BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T131500 DTSTAMP:20240709T173247Z CREATED:20240522T200207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T173247Z UID:10000624-1718712000-1718716500@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Opportunities in Good Food Purchasing: Learning from Leaders in the Field DESCRIPTION:This event is co-hosted by SAFSF\, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The 11th Hour Project. \n\n\n\nThis will be the second of a two-part series featuring voices of leaders in the good food purchasing field. Good food purchasing is a strategy for food systems transformation that encourages large institutions (such as hospitals or schools) to direct their buying power in support of environmental sustainability\, local economies\, valued workforce\, animal welfare\, and nutrition to ultimately create a more equitable\, sustainable\, and just food system. The overarching goal is to foster a more equitable\, sustainable\, and just food system. Over the past decade\, the landscape of good food purchasing has evolved significantly\, with collaborative efforts from various stakeholders\, including our esteemed speakers\, now leading to its institutionalization as policy at local\, state\, and federal levels. In the first session of this two-part series\, we delved into the history and landscape of good food purchasing work from the perspective of funders in our network\, showcasing its potential for systemic change and the myriad avenues for funders to get involved.  \n\n\n\nWhether you’re new to good food purchasing or are actively supporting initiatives in this space\, we invite you to join us for this second insightful discussion on the grassroots and policy-oriented endeavors shaping this field. We will hear from a panel of practitioners who will share their triumphs and hurdles encountered in their work\, as well as illuminate distinct opportunities for funders to deepen their involvement in advancing good food purchasing initiatives. \n\n\n\n\nRecording\n\n\n\nKey Takeaways from GFP Series\n\n\n\nProcuring Food Justice\n\n\n\n2023 GFPP Standards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a free\, funder only event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\nLinda Jo Doctor is a program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek\, Michigan. In this role\, she develops programming priorities\, manages a portfolio of active grants\, and designs and implements national programming.  She co- leads the Foundation’s efforts to promote equitable\, sustainable\, and resilient food systems.  Previously\, Ms. Doctor was deputy director for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program Office housed at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She also directed the Division of Prevention at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Ms. Doctor received her Master of Public Health degree from Boston University School of Public Health and a Masters of Philanthropic Studies from the Lily Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.  She previously served as a board member of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders and is a founding partner of the Convergence Partnership.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Bell is program director for the Food & Agriculture program at The 11th Hour Project\, a program of The Schmidt Family Foundation. In this role\, she directs the foundation’s focus on equitable access to land\, capital and markets. She sits on the board of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation and previously served on the board of Pie Ranch in Pescadero\, California and the Environmental Grantmakers Association. She actively participates with the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders. She studied at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas and holds bachelor’s degrees in both English literature and French from the University of Colorado. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHaile Johnston is a Philadelphia-based father of four children\, who works to improve the vitality of rural and urban communities through food systems reform. Along with his wife Tatiana\, he is the Co-Director and a founder of The Common Market\, a nonprofit distribution enterprise that connects communities to good food from sustainable family farms. Founded in Philadelphia to serve the Mid-Atlantic States\, the model has recently replicated to serve communities and farmers in Georgia\, Alabama\, Texas\, and soon in Chicago. Haile is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business where he concentrated in entrepreneurial management and is proud to have served as a Food and Community Fellow with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Haile currently serves as a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur\, the Advisory Board Chair of the National Farm to School Network\, and on the Steering Committee of the Castanea Fellowship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexa Delwiche is the executive director of the Center for Good Food Purchasing. She previously served as Managing Director of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council from 2011 – 2015. At the LA Food Policy Council\, she spearheaded the development\, launch and implementation of the Good Food Purchasing Policy. From 2009 – 2010\, Alexa was the Food Policy Coordinator for the Los Angeles Food Policy Task Force\, working with the Task Force to produce and present to the Mayor of Los Angeles the “Good Food for All” Agenda. Previously\, Alexa worked for the United Farm Workers and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Alexa has a Master’s of Public Policy from UCLA. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristina Spach has 2 decades of experience in community organizing and advocating for racially-equitable food policy. At FCWA\, Christina provides direct campaign support to grassroots coalitions leveraging public purchasing to protect food worker organizing and to hold food suppliers accountable to fair labor practices. She also serves on the boards of the HEAL Food Alliance and Food for the Spirit. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRodger Cooley\, Executive Director of the Chicago Food Policy Action Council\, has worked for 20+ years in urban agriculture and sustainable urban food systems developing policy and projects. Rodger previously spent 9 years with Heifer International\, supporting the development of urban farming projects in Chicago and the mid-western United States. He recently joined the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation. Rodger has a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and has served as adjunct faculty at DePaul University and the Illinois Institute of Technology. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/opportunities-in-good-food-purchasing-learning-from-leaders-in-the-field/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/food-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240620T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240620T120000 DTSTAMP:20240611T154044Z CREATED:20240603T212308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T154044Z UID:10000626-1718881200-1718884800@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:In the Kitchen Call: Reflecting on Learnings from Good Food Purchasing Series DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow SAFSF members in a conversation about reflections and takeaways from the two-part series SAFSF hosted in collaboration with W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The 11th Hour Project on Opportunities in Good Food Purchasing. For context\, good food purchasing is a strategy for food systems transformation that encourages large institutions (such as hospitals or schools) to direct their buying power in support of environmental sustainability\, local economies\, valued workforce\, animal welfare\, and nutrition to ultimately create a more equitable\, sustainable\, and just food system. \n\n\n\nWhether you’re new to good food purchasing or have been in this space for a longtime\, and whether you were able to join us for the two webinars or not\, you are welcome to come to listen\, learn and share your experiences with value-based procurement..  \n\n\n\nIf you were not able to join the first webinar about good food purchasing\, please feel free to watch the recording here. The second call of the series will be taking place on Tuesday\, June 18. If you’re not already registered\, you can do so here.  \n\n\n\nThese SAFSF member-only calls are designed to evoke the warmth\, nourishment\, and welcomeness you feel when you are “in the kitchen”. Join fellow SAFSF members for bi-monthly calls to learn about each others’ work\, discuss various topics\, and build community. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, member only event. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Funder-Only Registration\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n X/TwitterThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.This field is hidden when viewing the formRegisterName*\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Organization*Title*Email*\n \n Are you a funder?*\n \n Yes\, I am affiliated with a funding organization.\n SAFSF defines funders as staff\, board members\, trustees\, donors\, program officers\, and other professionals from organizations using grantmaking or investments as a core strategy to fulfill their mission.\nThis field is hidden when viewing the formEvent Name\nIt may take longer than expected to process your submission\, please only click submit once. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/itk-call-reflections-on-good-food-purchasing/ CATEGORIES:Member Only,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Itk.branded.thumbnail.website.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240625T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240626T170000 DTSTAMP:20250129T023021Z CREATED:20240416T025941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T023021Z UID:10000612-1719302400-1719421200@www.agandfoodfunders.org SUMMARY:Building an Intersectional Philanthropic Approach: Climate Change\, Agriculture\, and Healthy Rural Communities DESCRIPTION:Join Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF)\, Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG)\, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA)\, and Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) for a dynamic two-day funder convening\, June 25-26\, in Minneapolis\, MN.  \n\n\n\nMeet in person with peer climate\, agriculture\, and environmental funders and learn about the significant opportunities to support a sustainable and just future through climate-smart agriculture. We’ll explore the connections\, opportunities\, and gaps between reducing emissions from working agricultural lands\, advancing carbon sequestration strategies through regenerative agriculture\, and supporting healthy rural communities. Through thoughtfully curated site visits\, we’ll also meet with leaders driving regenerative agriculture solutions and mobilizing communities in and around the Twin Cities.  \n\n\n\nThis event is currently sold out. Please join our waitlist below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOIN WAITLIST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUR PARTNERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nON THE GROUND\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis gathering is organized with support from McKnight Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Climate-Agriculture Connection in Rural Communities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmissions reductions in the transportation or energy sectors alone will not stave off the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Agriculture is responsible for 11% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.\, not including emissions from fertilizer\, animal farming\, and pesticide production. Nearly half of these total emissions come from the Midwest where rural and indigenous communities bear an unequal portion of the impacts. The longer industrial and extractive agriculture production methods dominate\, the higher these emissions will climb. \n\n\n\nThis is a key moment for agriculture\, climate\, and environmental funders. As the country seeks to address climate change\, and shift to a clean energy economy and sustainable agriculture practices\, rural places will be where the solar and wind farms are sited\, the minerals for batteries are mined and the batteries themselves produced\, and where agricultural practices evolve to reduce methane gases. Indeed\, rural places are implicated in many dimensions of the 21st-century economy\, from data processing to fabrication plants to cryptocurrency mining and online retail distribution. How these economies evolve\, who benefits\, and how well communities manage them—are clear and present policy issues that are receiving little attention\, leaving rural places historically under-resourced and without critical support and offering few guardrails to prevent a modern version of the extractive arrangements prevalent throughout history. \n\n\n\nTo build both critical political power in these regions and robust rural engagement in transition strategies\, it will be imperative that philanthropy work across the silos between climate\, agriculture\, and healthy rural economies to center the voices and strategies of rural communities and ensure equitable and just rural economic development and transition. URL:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/event/building-an-intersectional-philanthropic-approach-climate-change-agriculture-and-healthy-rural-communities/ CATEGORIES:In Person Gathering,Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.agandfoodfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Copy-of-On-the-Road-Graphics-Square.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR