by Adam Liebowitz | Nov 3, 2014 | News, Past Events
Today, we face an unprecedented inflection of farmland ownership, with 70% of farmland owned by those 65 and older. An estimated 400 million acres will change hands in the next 20 years. Join us for a funder briefing on the issue November 21, 2014, at Surdna Foundation
by Adam Liebowitz | Oct 27, 2014 | News, Past Events
In the US, we currently waste approximately 40 percent of all the food we produce, depleting natural resources, exacerbating global climate change, and squandering an opportunity to address food insecurity in the process. Join us for a funder briefing on food waste, November 10, 2014, at North Star Fund.
by Adam Liebowitz | Oct 24, 2014 | Literature, News, Resources
ROC-NY along with the Food Chain Workers Alliance and Food First released a new report, Food Insecurity of Restaurant Workers, a first comprehensive look at food security and employment conditions of workers in the restaurant industry.
by Adam Liebowitz | Oct 20, 2014 | Resources, Useful Websites
As a network of funders ourselves, Community Food Funders appreciates the value that affinity groups bring to philanthropy. On this page we highlight some of the most common groups and networks that our members belong to. Please contact us to add more groups to this...
by Adam Liebowitz | Oct 16, 2014 | News, Past Events
North Star Fund and Community Food Funders are co-sponsoring a workshop on the New Food Economy, as part of Philanthropy NY’s larger series on the new economy