Category: Past Events

2019 CFF Annual Gathering recap

Posted on December 1, 2019

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.

Filed under: Films & Video, Past EventsTagged with: CFF Champion, Groundswell Center, Monica White, Philanthropy New York, Project Farmhouse, Seeding Power

A Decade of Transformation, 8/28

Posted on July 8, 2019

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.

Filed under: News, Past EventsTagged with: Hattie Carthan Community Food Projects, Yonnette Fleming

2018 CFF Annual Gathering recap

Posted on August 9, 2018

On June 7th, over 50 CFF members gathered at Project Farmhouse for the 6th CFF Annual Gathering. Delicious Puerto Rican food was supplied by Liberation Cuisine, with drinks sponsored by Port Morris Distillery and Bronx Beer Hall. The evening featured a presentation by East New York Farms, our 2018 CFF Champions Award recipient, and a keynote panel on food system issues in Puerto Rico with frontline activists from the island.

Filed under: Films & Video, Past EventsTagged with: AgitArte, CDPEC, CFF Champion, East New York Farms!, Finca Conciencia, Liberation Cuisine, Philanthropy New York, Project Farmhouse

Recap: Pesticides in Paradise

Posted on July 30, 2018

A woman presenting in a small conference room

On July 12th, CFF hosted an event called Pesticides in Paradise: How Hawaiian Communities Took on the Chemical Industry and Won. Food justice advocate and funder Anna Lappé opened with an overview of how she learned about this story and why she was drawn to get involved, and then Dr. Virginia Rauh presented her research on the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos and its public health impacts, including related chemical exposure from indoor spraying here in New York City. From there we heard from community activist Malia Chun about her community's personal history with the pesticide industry, and how that narrative fits in to the larger history of Hawaii post-contact with Western colonialists. Anna Frederick, Executive Director of Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA), then detailed the community organizing and statewide campaign that resulted in the country’s first ban on chlorpyrifos. Malia closed by discussing new nonprofits, especially on the most impacted island of Kaua'i, that have emerged as a result of this fight.

Filed under: Films & Video, News, Past EventsTagged with: Hawaiʻi Alliance for Progressive Action (HAPA), Panta Rhea Foundation, Real Food Media, Small Planet Fund

Recap: Unpacking Nutrition Education

Posted on July 15, 2018

On June 25th, CFF partnered with Philanthropy New York to host an event called Unpacking Nutrition Education – Why It Matters for NYC Students covering the myriad ways nutrition education is addressed and offered in NYC schools, and significant value that these bring to a student’s physical, academic, and future well-being. Pamela Koch of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy presented findings from their recently concluded reports, and was joined on a panel by Kelly Giordano of Newman’s Own Foundation and Tony Hillery of Harlem Grown. The panel was moderated by Bronwyn Starr of the New York State Health Foundation.

Filed under: Films & Video, News, Past EventsTagged with: Harlem Grown, Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food Education & Policy, New York State Health Foundation, Newman's Own Foundation, Philanthropy New York

Recap: Funding a Racially Just Food System

Posted on June 6, 2018

Two presenters from Soul Fire at the front of the conference room talking

On May 16, CFF partnered with Soul Fire Farm and Philanthropy New York's Committee for Equitable and Inclusive Philanthropy to host a workshop titled Funding a Racially Just Food System. This event was the CFF Champions Award briefing, designed and created by our 2017 Award recipient, Soul Fire Farm. Leah Penniman, Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm, and Amani Olugbala, Assistant Director of Programs, guided over 30 funders through a history of racism and resistance in the food system followed by a workshop to help identify concrete next steps. You can find a video recording of the briefing below.

Filed under: Films & Video, Past EventsTagged with: Amani Olugbala, CFF Champions Award, Leah Penniman, Philanthropy New York, Soul Fire Farm

Recap: Northeast Food Movement Organizing

Posted on March 5, 2018

On February 1st, CFF partnered with Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) to host an event titled Northeast Food Movement Organizing. Twenty participants gathered in-person and online to hear about new initiatives and opportunities to engage the leaders of state agriculture departments and help build a regional coalition of non-profits at the same time.

Filed under: Past EventsTagged with: NASDA, NEASDA, NESAWG, SAFSF

Recap: Big Hunger with Andy Fisher

Posted on October 11, 2017

On October 4, CFF partnered with WhyHunger and Philanthropy New York to host a meeting titled Big Hunger about the new book by Andy Fisher, Big Hunger The Unholy Alliance Between Corporate America And Anti-Hunger Groups. Following a presentation about his research and findings, Andy was joined on a panel by Liz Schalet of Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger and filmmaker Lori Silverbush. The panel was moderated by Alison Cohen of WhyHunger. You can find a video recording of the briefing below.

Filed under: Films & Video, Past EventsTagged with: Andy Fisher, Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, Big Hunger, Liz Schalet, Lori Silverbush, Philanthropy New York, WhyHunger

Recap: Food Distribution and Infrastructure in the South Bronx

Posted on October 5, 2017

On September 13th, CFF and Philanthropy New York hosted a day-long Food Distribution and Infrastructure Tour of the South Bronx to learn about some of the current and future food distribution systems utilized in NYC, as well as other infrastructure projects and small-scale supply chain models. Thirty-five funders participated in the bus tour that included four stops and seven organizations working in the Hunts Point and Bronx River sections of the South Bronx.

Filed under: Past EventsTagged with: Bronx Foodway, Greenmarket Co., GrowNYC, Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center, Swale NYC, The Point CDC, Urban Health Plan, YMPJ

2017 CFF Annual Gathering recap

Posted on July 12, 2017

Funders mingling at the CFF Annual Gathering

On June 1st, over 60 CFF members got together with some of our partners in the field and the public sector at Project Farmhouse for the 5th CFF Annual Gathering. Delicious drinks and appetizers were supplied by Cleaver Co. while people...

Filed under: Films & Video, Past EventsTagged with: CFF Champions Award, Cleaver Co, Frances Moore Lappé, Leah Penniman, Philanthropy New York, Project Farmhouse, Soul Fire Farm