by Adam Liebowitz | Jun 16, 2021 | Films & Video, News
BK Rot of Brooklyn, NY has been named the winner of the 2021 Community Food Funders Champions Award! Six funders in the CFF network, plus the 2020 winner, Hattie Carthan Community Food Projects, comprised the selection committee. BK Rot was chosen in recognition of their community-based food waste hauling and composting programs, environmental and social justice principles, and youth development. Put together they represent the triple bottom line approach to food systems change.
by Adam Liebowitz | May 29, 2021 | Films & Video, Past Events
On May 26th CFF partnered with the Joyce & Irving Goldman Family Foundation, and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders, to host a funder briefing titled Farm and Food Business Viability for Thriving Communities. We heard from member organizations of the Agricultural Viability Alliance who provide 1:1 business technical assistance to farm and food businesses in the northeast. We also heard from Lee Hennessy, founder and owner of Moxie Ridge Farm, whose story of success is tied to the technical assistance he received from Alliance members.
by Adam Liebowitz | May 17, 2021 | Films & Video, Past Events
On May 4th, CFF partnered with the New York State Health Foundation to host a funder briefing titled, Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021. The purpose of the call was to hear the past and future work of the NY Food 20/20 project, a partnership of three leading food policy research institutions in NYC to assess the effects of Covid-19 on our food system, and make recommendations to bolster food security.
by Adam Liebowitz | Oct 5, 2020 | Films & Video, Past Events
CFF is proud to announce the sixteen organizations chosen to receive a grant from the CFF 2020 Food Movement Support Fund. Watch a recording of our webinar here.
by Adam Liebowitz | Jul 8, 2020 | Films & Video, Past Events
How can we support an ecosystem of businesses and services that will create the conditions for Black farmers and non-Black farmers of color to thrive in our region? The answers to this question were the topic of a CFF webinar held on July 2, in partnership with Surdna Foundation and Philanthropy New York, titled Funding a Racially Just Regenerative Regional Food System.
by Adam Liebowitz | Jun 30, 2020 | Films & Video, Past Events, Uncategorized
On June 24, CFF partnered with Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming to host Centering Racial Equity in your Organization or Foundation. Groundswell Center shared their process of centering racial equity and anti-racist principles into their agricultural organization, and discussed how to bring this work into any organization or foundation. As a non-profit with predominantly white leadership, Groundswell talked about their journey toward centering racial equity, including staff/board development, relationship building, organizational policymaking, and systems for accountability.
