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January RFI Open House

January 7, 2025
To support potential collaborators in developing their ideas, we will be offering brief sessions to review the process, discuss Frequently Asked Questions, and answer anything else still…

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Idea Submissions Due for 2025 SAFSF Forum

January 12, 2025
SAFSF is excited to announce the launch of our Request for Ideas (RFI). This initiative will gather ideas throughout the year for our general programming, with a specific…

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Funding Policy Advocacy in 2025: Reflections, Takeaways, and Next Steps—Bolder Advocacy Series

January 15, 2025
Join us for a webinar series exploring how funders can effectively support a wide array of advocacy strategies within a food and agriculture context. Organized in partnership…

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2025 Learning Exchange

January 16, 2025
Hosted by locus at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Virginia as well as virtually Courageous Financing: Collaborating for High Impact Projects Join us for an engaging…

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January RFI Open House
January 7, 2025
To support potential collaborators in developing their ideas, we will be offering brief sessions to review the process, discuss Frequently Asked Questions, and answer anything else still…

Learn More ›

Idea Submissions Due for 2025 SAFSF Forum
January 12, 2025
SAFSF is excited to announce the launch of our Request for Ideas (RFI). This initiative will gather ideas throughout the year for our general programming, with a specific…

Learn More ›

Funding Policy Advocacy in 2025: Reflections, Takeaways, and Next Steps—Bolder Advocacy Series
January 15, 2025
Join us for a webinar series exploring how funders can effectively support a wide array of advocacy strategies within a food and agriculture context. Organized in partnership…

Learn More ›

2025 Learning Exchange
January 16, 2025
Hosted by locus at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Virginia as well as virtually Courageous Financing: Collaborating for High Impact Projects Join us for an engaging…

Learn More ›

Recent News

Member Moments: Dirt Capital Partners

Dirt Capital Partners joined SAFSF in 2023, and since then their staff have been active members and leaders of our community, hear their stories below. “I attended the SAFSF conference in Pittsburgh in 2019 without really knowing much about the organization, and I was impressed by the open and equity-oriented community with a lot of thought leadership. Since founding Dirt Capital Partners in 2014, we have tested out models and worked with countless farmers to inform the work we do all across the US today. Participating in SAFSF’s Indigenous Food Systems Community of Practice in 2022 and recommending Amanda to participate in 2024 deepened our understanding and appreciation of native-led agricultural…

SAFSF On the Road Recap: Detroit

Earlier this month, SAFSF and Detroit Black Food Sovereignty Network (DBCFSN) co-hosted a powerful one-day event focused on transformative food justice initiatives. Funders, community leaders, and advocates gathered at the Detroit Food Commons, a community-owned co-operative grocery store and multi-use facility developed by DBCFSN—to explore the intersection of health equity, sustainable economic growth, and community self-determination. The event highlighted the transformative potential of community-led food systems in addressing systemic inequities. Attendees engaged with critical themes, such as health and wealth disparities impacting frontline communities, the importance of community-driven solutions, and the essential role funders must play in driving long-term, systemic change. By showcasing actionable strategies and on-the-ground examples, this event…

Member Moments: Fabiola Greenawalt

I serve as The Russell Family Foundation’s Senior Program Officer, based in Gig Harbor, Washington. Our foundation’s vision is ‘a thriving, equitable, and sustainable Earth.’ Guided by this vision, we invest in people and places to advance environmental sustainability and address the climate crisis. As part of our vision, we launched the Food for Climate Solutions grantmaking program in 2023. This program is designed to address the negative impacts of climate change while fostering a thriving local and regional food system and more equitable access to local, healthy, and sustainable grown food.  Throughout the developmental phase of this program, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) has been an invaluable ally. As an organization, SAFSF…

Digging Deeper: Q&A on Industry Consolidation with Claire Kelloway

Dig Deeper with Digging In! Digging In is SAFSF’s first documentary film, produced by Nathan.works and underwritten by the Vatheuer Family Foundation, and was designed as a tool for funders and their grantees to explore the wide-ranging challenges of land access, consolidation and concentration, and climate change on U.S. agriculture. The film uplifts on-the-ground perspectives and solutions across the country.  Claire Kelloway, Open Markets Institute, joined SAFSF and the broader food systems community for a deep dive into meat and poultry consolidation through a recent installment of Digging Deeper, our lunchtime condensed documentary screening series. Featured in the film, Claire is a renowned thought leader and writer on market concentration in the food sector. Building on insights from our series,…