Join us to hear from the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) about their 2023 Farm Bill Platform. Vanessa García Polanco, NYFC Policy Campaigns Co-Director will walk us through the coalition’s policy […]
2022 FOCUS AREA: CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is one of three focus areas that will frame our policy, education, networking and collaboration activities in 2022, offering multiple points of intersection for funders across our network.
The Issue
According to the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a federal inter-agency report published by the U.S. Global Change Research Program in 2018:
Rising temperatures, extreme heat, drought, wildfire on rangelands, and heavy downpours are expected to increasingly disrupt agricultural productivity in the United States. Expected increases in challenges to livestock health, declines in crop yields and quality, and changes in extreme events in the United States and abroad threaten rural livelihoods, sustainable food security, and price stability.
The report also notes that livelihoods of rural communities and Indigenous and Tribal communities face unique and heightened risks from the effects of climate change.
The report’s predictions refer primarily to commodity crop and industrial livestock production. It does note that Indigenous knowledge offers important insights and interventions that can inform climate resiliency plans.
Opportunities for Philanthropy
Community-level interventions
Funders can support soil health and regeneration programs, diversified agroecological practices, and livestock grazing at non-industrial scales. These programs help create farms that are more resilient in the face of extreme weather events, and that contribute to the climate change solution by sequestering carbon and
lowering methane and other harmful emissions.
Learn More
Climate Change and Agriculture: A Perfect Storm in Farm Country – Union of Concerned Scientists
Fourth National Climate Assessment – U.S. Global Change Research Program
Global Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected Within 10 Years, NASA Study Finds – NASA
Farming For Our Future: Opportunities Abound – EarthJustice
6 Ways the U.S. Can Curb Climate Change and Grow More Food – World Resources Institute
NGOs/Experts
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
State Policy in Focus: 2023 Legislative Landscape with NCSL
From bolstering local food systems, regulating agricultural chemicals, to expanding farmers’ access to land, state legislatures have a significant role in incorporating sustainability and equity into the laws and policies […]
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WebinarsWhy Farm Bill and Agriculture Policy Matter for Climate
Please join Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG) and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a webinar focused on the opportunities and threats for addressing climate change through […]
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WebinarsHonoring Silent Spring: Stories from the Frontlines of the Fight for a Pesticide-Free Future
Sixty years ago, Rachel Carson released her seminal book, Silent Spring, whose publication gave birth to the EPA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and sparked the ban on the […]
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WebinarsResourcing Midwest Health Sector Work on Climate Change and Health Equity
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, Grantmakers in Health, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Health and Environmental Funders Network, The Funders Network, and Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders invite interested nonprofit, […]
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WebinarsLeveraging Federal Funding for Climate Justice in Midwestern Frontline Communities
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, Grantmakers in Health, Climate and Energy Funders Group, Health and Environmental Funders Network, The Funders Network, and Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders invite interested nonprofit, […]
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Webinars“Digging In”: SAFSF Film Series Trailer
One Forum moment was unlike any other from past convenings: the debut of the trailer for the upcoming SAFSF short film series “Digging In” which will explore the issues of […]
Action for a Small Planet | Part 2
An interactive conversation about innovative funding for systems change Join your fellow grantmakers in a discussion with Anna Lappé, founder of the Food Sovereignty Fund at the Panta Rhea Foundation […]
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WebinarsLessons for a Small Planet | Part 1
An intimate mother-daughter conversation with Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé The Global Conservation Program at Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG) and the Panta Rhea Foundation would like to invite you to join us for […]
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WebinarsBacking Off the Herbicide Treadmill: Weed Management at the Intersection of Soil Health, Climate Emergency, Environmental Justice and Human Reproductive Health
Join us to explore the intersections of soil health, environmental justice, human reproductive threat and the climate emergency through the lens of extensive and rising herbicide use in US agriculture. Learn […]