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SAFSF is a network of creative, active, curious, and forward-thinking funders. We will be posting stories, questions, and more from members in this section. Please consider sharing yours!
A Great Day in the Food Systems Funding Business - A Letter from the Woodcock Foundation, New York, NY
The setting was our April board meeting and the objective was to visit a healthy food project that modeled a private/public partnership. Why? Well, WF had gotten into the food policy biz through our gran to the Fair Food Network (FFN) and we wanted our trustees to see what it looks like when public partners with private, operationally and organizationally.
With Karp Resources as our co-organizer, we rented a bus and hauled 24 people up to the Bronx to check out the NYC Green Carts program...READ THE WHOLE LETTER! |
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The Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) is a national network that aims to strengthen, diversify and expand the community of grantmakers that focus on sustainable agriculture and food systems. SAFSF provides a wide range of learning and networking opportunities and keeps funders on the cutting edge of the growing 'good food' movement. In addition to expanding our members' knowledge of these issues, SAFSF highlights the important links between agriculture and food systems and other critical issues: health, climate change, education, and the viability of communities both rural and urban.
SAFSF is a project of Community Partners ©. (www.commmunitypartners.org) |
