2021 SAFSF Forum
The 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
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OPENING SESSION – Reckoning a Way Forward: Co-Creating Philanthropy’s Course toward a More Just and Sustainable Food System
This opening session will shine a light on how philanthropy’s practices examine how our practices have perpetuated the systems that have failed us, and amplify the voices of food systems leaders who are showing us the way toward a more just, equitable, and sustaining food system.
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SAFSF ForumNETWORKING – Start Your Forum Experience Off Right: Newcomers Welcome
We invite you to join us for an informal welcome to the SAFSF network, and an opportunity to connect with peers and connect with friendly peer faces you’ll be able to recognize on Zoom throughout the rest of the Forum.
WORKSHOP – Food Without Borders: The Interconnectivity of U.S. and Mexico Food Systems
This session will explore, educate, and generate thoughtful dialogue around the interconnectivity of cross-border food systems. Presented by International Community Foundation.
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SAFSF ForumMovement Break
Step away from your desk chair, kitchen table, or workspace for a grounding exercise and movement break. Join Erica, a Radically Fit instructor, in this 30-minute movement break.
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SAFSF ForumNETWORKING – Community Connections: Networking Tables
Join us for an online version of informal networking in small groups, complete with virtual tables; listen in to what others are thinking about and learning at the Forum, connect with others in the SAFSF network, and join the dialogue.
NETWORKING – Food and Farm Policy Helpdesk
Bring your questions—big and small—about local, state, Tribal, and federal food and farm policy, or join just to listen in about what’s on the mind of your peers.
WORKSHOP – Creating and Safeguarding a Better Food Future through the Law
Courts have arisen as one of the best tools through which to effect meaningful social change and environmental protection across the food system. Presented and Sponsored by Frost Family Foundation.
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SAFSF ForumNETWORKING – Cook Along with Kitchenistas®: The Power of Communities to Use Food as a Platform for Change
Share a snack and conversation about food as a community’s platform for change with Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center’s Kitchenistas®. Presented by International Community Foundation.
NETWORKING – Coffee Chat: Nuts and Bolts of Grantmaking and Investing
This informal, unscripted morning session provides a space to connect with peers and discuss the tools needed to effectively implement funding programs and collaborations in the food and agriculture system space.