Registration is now closed for this event. Join Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) for a day of peer funder engagement, generative discussion, and strategic alignment around funding regenerative agriculture, held in San Francisco, California on March 19, 2024. We will ground our discussions in two recent reports from peers in this space: Participation
In San Francisco, California -- Following our in-person gathering Opportunities & Challenges in Funding Regenerative Agriculture, SAFSF is hosting a film screening of Digging In, our documentary focused on land access, consolidation and climate change, and their impact on American agriculture, especially BIPOC farmers and ranchers. It’s taking place at the Landmark Opera Plaza Theatre in San Francisco on March 19
Connecting food production, nutrition, and natural resources, Congress has passed Farm Bill legislation regularly since the 1930s. Every five years, the bill expires and is updated. The current bill was enacted in 2018 and scheduled to expire this year. What is the status of the Farm Bill? And what does this mean for Missouri? PhilMO
This webinar is co-hosted by SAFSF, The Rockefeller Foundation, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The quickly expanding field of Good Food Purchasing offers a breadth of opportunities for social and environmental impact and systems change, with many entry points for funders. Whether you’re new to good food purchasing or have been in this space for a
These 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. How do we define risk? What does risk really mean when it comes to grantmaking
Grab your lunch and join PhilMO for the a virtual lunchtime screening and discussion of the documentary Digging In. This film by KC-filmmakers Nathan Johnson and Jay W. Austin is designed to help funders understand concentration and consolidation, land access, and climate change and explore the connection these issues have to their work and the work of their
SAFSF is the leading national philanthropy serving organization (PSO) for funders seeking to drive change in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems. Members include endowed and self-funded foundations and investors, as well as certain types of intermediaries, such as community development finance institutions (CDFIs), community foundations, funding collaboratives, and regranting organizations. Membership offers more robust opportunities to strengthen connections,
SAFSF is accepting nominations for up to three (3) positions on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning on June 1, 2024. Please consider nominating yourself or a funder colleague to bring your perspective, expertise, and energy to the work of SAFSF! The deadline to submit a nomination has been extended to April 15, 2024.
For over 20 years, SAFSF has been home to hundreds of philanthropic and investment organizations moving capital toward a more just and sustainable food system. SAFSF offers a place to align and amplify our collective impact. SAFSF membership offers robust opportunities to strengthen connections, foster collaboration, and build capacity alongside funding peers. Here is a
Last fall SAFSF connected a handful of health funders in our membership for a group call; that call led to a desire for a regular, designated space for all health funders within the SAFSF member network to learn from one another. With that, SAFSF is excited to announce the launch of the Health Funders Learning
