On August 4th, CFF and Philanthropy New York hosted a day-long South Bronx Learning Tour to highlight people and organizations using food as a vehicle to bring residents together and catalyze change in their neighborhoods. Twenty-five funders participated in the bus tour that included six stops and nine organizations across the South Bronx. Working on issues such as restorative justice, female empowerment, youth development, economic development, health and nutrition, and more, these groups were growing food, cooking meals, working with bodegas, running farmers’ markets, and creating buying clubs to achieve their goals.
Food System Focus Area: Public Health and Healthy Food Access
Grotta Fund for Senior Care
Our fund aims to improve the lives of older adults living in Essex, Union, Morris, Sussex and eastern Somerset counties in NJ. We support programs that address challenging issues of seniors today, including social isolation and food insecurity as well...
South Bronx Learning Tour, 8/4
Join us for a day of site visits in the South Bronx, a neighborhood that is crafting their own future in innovative and collaborative ways through food.
Recap: Newark Urban Ag Tour
On July 30th, The Urban Agriculture Working Group of CFF partnered with the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers to host a day-long tour of urban agriculture sites in Newark, NJ. 25 funders participated in the bus tour visiting Newark gardens and farms and hearing from presenters.
Spring 2015 News Roundup
A collection of news and blog articles from April to June, 2015
Spring 2015 Resources & Announcements
A collection of resources and announcements from April to June, 2015
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.
Shachar Foundation
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.