The Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund provides monthlong paid apprenticeships for young adults to live on sustainable farms — to work, learn, and be inspired to create change in their communities. Our farms range from urban to rural; they produce cheese,...
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Seeding Power event, 12/4
Over the past two decades, food has emerged as a central strategy and focus of nonprofits worldwide concerned with environmentalism and climate change, public health and hunger, community and economic development, human rights, and racial and social justice. Despite gains on certain issues in some geographic areas, a coordinated and unified ‘food movement’ has yet to realize the true potential of the millions who care deeply about these causes. Now, the infrastructure is being put in place for that to change. You're invited on December 4th for a special discussion about three initiatives designed to bring together diverse leaders of this nascent movement, break down silos to encourage dialog, and support them in reaching their fullest power.
Analyzing our Food Funding Landscape, 12/7
A new tool by Foundation Center, Foundation Maps is the premier data visualization tool and the easiest way to see who is funding what and where around the world. Join us for a briefing that will showcase this new tool and how it can be used to find the funding clusters and funding gaps around the food system in our region. We'll also flag a few other resources available across other platforms to help inform strategy
Video: June 8 Food System Resiliency briefing
Below is a recording from a CFF-sponsored briefing that took place in June, 2015, called Food System Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change. Former CFF panelists gathered for a morning meeting to discuss their unique experiences in the food...
Newark Urban Agriculture Tour, 7/30
Join us in Newark to tour the gardens and farms at Greater Newark Conservancy and Ironbound Community Corporation.
Video: Apr 29 Farmland Preservation briefing
Below is a recording from a CFF-sponsored briefing that took place in April, 2015, called Approaches to Farmland Preservation in the Northeast (see original promotions at the link). The video begins with introductions of everyone in the room and their...
Food System Resiliency, 6/8
Two years ago, CFF helped organize a 3-part breakfast series for funders to examine disruptions in the food system as a result of Hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Now, CFF is working with our former panelists and other experts to compile the lessons learned from that original series, update the work that has taken place in the interim, and look more seriously at what it would mean to seriously address the issues that were raised.
Approaches to Farmland Preservation in the Northeast, 4/29
Come learn about current initiatives in the Hudson Valley working towards farmland preservation and access.
Breakfast Series on Risk and Resiliency in the Food System
By the spring of 2013, our regional food system had been tested to its max with historic storms the previous two years. Hurricane Irene in 2011 devastated countless acres and farms in the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas, damaging crops...