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SUMMARY:The Farm Bill Passed; Now What? USDA Implementation!
DESCRIPTION:With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill\, the focus has now firmly shifted to USDA administrative implementation. Many legislative victories can be lost in the rules and regulations drafted by the USDA. \n\n\n\nWant to know more about what that looks like? This webinar will be an overview of the basics of the USDA implementation process – what it is and why it is as critical as the legislative process. \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-farm-bill-passed-now-what-usda-implementation/
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SUMMARY:The Farm Bill Passed; Now What? USDA Implementation!
DESCRIPTION:With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill\, the focus has now firmly shifted to USDA administrative implementation. Many legislative victories can be lost in the rules and regulations drafted by the USDA. \n\n\n\nWant to know more about what that looks like? This webinar will be an overview of the basics of the USDA implementation process – what it is and why it is as critical as the legislative process. \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually.
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/the-farm-bill-passed-now-what-usda-implementation-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T113000
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SUMMARY:Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet: Philanthropic Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Relevant links:Regenerative Agriculture FoundationNo Regrets InitiativeCo-Sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\, Climate & Energy Funders Group / BFG\, and Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)We have an immediate planetary emergency involving multiple threats: climate disruption\, a global water crisis\, food insecurity for nearly one billion people\, vanishing species\, and vast migrations of people in search of basic conditions for survival. The UN has warned that we have only sixty more years of productive farming left if current levels of soil degradation continue. At the same time\, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Academies of Sciences have called for a major focus on soils and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through our lands.Protecting and restoring global soils can help alleviate all of these threats and limit global warming by sequestering carbon emissions. When we build carbon in agricultural soils through regenerative practices\, we achieve extraordinary benefits. \n\n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore the significant potential of agriculture and land restoration in addressing climate disruption. It will feature topline findings from a recent report on philanthropic opportunities to promote healthy soils and soil carbon sequestration. “Agriculture has a critical role to play\, both in dramatically reducing emissions and by providing a sink to draw down carbon from the atmosphere.” – Christina Figueres\, former executive secretary\, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nWhendee Silver\, professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry\, UC BerkeleyBetsy Taylor\, president\, Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions \n\n\n\nNOTE: This is the first of several upcoming opportunities to learn about regenerative agriculture and its connections to climate change adaptation and mitigation. There will be multiple workshops on this topic at the 2019 SAFSF Forum (June 18-20 in Pittsburgh\, PA)\, including a concurrent workshop (Philanthropy at the Nexus of Agriculture\, Soil\, Climate\, Health & Water) and a two-hour funder-only in-depth session related to regenerative agriculture and opportunities to support the soil health movement (Soil Health\, Climate Change Mitigation\, and Regenerative Agriculture). Stay tuned for additional related webinars as well! \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-soils-to-cool-the-planet-philanthropic-opportunities/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190423T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T123915
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SUMMARY:Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet: Philanthropic Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Relevant links:Regenerative Agriculture FoundationNo Regrets InitiativeCo-Sponsored by Regenerative Agriculture Foundation\, Climate & Energy Funders Group / BFG\, and Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)We have an immediate planetary emergency involving multiple threats: climate disruption\, a global water crisis\, food insecurity for nearly one billion people\, vanishing species\, and vast migrations of people in search of basic conditions for survival. The UN has warned that we have only sixty more years of productive farming left if current levels of soil degradation continue. At the same time\, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the National Academies of Sciences have called for a major focus on soils and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through our lands.Protecting and restoring global soils can help alleviate all of these threats and limit global warming by sequestering carbon emissions. When we build carbon in agricultural soils through regenerative practices\, we achieve extraordinary benefits. \n\n\n\n\nThis webinar will explore the significant potential of agriculture and land restoration in addressing climate disruption. It will feature topline findings from a recent report on philanthropic opportunities to promote healthy soils and soil carbon sequestration. “Agriculture has a critical role to play\, both in dramatically reducing emissions and by providing a sink to draw down carbon from the atmosphere.” – Christina Figueres\, former executive secretary\, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nWhendee Silver\, professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry\, UC BerkeleyBetsy Taylor\, president\, Breakthrough Strategies and Solutions \n\n\n\nNOTE: This is the first of several upcoming opportunities to learn about regenerative agriculture and its connections to climate change adaptation and mitigation. There will be multiple workshops on this topic at the 2019 SAFSF Forum (June 18-20 in Pittsburgh\, PA)\, including a concurrent workshop (Philanthropy at the Nexus of Agriculture\, Soil\, Climate\, Health & Water) and a two-hour funder-only in-depth session related to regenerative agriculture and opportunities to support the soil health movement (Soil Health\, Climate Change Mitigation\, and Regenerative Agriculture). Stay tuned for additional related webinars as well! \n\n\n\nRegistration for this webinar is limited to funders only.Funders are considered those organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission and who make grants or invest more than $50\,000 annually. 
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/healthy-soils-to-cool-the-planet-philanthropic-opportunities-2/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190429T180000
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SUMMARY:Farm Bill Implementation Policy Briefing
DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DCMonday\, April 29 — Tuesday\, April 30Funders-Only Event \n\n\n\nRegistration closed.This past December\, Congress finalized the 2018 farm bill––but that was only the first half of the process! Now begins the second half –– USDA administrative implementation\, where legislative victories are won or lost. Regardless of which farm bill issues you work on and care about\, USDA will play a role in how each and every aspect of the farm bill is rolled out on the ground. \n\n\n\nThis briefing will allow you to dig in and learn how the USDA administrative implementation process works\, including the role of Congress\, and hear from leading sustainable agriculture\, rural development\, and food system experts about the topline Farm Bill implementation issues they will be championing. Most importantly\, you will have the opportunity for networking and collaboration\, and you will leave this briefing with a clear understanding of how and where the grantmaking community can engage to broaden the impact of farm and rural policy in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nAgendaMonday\, April 296:00 pm Dinner (Logan Tavern\, 1423 P St NW\, Washington\, DC 2000)Speakers:Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) – confirmed\, ranking member\, Senate Agriculture CommitteeCongresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) – confirmed\, member\, House Appropriations Committee \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 30Meridian Institute1800 M Street\, NW\, Suite 400NWashington\, DC 20036 \n\n\n\n8:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast8:30 am Welcome\, Introductions and Framing for the DayStacey Barbas\, senior program officer for Health\, The Kresge FoundationA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\n8:50 am Overview of Farm Bill ImplementationTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF \n\n\n\n9:15 am The politics of implementation: What it looks like inside USDAKathleen Merrigan\, executive director\, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\, Arizona State University; former USDA Deputy Secretary \n\n\n\n9:45 am Break10:00 am Panel Discussion: Critical implementation issues for sustainable agriculture and food systemsModerator: Moira Mcdonald\, program officer\, Freshwater Conservation\, Walton Family Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Colby Duren\, director\, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\, University of Arkansas School of LawKate Fitzgerald\, principal\, Fitzgerald-Canepa\, LLCFerd Hoefner\, senior strategic adviser\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)Ellen Teller\, director of government affairs\, FRAC \n\n\n\n12:00 pm Lunch1:00 pm Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky (invited)1:30 pm Funder Only DiscussionModerator: Michael Roberts\, program manager\, Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems\, The 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\n3:00 pm Summary & Next StepsVirginia Clarke\, executive director\, SAFSFTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-implementation-policy-briefing/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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SUMMARY:Farm Bill Implementation Policy Briefing
DESCRIPTION:Washington\, DCMonday\, April 29 — Tuesday\, April 30Funders-Only Event \n\n\n\nRegistration closed.This past December\, Congress finalized the 2018 farm bill––but that was only the first half of the process! Now begins the second half –– USDA administrative implementation\, where legislative victories are won or lost. Regardless of which farm bill issues you work on and care about\, USDA will play a role in how each and every aspect of the farm bill is rolled out on the ground. \n\n\n\nThis briefing will allow you to dig in and learn how the USDA administrative implementation process works\, including the role of Congress\, and hear from leading sustainable agriculture\, rural development\, and food system experts about the topline Farm Bill implementation issues they will be championing. Most importantly\, you will have the opportunity for networking and collaboration\, and you will leave this briefing with a clear understanding of how and where the grantmaking community can engage to broaden the impact of farm and rural policy in communities across the country. \n\n\n\nAgendaMonday\, April 296:00 pm Dinner (Logan Tavern\, 1423 P St NW\, Washington\, DC 2000)Speakers:Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) – confirmed\, ranking member\, Senate Agriculture CommitteeCongresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) – confirmed\, member\, House Appropriations Committee \n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 30Meridian Institute1800 M Street\, NW\, Suite 400NWashington\, DC 20036 \n\n\n\n8:00 am Registration and Light Breakfast8:30 am Welcome\, Introductions and Framing for the DayStacey Barbas\, senior program officer for Health\, The Kresge FoundationA-dae Romero-Briones\, director of programs – Native Agriculture and Food Systems\, First Nations Development Institute \n\n\n\n8:50 am Overview of Farm Bill ImplementationTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF \n\n\n\n9:15 am The politics of implementation: What it looks like inside USDAKathleen Merrigan\, executive director\, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems\, Arizona State University; former USDA Deputy Secretary \n\n\n\n9:45 am Break10:00 am Panel Discussion: Critical implementation issues for sustainable agriculture and food systemsModerator: Moira Mcdonald\, program officer\, Freshwater Conservation\, Walton Family Foundation \n\n\n\nSpeakers:Colby Duren\, director\, Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative\, University of Arkansas School of LawKate Fitzgerald\, principal\, Fitzgerald-Canepa\, LLCFerd Hoefner\, senior strategic adviser\, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)Ellen Teller\, director of government affairs\, FRAC \n\n\n\n12:00 pm Lunch1:00 pm Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky (invited)1:30 pm Funder Only DiscussionModerator: Michael Roberts\, program manager\, Ecological Agriculture and Food Systems\, The 11th Hour Project \n\n\n\n3:00 pm Summary & Next StepsVirginia Clarke\, executive director\, SAFSFTraci Bruckner\, policy program manager\, SAFSF
URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/farm-bill-implementation-policy-briefing-2/
CATEGORIES:Meetings
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