issues for the Union of Concerned Scientists. There she developed legislative campaigns on a range o agriculture issues\, including organic (focusing on the connection between organic practices and climate change)\, USDA research priorities\, and food safety. She also worked on a successful campaign to end overuse of antibiotics in livestock production. Brise worked as Acting Policy Program Director and Legislative Coordinator for the Organic Farming Research Foundation from 2000 to 2006. During this time\, she helped initiate Action network (OFAN)\, a grassroots political action network to support organic-friendly policies. She helped secure language in the Agriculture Risk Management Act of 2000\, which said that organic farming was considered a “good farming practice\,” that enabled organic producers to be eligible to participate in federal crop insurance programs for the first time. Brise holds M.A. in International Environment Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.Edit BIO URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201130T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200911T020241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T020241Z UID:10000356-1606730400-1606741200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-2-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201130T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201130T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201016T190241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T183631Z UID:10000426-1606730400-1606741200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 2 \n\n\n\nThese sessions are peer-to-peer strategy sessions that will be facilitated by CoCreative\, who specializes in collaborative efforts focused on helping diverse groups solve complex problems. These sessions will be designed to explore and facilitate where SAFSF members have an interest in collaborating around upcoming federal policy opportunities\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill. Getting organized well in advance of the 2023 Farm Bill debate will be critical to strategically and effectively coordinate resources for policy advocacy. \n\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE: To participate in the peer-to-peer strategy sessions\, we will need you to be present for all of them. These sessions are not simple webinars\, but rather strategic sessions designed to find areas of common interest amongst funders around policy opportunities for the next two years\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation as well as the 2023 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nConference session dates:November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201017T225246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T000053Z UID:10000427-1606993200-1607000400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:SAFSF Fibers Roadmap: Strategy Session on Roadmap Levers and Next Actions DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of the SAFSF Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber\, Textiles\, and Leather.\n\n\n\nSustainable agriculture and food systems encompass much more than food production alone. Food and fibers are critical for our daily needs and are fundamental to human health. And just like food\, fiber crops—including both plant-based fibers like cotton\, hemp\, and flax and animal-based products like wool\, alpaca\, and leather—are part of an agricultural system with critical and interconnected impacts on health\, economic and racial justice\, and the environment. \n\n\n\nFunders\, investors\, and integrated capital practitioners have the opportunity to draw on key lessons from the sustainable food movement and apply innovative financing models to catalyze the revitalization of the U.S. fiber and textile industry. Join us to dive into the launch of a seven-year financial Roadmap identifying five key Gaps and Levers where integrated philanthropic and investment capital would have the greatest impact on the U.S. fiber and textile industry. The Roadmap draws on more than 60 interviews with fiber farmers and ranchers\, processing businesses along the supply chain (mills\, tanneries\, etc.)\, brands and other supply chain experts\, and funders and investors. \n\n\n\nJoin us for an interactive working session to dig deeper into the “levers\,” financing mechanisms\, and next actions laid out in the seven-year Fibers Roadmap. Connect with key partners\, experts\, and funder colleagues\, and explore models to put the Roadmap into action. \n\n\n\nWebinar 1: Launch and Overview\, October 29\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWebinar 2: Case Studies from the Fiber System\, November 17\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWebinar 3: Strategy Session on Roadmap Levers and Next Actions\, December 3\, 2020 \n\n\n\nWe gratefully acknowledge funding support provided by The 11th Hour Project\, Globetrotter Foundation and the #NoRegrets Initiative\, Jena and Michael King Foundation\, One Earth\, and an RSF Donor Advised Fund.\n\n\n\nResources:\n\n\n\nDownload presentation and breakout room slides\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Kelley\, Common Threads Consulting – Project Director (moderator)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFull speaker list coming soon.. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/safsf-fibers-roadmap-strategy-session-on-roadmap-levers-and-next-actions/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/00587854-8450-43d1-9c34-554f1a59b31d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201207T123000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201018T182930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201201T005046Z UID:10000428-1607338800-1607344200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:We Can’t ‘Foodbank’ Our Way Out of Hunger: From Charity to a Social Justice Funding Model DESCRIPTION:$25 SAFSF Member / $40 Non-member \n\n\n\nJoin us for a two-part discussion of the contradictions in our food and social welfare systems\, and the ways philanthropy can help abate the present-day crisis and demonstrate a long-term commitment to building health\, social\, environmental\, and economic resilience into our food system. Each webinar will include a panel discussion followed by a funder-only strategy session. \n\n\n\nOver the past forty years\, food charity has captured the social imagination of funders and policymakers eager to resolve the contradictions of a society that produces hunger amidst plenty. Food charity has become normalized to capture the increasing number of people falling through the frayed social safety net. However\, this charitable emergency feeding system in the U.S.—the largest and most sophisticated in the world—has historically never been able to meet the demand or even make a real dent in the rate of food insecurity which has hovered at 11-12% for the past 30 years. \n\n\n\nPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic\, 37 million Americans were already struggling to put food on the table\, even as two-thirds of people facing hunger in the U.S. had incomes above the federal poverty line. With the number of food-insecure people in the U.S. expected to climb to 54 million by the end of 2020\, it is simply not possible to ‘foodbank’ our way out of hunger. We are witnessing and\, in many cases\, supporting a private charitable feeding system\, with no track record of eliminating hunger even before the pandemic\, but which is now pushed to its limits. \n\n\n\nA growing membership-based network of emergency food providers (food banks\, soup kitchens\, food pantries) and allied organizations called Closing the Hunger Gap has emerged to actively engage in changing both the false narratives behind why people are hungry\, and the false solutions put forth to address hunger in the United States. This webinar will highlight member organizations creating\, piloting\, and adapting specific policies and practices that ground solutions to chronic hunger in addressing the social justice issues that created and perpetuate it. \n\n\n\nWebinar 1\, October 22\, 2020: View recording \n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by WhyHunger\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Blumsack\, director of organizing & policy\, Neighbors Together\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlison Cohen\, senior director of programs\, WhyHunger (moderator)\n\n\n\n\nAlison is the Senior Director of Programs at WhyHunger\, a grassroots support organization providing critical resources to support global social movements and to fuel community solutions rooted in social\, environmental\, racial\, and economic justice. We are working to end hunger and advance the right to nutritious food in the US and around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGiovanni Roberto\, founder\, Comedores Sociales (Community Kitchens)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristina Wong\, public policy and advocacy director\, Northwest Harvest\n\n\n\n\nChristina Wong studied social work and policy at the University of Chicago and is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law. She has over 20 years of experience as an advocate for social justice issues\, including her work with survivors of interpersonal violence\, disability rights\, comprehensive immigration reform\, and child welfare. Christina provides information and updates on food and nutrition issues and educates state and federal lawmakers about the needs of our clients in order to strengthen and restore our public safety net. She is also the Chair of the steering committee for the Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition. She is a mother of two young girls and loves to cook\, knit\, and go camping. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCamryn Smith\, executive director\, Communities in Partnership\nCamryn Smith (pronouns: she/her/hers) is a proud resident of Old East Durham and a community activist & organizer. She has been serving in place-based development work for over 18 years both stateside and abroad. Camryn is a founding member of Communities In Partnership (CIP)\, a grassroots community organizing and education group based in Old East Durham and serves as the Executive Director. CIP focuses on addressing policy and systemic inequity for communities of color and materially poor people within Durham focusing on social determinants of health\, economic development\, gentrification\, and housing. She currently serves as co-chair for Organizing Against Racism- Durham and was the former Co-Chair of Forward Cities Durham- a multi-city two-year collaborative focusing on business development & entrepreneurship for communities of color. Camryn was the 2017 Recipient of Woman of the Year by Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Durham Chapter and is a current RWJF Culture of Health Leader\, and was a 2018 Durham Rotary Innovation Fellow as well as a current member of the Racial Equity Taskforce for the City of Durham. Camryn and her husband Ernest\, a Civil Rights Attorney currently love\, live\, and work in Northeast Central Durham. They are the proud parents of five adult children\, four of whom currently live in the community\, and their Shepherd mix Charli and their Corgi URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/from-charity-to-a-social-justice-funding-model/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_203073802.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200911T021120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T021120Z UID:10000357-1607508000-1607518800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-3-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201019T191120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T185632Z UID:10000429-1607508000-1607518800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 3 \n\n\n\nThese sessions are peer-to-peer strategy sessions that will be facilitated by CoCreative\, who specializes in collaborative efforts focused on helping diverse groups solve complex problems. These sessions will be designed to explore and facilitate where SAFSF members have an interest in collaborating around upcoming federal policy opportunities\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill. Getting organized well in advance of the 2023 Farm Bill debate will be critical to strategically and effectively coordinate resources for policy advocacy. \n\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE: To participate in the peer-to-peer strategy sessions\, we will need you to be present for all of them. These sessions are not simple webinars\, but rather strategic sessions designed to find areas of common interest amongst funders around policy opportunities for the next two years\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation as well as the 2023 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nConference session dates:November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-3/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201213T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200911T021521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T021521Z UID:10000358-1607853600-1607864400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Funder Strategy Conference: Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:We will kick off the conference with a presentation and breakout discussions with policy and grassroots experts\, who represent the diversity of farm and food systems from across the country\, to share their thinking around political opportunities for bold new ideas for 2023 Farm Bill. We will examine where equity shows up\, and where it doesn’t across the entire farm bill. We will move into peer-to-peer strategy sessions designed to explore and facilitate funder collaboration to leverage our impact to move forward just\, equitable and sustainable federal climate\, agriculture\, and food policy. \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-4-2/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201216T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201020T191521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201125T185709Z UID:10000430-1608112800-1608123600@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Climate\, Agriculture\, Farm Bill 2023 DESCRIPTION:2020 Policy Outlook – Funder Strategy Conference Session 4 \n\n\n\nThese sessions are peer-to-peer strategy sessions that will be facilitated by CoCreative\, who specializes in collaborative efforts focused on helping diverse groups solve complex problems. These sessions will be designed to explore and facilitate where SAFSF members have an interest in collaborating around upcoming federal policy opportunities\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation and the 2023 Farm Bill. Getting organized well in advance of the 2023 Farm Bill debate will be critical to strategically and effectively coordinate resources for policy advocacy. \n\n\n\n*PLEASE NOTE: To participate in the peer-to-peer strategy sessions\, we will need you to be present for all of them. These sessions are not simple webinars\, but rather strategic sessions designed to find areas of common interest amongst funders around policy opportunities for the next two years\, including potential climate and agriculture legislation as well as the 2023 Farm Bill. \n\n\n\nConference session dates:November 18\, November 30\, December 9\, December 16 \n\n\n\nEntire Series (Conference & Pre-Conference Sessions)$375 SAFSF Member / $500 Non-member funder \n\n\n\nThe cost of registration includes:Honoraria for non-funder speakers who will be the foremost policy experts and grassroots leaders in the field;The Farm Bill\, A Citizen’s Guide (book by Daniel Imhoff);Professional facilitation with Co-Creative for the Funder Strategy Conference on November 18\, 30\, and December 9\, 16. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/funder-strategy-conference-climate-agriculture-farm-bill-2023-4/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AdobeStock_3606910240-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210113T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210124T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200805T010404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T010404Z UID:10000324-1610521200-1611514800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Forum 2020 DESCRIPTION:About the Forum\nSAFSF amplifies the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems\, and the SAFSF Forum is the only national gathering for and by funders supporting just and sustainable food systems change. The Forum challenges participants to understand the need for grantmakers and investors to take on risks in order to co-create more resilient\, sustainable\, and equitable food systems—and at the same time\, provides space to cultivate connections with peers so that no one organization is going it alone. \nThe SAFSF Forum is moving online to bring you the opportunities for real-life learning and peer connection that funders look forward to all year. Spanning two weeks\, from July 13-24\, the 2020 SAFSF Forum is a curated assortment of thought-provoking\, timely\, and diverse programming developed by your SAFSF funder peers. With a range of workshop and networking sessions offered over two weeks\, put together the schedule that works for your learning: \n\nTune in live and participate in dynamic discussions with expert speakers\nListen to session recordings at a time that works for you\nConnect and network with funder and investor peers working across the country\n\nAnd because the Forum theme and agenda is developed by and for funders who are working on a variety of issues\, approaches\, and geographies\, attendees will leave with inspiration\, strategies\, and connections for impactful engagement related to their own work within the food system. \n\nForum Theme\nThe 2020 Forum theme\, Fields of Vision: Building on Our Assets for Resilient Food Systems\, encourages participants to explore our fields of view by: \n\nFocusing on immediate critical needs and assets\nLooking beyond our own organizations and localities to build relationships with strategic allies and partners\nZooming out to map the complex systems and leverage points that will support health\, equity\, solidarity\, and resilience widely and for the long term\n\nForum offerings will reflect on this theme and be informed by the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on our food and agricultural systems. \n\nREGISTRATION RATES\n$250 SAFSF Member  | $325 Non-Member Funder  | $250 Food System Partner* | $250 Affinity Group Staff \n* Food System Partner registration is a member benefit. Email forum@safsf.org if you have questions about this member benefit. \n\nWHO IS A “FUNDER”?\nThe annual SAFSF Forum is designed by and for funders. Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually. This includes individual donors\, executive and program staff\,​ and members of the board of grantmaking organizations (family foundations\, individual donors\, corporate foundations\, government\, community foundations\, etc.)\, as well as representatives of non-profit or for-profit investment enterprises. Development or fundraising staff are not permitted to participate in SAFSF events. \n\n2020 FORUM PLANNING COMMITTEE\nJ. Olu Baiyewu\, Food Well Alliance\, GAAlyssa Banks\, Greater Twin Cities United Way\, MNIla Duncan\, The Lumpkin Family Foundation\, NYDevin Foote\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation\, MILeslie Hatfield (chair)\, GRACE Communications Foundation\, NYChristine James\, The John Merck Fund\, MABob Scowcroft\, The Nell Newman Foundation\, CAElizabeth Stewart Burger\, The Sunflower Foundation\, KSJeff Usher\, Kansas Health Foundation\, KSGwen Wurst\, Greater Kansas City Community Foundation\, MO \n\n\nProgram\nWeek 1: Monday\, July 13 – Friday\, July 17\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONDAY 7/13\n\n\n\n7 AM HST | 9 AM AKDT | 10 AM PT | 11 AM MT | 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET (90 min) \n\n\n\nTRANSFORMATIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS PHILANTHROPY\n\n\n\nHow can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \n\n\n\nPresented by: SAFSF The extraction and concentration of resources––land\, wealth\, power––by a relative few is at the root of many of today’s agriculture\, climate\, and food system challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified those challenges. Resource concentration is also the foundation of our century-old system of philanthropy and a key feature of our national and global economies. The pandemic has spurred some in philanthropy to shift more resources and power to communities while in rapid-response mode. How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? Moderator: Christine James\, executive director\, The John Merck Fund\, VT Speakers: Ellen Dorsey\, executive director\, Wallace Global Fund\, DCRodney Foxworth\, chief executive officer\, Common Future\, CA URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/forum-2020-2/ LOCATION:Online\, United States CATEGORIES:Event Slider,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_292882679.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210113T150000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200805T033751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T033751Z UID:10000325-1610542800-1610550000@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Transformational Food Systems Philanthropy DESCRIPTION:How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \nPresented by: SAFSF \nThe extraction and concentration of resources––land\, wealth\, power––by a relative few is at the root of many of today’s agriculture\, climate\, and food system challenges; the COVID-19 pandemic has only intensified those challenges. Resource concentration is also the foundation of our century-old system of philanthropy and a key feature of our national and global economies. The pandemic has spurred some in philanthropy to shift more resources and power to communities while in rapid-response mode. How can foundations and investors seize this moment to shift power that can lead to the true democratization of agricultural production\, food systems\, and philanthropy? \nModerator:\nChristine James\, executive director\, The John Merck Fund\, VT \nSpeakers:\nEllen Dorsey\, executive director\, Wallace Global Fund\, DC\nRodney Foxworth\, chief executive officer\, Common Future\, CA URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/transformational-food-systems-philanthropy/ CATEGORIES:Event Slider,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_5945-tn.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20210113T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20210113T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20200805T034107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T034107Z UID:10000326-1610551800-1610557200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Barriers For U.S. Farmers and Ranchers To Adopt Regenerative Ag Practices: Key Levers & Opportunities DESCRIPTION:A deep dive into key barriers for farmers and ranchers to transition towards regenerative practices and highlighting funding levers that can have the most impact. \nPresented by: Patagonia \nAs part of investing Patagonia’s 2019 $10 million tax break dollars\, we have worked for the past year to develop a landscape analysis of the key barriers for farmers and ranchers face in transitioning towards regenerative practices nationally. Using an interview-driven research process (with over 300 interviews)\, we identified key levers that might alleviate these barriers and\, subsequently\, where current and future funding from philanthropic funders can have the most impact within this context. The goals of this session will be to share the analysis to drive increased collaboration and systems thinking amongst funders and key stakeholders. \nModerator:Jennifer O’Connor\, founder\, chief strategist\, Guidelight Strategies\, CA \nSpeakers:Sarah Ebe\, environmental grants program officer\, Patagonia\, CATorri Estrada\, executive director\, Carbon Cycle Institute\, CADavid Lezaks\, senior fellow\, Croatan Institute\, MIJonathan Lundgren\, director\, chief scientist\, Ecdysis Foundation\, SDIan McSweeney\, director\, Agrarian Trust\, NHAmy Saltzman\, program officer\, environment\, Walton Family Foundation\, CODennis Derryck\, Black Farmer Fund\, NYOnika Abraham Lee\, Black Farmer Fund\, NY URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/barriers-for-u-s-farmers-and-ranchers-to-adopt-regenerative-ag-practices-key-levers-opportunities/ LOCATION:Hotel Name\, Belmont Shore 1 Grenada Ave.\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90803\, United States CATEGORIES:Event Slider,SAFSF Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AdobeStock_300987115.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T113000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20201221T214631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210120T220814Z UID:10000433-1610618400-1610623800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Fibers Roadmap Stakeholder Webinar DESCRIPTION:The SAFSF Special Project on Sustainable Fibers and Textiles recently launched The Fibers Roadmap: Integrated Capital Opportunities to Support Revitalization of U.S.-Grown Fiber\, Textiles\, and Leather. This report lays out a seven-year vision for values-based investment and funding needed to support regenerative fiber agriculture and revitalize U.S.-based textile processing and manufacturing. \n\n\n\nThis research project drew on more than 60 interviews with fiber farmers and ranchers; processing businesses along the supply chain (mills\, tanneries\, etc.); brands and other supply chain experts; and funders and investors. \n\n\n\nFindings from these interviews have been synthesized and distilled into a seven-year financial Roadmap identifying five key Gaps and Levers where integrated philanthropic and investment capital would have the greatest impact in rebuilding the “missing middle” of the supply chain. \n\n\n\nThis will be a fully public webinar open to all farmers\, ranchers\, supply chain businesses\, brands\, researchers\, agency staff\, and other interviewees and stakeholders for the Roadmap. We’ll cover an overview of Roadmap content\, feature 3 of the case studies from the report\, and leave time for an update on our emerging next steps and for your questions. \n\n\n\nFeatured Case Studies:\n\n\n\nAnishinaabe Agriculture Institute/Winona’s Hemp\, LLC\nWinona LaDuke\, Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute / Winona’s Hemp and Erin Axelrod\, LIFT Economy – The vision of AAI / Winona’s Hemp is to nurture a tribal hemp economy in North America\, as a replicable model of organic\, innovative and equitable Indigenous economics. AAI will create a regional strategy for the restoration of a fiber hemp economy\, focused on northern plains and great lakes Indigenous nations\, with an emphasis on repairing our relationship to our earth and each other. \n\n\n\nDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApparent Ventures LLC\nLara Burton and Marta Kephart\, Apparent Ventures – Apparent Ventures is a bio-materials company whose mission is to transform invasive plant biomass into bio-benign alternatives to traditional and synthetic textiles. These plants are disrupting ecological processes and functions resulting in desertification\, a decrease in indigenous key stone species\, increased fuel loads and an overall loss of biodiversity. \n\n\n\nDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFibrevolution LLC\nShannon Welsh and Angela Wartes-Kahl\, Fibrevolution – Fibrevolution will launch the first bast fiber mill in the United States in over 50 years in Oregon. The mill will operate with machinery from Europe to process fiber flax and eventually hemp when the regulations regarding production are provided for growers and mills. The mill will serve as a blueprint for additional locations on the East coast and Midwest. \n\n\n\nDownload URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/fibers-roadmap-stakeholder-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/88616931-911f-4cc0-bdec-bf72a5bd1727.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20210109T180003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210109T180004Z UID:10000434-1611145800-1611149400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: 2021 Reset DESCRIPTION:Let’s face it: 2021 has not so far brought the relief or normalcy we hoped for a few weeks ago. Yet we do maintain cautious optimism that the current sense of outrage and urgency along with the change of administration will open more pathways to systemic change. This In the Kitchen Call will bring SAFSF members together to debrief the insurrection and events leading up to the inauguration\, how our communities and work are affected\, and the prospects for “building back better” in 2021. \n\n\n\nThis call is limited to SAFSF members only. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/in-the-kitchen-call-2021-reset/ CATEGORIES:Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20210111T162117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T162715Z UID:10000435-1611334800-1611334800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:2021 Forum RFP Deadline DESCRIPTION:SUBMIT A SESSION IDEA\n\n\n\nThe SAFSF Forum will again be held online in 2021 to bring you the opportunities for real-life learning and peer connection that funders look forward to all year. Spanning two weeks\, from May 3-14\, 2021\, the 2021 SAFSF Forum is a curated assortment of thought-provoking\, timely\, and diverse programming developed by SAFSF members and other funder peers. \n\n\n\nSession proposals must be submitted online by January 22 at 5:00 pm Pacific. Please read through our Frequently Asked Questions before proceeding with your submission. These guidelines provide insight on the themes we are looking to address in this year’s session proposals and much more.Click here to navigate directly to the submission form.Session proposals must be submitted by funders or affinity group staff. Funder organizers do not need to be members of SAFSF. You will be notified about the status of your submission by February 15\, 2021. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/2021-forum-rfp-deadline/ CATEGORIES:SAFSF Forum END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210222T235900 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20210122T214921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210122T214922Z UID:10000436-1614038340-1614038340@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Application Deadline - Communications Director DESCRIPTION:Click here for job description. All interested applicants must apply online at tfaforms.com/4879050 no later than 11:59 pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday\, February 22\, 2021. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/application-deadline-communications-director/ CATEGORIES:Deadlines ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AdobeStock_70660836.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20210203T170404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210203T170625Z UID:10000437-1614250800-1614254400@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Maximize Your Membership - SAFSF Member Engagement Orientation DESCRIPTION:NOTE: Participation in this call is limited to SAFSF members only\n\n\n\nMaximize Your Membership is a periodic presentation on the opportunities and services that come with SAFSF membership. This presentation is for both new members and those who have been around a few years\, as we are constantly evolving our member benefits in response to your feedback and the changing environment of sustainable agriculture and food systems philanthropy. The more you know about what you can do with SAFSF\, the more valuable we hope your membership will be to you and your organization. \n\n\n\nREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/maximize-your-membership-safsf-member-engagement-orientation/ CATEGORIES:Member Only ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/69150276-37c0-4aa1-89aa-e60c04c2312d.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210302T110000 DTSTAMP:20260403T155306 CREATED:20210209T193502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T195421Z UID:10000439-1614679200-1614682800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Outcomes and Next Steps from the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy DESCRIPTION:We know many of our members were not able to attend the 2020 Policy Outlook and Strategy Conference. While you may have missed those conversations there is plenty of interest and space for you to engage in the work moving forward. These are exciting times with many policy opportunities ahead of us and we want everyone’s input! \n\n\n\nJoin your funder peers to hear an overview of the convening discussion\, the concepts that were developed and learn how you can participate\, engage and shape our work moving forward. We look forward to adding your voice to the conversation \n\n\n\nNote: This is a SAFSF member only call. \n\n\n\nMembers can access the report by clicking on the button below. \n\n\n\n\nDownload 2020 Policy Convening Report URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/member-debrief-results-of-the-2020-policy-outlook-and-strategy-conference/ CATEGORIES:Member Only ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/farmbillbriefing-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR