Our April In the Kitchen Call will be a forum for member feedback on SAFSF's future direction facilitated by strategic planning consultants Asha Carter and Beth Schermerhorn of Cambium Collective. This is an opportunity for members to share their thoughts and ideas candidly. Funders serving on the Strategic Planning Task Force will be participating, but
Hosted by SAFSF and Duke University World Food Policy Center Structural inequality establishes and maintains dominating relationships, where certain groups of people are valued more than other groups of people. This plays out in every aspect of our society. Relational, robust, structurally rooted social justice informed equity is the way to deconstruct manifestations of structural
Early-bird registration for the 20th Annual SAFSF Forum: Commitment & Accountability is now open! Register before May 4th at Midnight PT to receive an early-bird discount. Additionally, site visits and learning dinners have a limited number of spots available and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. You can view our event program, registration rates, and speaker directory through the button below.
The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, in partnership with the Environmental Grantmakers Association, Blue Sky Funders Forum, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, is pleased to announce a four-part webinar series on using trust-based values to guide your philanthropy’s grantmaking practices, culture, structures, and leadership. An organization’s leadership team plays a key role in upholding and reinforcing values and
*Deadline Extended to May 6* SAFSF is accepting nominations for two positions on the Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning on June 1, 2022. The Board seeks candidates who will help ensure a diversity of perspectives representing gender, geographic location, life experience, political ideology, professional skills, and race, culture, ethnicity, and organization size and type.
During the 2022 SAFSF Policy Convening: Commit to Action, we heard from you that you want to connect more regularly with your peers specifically around the farm bill. We couldn't agree more!Please join us and your peers for the kick-off of our monthly SAFSF Funder Farm Bill Chats! These chats will be a time for
The Farmers Lawyer story of saving 245,000 Family Farms from Illegal Foreclosures in the 1980s and Why Funding Legal Strategies is Crucial This session will tell three stories. The first story is how Sarah Vogel, then a solo practice lawyer in North Dakota, brought a lawsuit against USDA for nine broke farmers that grew into a case