by Adam Liebowitz | Dec 1, 2019 | Films & Video, Past Events
On June 12th, over 50 CFF members gathered at Project Farmhouse for the 7th CFF Annual Gathering. Local food and drink was supplied by Community Chef Kitchen, a new catering company cooperatively owned by women of color from Brooklyn. The evening featured a presentation by Groundswell Center, our 2019 CFF Champions Award recipient; an update on the Seeding Power Fellowship and introduction of our 12 inaugural fellows; and a keynote presentation by Dr. Monica White, author of the new book Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement.
by Adam Liebowitz | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Past Events
Join us for an afternoon site visit that will engage your brain, body, and spirit. Designed to provide an experiential “dip” (as opposed to “deep dive”) into the transformative work that takes place at Hattie Carthan Community Food Projects to promote growth at the individual, community, and ecological systems levels, the three hour visit will include: grounding in basic principles of food justice and equity; a guided tour of the sites; an opportunity to engage in dialogue about the process of systems change; experience of some of the healing modalities employed in collaboration with Mother Nature; and shared labor to benefit the farm, garden, or market.
by Adam Liebowitz | May 29, 2019 | Films & Video, News
On April 18th, CFF partnered with East New York Farms (ENYF) to host Growing Leaders: Shifting Power to Young Leaders in the Food Justice Movement. At this event, ENYF staff discussed their own leadership journeys from youth participants in a food justice program to staff at one of the preeminent youth food justice organizations in New York City. The panelists also detailed the many practices and policies ENYF has implemented to make this transition possible. This event was the CFF Champions Award briefing, designed and created by our 2018 Award recipient, East New York Farms!
by Adam Liebowitz | May 22, 2019 | News
Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming of Ithaca, NY has been named the winner of the 2019 Community Food Funders Champions Award! Seven funders in the CFF network, plus the 2018 winner East New York Farms, comprised the selection committee. Groundswell Center was chosen in recognition of their efforts to train the next generation of sustainable farmers, targeting these programs to marginalized communities, providing business and technical assistance to help them flourish, and doing so with a social justice and equity framework. Put together they represent the triple bottom line approach to food systems change. And done with a shoestring budget!
by Adam Liebowitz | Apr 2, 2019 | Films & Video, News
On March 20th, CFF partnered with WhyHunger to host an event with grassroots leaders who are finding inspiring and effective new ways to “change the narrative” and build power through two separate initiatives. Food First’s intensive WriteShop method brings together frontline leaders from the food, farm and climate justice movements to produce a compelling book and generate shared strategies for community action. The Closing the Hunger Gap Network – a coordinated space for food banks and pantries moving beyond food distribution towards strategies that address the root causes of hunger – is undergoing a national story-based narrative change process to challenge the dominate narrative of hunger in U.S. and redefine the role of food emergency organizations in building a more just food system.
by Adam Liebowitz | Mar 25, 2019 | News
This year CFF is excited to be hosting our 7th Annual Gathering! Please join us to celebrate accomplishments from the past year and hear from your colleagues about different strategies being used to impact our regional food system, as well as celebrate the launch of our Seeding Power Fellowship and this year’s CFF Champions Award recipient! Whether your focus is on nutrition or hunger, food chain workers or farmland preservation, emergency food or food waste, we all have a part to play in creating the just food system that everyone deserves.
