Technology on the Farm
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
By Vijaya Sunder M & Siddhartha Modukuri Outgrow combines digital technologies and India’s ancient agricultural wisdom to support small-scale farmers
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What Nigeria Can Teach the US About Food Insecurity
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 23, 2023
In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering.
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From Food Pantry to Urban Farming: Food Justice Lessons from Camden
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 8, 2022
One strategy for achieving that vision is to support urban agriculture and community agency, giving people the chance to produce their own food. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. VF enables large-scale agricultural production in environments where space and soil are limited.
Weave Your Nonprofit Marketing Loose Ends Into a Tight, Powerful Plan
Getting Attention
MARCH 22, 2011
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Kraft Heinz Company Foundation Commits $12 million to Rise Against Hunger
NonProfit PRO
JULY 15, 2021
The $12 million donation will be dispensed over the next three years to support the Rise Against Hunger’s local food procurement efforts, sustainable agriculture projects, and packaging and distribution of meals.
To Make Policy Changes Happen, We Have to Be in the Room
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 13, 2023
Depending on what agriculture organization or workshop it might be, again, I’m going to be one of very few… There was a situation where an organization helped a family keep their land from a road, a highway, major highway going through their land. the agriculture district.
Redefining Black Farming
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
As defined by the National Agricultural Law Center, agritourism links agricultural production with tourism to entertain with and educate about farming, ranching, or any agricultural business. Image Credit: Centre for Ageing Better on pexels.com.
Development Manager and Administrator
Arizona State University
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Position Overview: The Arizona Farm and Ranch Experience is the originator of the Arizona Agriculture Hall of Fame. Exhibits will feature Hall of Fame Honorees and celebrate Arizona's rich agricultural history and its contributions to our state's development.
Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 17, 2022
In addition, women, who represent nearly half of the agricultural labor in developing countries, face compounding layers of exclusion and inequities that continue to prevent them from reaching their full potential. By Lisa Manley & Iris van der Velden.
Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 26, 2023
How can urban agriculture not only promote healthy food but further community agency and economic self-sufficiency? What does the struggle for Black food sovereignty look like at the local level? In this webinar conversation, five Black food justice leaders share their experiences.
How Philanthropy Can Truly Support Land Justice for Black Communities
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
In the face of so much loss and opposition, asset reallocation can be a powerful tool for achieving self-determination for Black farmers and Black agricultural communities. Federal legislation and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have long blocked these goals.
How Smart Technologies Help In Crop Production
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
AUGUST 14, 2021
However, innovation in agriculture is already commonplace. The number of mobile applications for the agricultural sector is growing. The Atilze company has installed smart agricultural sensors that measure soil moisture and acidity, as well as ambient air temperature and humidity.
Legislative Update – March 22
MNA Association
MARCH 22, 2023
HB870 – Revise Tax Rate for Nonprofit Agricultural Property This bill proposes to revise the tax rate for agricultural property owned by certain nonprofits to 10 times the rate under normal valuation. The ceiling of the Montana capitol rotunda. Photo by Liz Moore.
How Zimbabwe’s Rainwater Harvesting Strategies Can Be Applied in the US
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
A 2019 study revealed that climate change had worsened the already precarious living conditions of many smallholder farmers who depend on rain-fed agriculture in Zimbabwe and surrounding countries. Zimbabwe has dealt with recurring droughts and destructive floods for decades.
A Growing Movement for Black Food Sovereignty
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Writing for The Counter , Grace Abels reports, “The 2017 Census of Agriculture reported just over 32,000 Black farmers representing 1.6 percent of the nation’s agricultural producers—double the share in 1997.
Cultivating a Just Climate Philanthropy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Most of them rely on rainfed agriculture, leaving them open to shocks like droughts and storms that can wipe out their crops and leave them without enough food to see their families through the year. Regenerative Agriculture. By Claire McGuinness & Matthew Forti.
Rethinking Food Culture Might Save Us
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
For example, the Black origins of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) were eclipsed by white farmers, 14 and Indigenous fights against government-provided commodity foods were marginalized. “HAWTHORNE IN THE CORNFIELD” BY CHIP THOMAS/JETSONORAMA.NET.
Rethinking Scale in Climate Solutions
Stanford Social Innovation Review
OCTOBER 26, 2022
There is common infrastructure, such as a savings and credit union, multi-sectoral cooperatives for storage of agricultural products and a farmer’s bank, and a network of agroecology schools. By Lindley Mease.
Fisheries and Stewardship: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Aquaculture
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Hawaiian innovation is reflected in the variety of loko i‘a design and construction methods, demonstrating an unparalleled understanding of engineering, hydrology, ecology, biology, and agriculture managed holistically within watershed-scale land divisions called ahupua‘a.
Slow Food Wants to Bring Justice, Education, and Joy to the Food Experience
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 13, 2022
In the last century, industrialization caused the share of the US workforce engaged in agriculture to decrease from 41 to 2 percent, according to a food primer from John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. Image Credit: Yaroslav Shuraev on unsplash.
Towards Thriving: Building a Movement for Black Food Sovereignty
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
In Camden, New Jersey, the Camden Dream Center is developing a new vision for urban agriculture, utilizing vertical hydroponic farming to advance food justice for the city’s majority Black community. Image Credit: Anna Shvets on pexels.com.
The Pendulum of Climate: A Hopi Story
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. I was raised around the annual cycle of Hopi agricultural and ceremonial life since childhood, learning my role daily in supporting these systems. “DANCERS AT VALLE DE ORO” BY CHIP THOMAS/JETSONORAMA.NET.
Community-Driven Philanthropy: Giving Away Assets, Not Grants
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The Indigenous-led NDN Collective’s Nick Tilsen and Gaby Strong shine a light on pervasive land theft and how reclaiming land enables Native people to prosper, create regenerative agricultural systems, and foster economic resiliency. Image Credit: – – on unsplash.com.
Honoring Our Ancestors and Restoring Black Land: A Black Farmers Hub Story
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In Southeast Raleigh, where we operate a small grocery store , the US Department of Agriculture has estimated that 30 percent of residents live more than a mile from their closest supermarket. Image Credit: Antony Trivet on pexels.com.
Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions
Candid
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The IRS recognizes 45,387 501(c)(5) entities, which include both unions and agriculture/horticultural organizations. of 501(c)(5) organizations and for 99% of the revenue in the dataset), eliminating the codes mostly associated with agricultural and horticultural organizations.
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JUNE 7, 2020
The new site also empowers people with the resources, data, and tools to change entire systems tailored to specific types of trafficking and within specific industries such as labor trafficking in agriculture and domestic work. Polaris. rad_admin. Sun, 06/07/2020 - 19:46. Image.
How Philanthropy Can Show Up for an Arts Solidarity Economy
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 18, 2023
Image Credit: : Clem Onojeghuo on unsplash.com. The cultural sector is seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article introduces a new series, titled “Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change,” co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ.
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership Announces Nominees for the 30th Annual Heart of Marin™ Awards
Anedot
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133 community members have been nominated in eight award categories recognizing outstanding community service.
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FEBRUARY 21, 2023
The ideal candidate will have a strong urban agricultural background, a knack for logistical planning, comfort working within diverse communities, and commitment to social equity work.
How to Select a Marketing Strategy for a Foreign Country?
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
You may choose a social media strategy for a country that is good with technology like Singapore, yet if you are planning to work with agriculture and the remote parts of the world, you have to study the popular marketing methods that are already used.
Newsletter: Who is Your Perfect Partnership Prospect? ; 4 Creative Cause Marketing Activations ; Is Trust the Future of Giving?
Selfish Giving
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
A lot of people associate 4-H with agriculture and the raising and showing of animals, but they also teach sewing,” my contact at JOANN explained. Who are your Perfect Partnership Prospects (PPP)??? Do you have a list of them that you refer to often?
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Agriculture. The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. Kiss the Ground is committed to educating the public about the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture.
5 Ways to Manage Volunteer Expectations
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NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Department of Agriculture on common volunteer motivations. Exceeding volunteer expectations is the best way to retain them. What are your volunteers hoping to gain? What does a good experience look like to them? Here are 5 ways to manage volunteer expectations.
Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for March 2022
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
National Agriculture Day (23rd). Use the following writing ideas from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter for your newsletter articles, social media updates, blog posts and more. Sign up now to get prompts emailed to you in advance monthly.
A Familiar Face on the Forbers 30 Under 30 List
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JANUARY 14, 2015
Julie, and two other young women, co-founded Gardens for Health International in 2010 to promote agriculture as part of the solution to large-scale public health challenges. In the 2014 Forbes 30 Under 30 list there was a familiar face on the list: Julie Carney from Gardens for Health International. Since then, they’ve helped over 2,000 Rwandan families and partnered with 18 health centers to combat chronic childhood malnutrition.
Unions and their role in the social sector
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Within the tax code , unions are designated as nonprofit organizations under section 501(c)(5), a designation they share with agricultural or horticultural organizations. Today is Labor Day, a U.S.
How Hawai?i Is Ending Youth Incarceration After More Than a Century of Colonization
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 19, 2023
Image Credit: Julian Armstrong A young Native Hawaiian farmer shows up to work every day to cultivate indigenous crops using traditional and contemporary methods to feed his island home community. The best part of going to work, he says, is the view.
How Policy Is Building a Social Economy in South Korea
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 29, 2023
Image Credit: Farhan Abas on unsplash.com South Korea (hereafter “Korea”) was one of the world’s poorest countries in the 1950s. Today, it has the tenth-largest gross domestic product in the world. Korea’s conglomerates, known as chaebols , are famous.
Getting to Know Dorian Hines, Our New Partner Benefits Manager
Momentum Nonprofit Partners
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
He received his Master of Public Administration from Auburn University and his Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communications from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Making Food Systems Work for People of Color: Six Action Steps
NonProfit Quarterly
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address.
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Grocer Milks Cause Marketing to Save Local Farms
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 25, 2010
But they’ve stayed true to their values and focused on the environment and local agricultural and husbandry. For some time Hannaford Supermarkets has been a friend of local providers of eggs, fruits, vegetables and other goods to its customers. Hannaford’s program, Close to Home , spans five states, aids local businesses and reduces its carbon footprint.
These 3 Types Of Nonprofits Spend The Most On Advertising According To This 2021 Study
The Kindful Blog
JANUARY 5, 2022
Orchestras need listeners, agricultural expositions need spectators, and botanical gardens need observers. The Nonprofit Advertising Benchmark Study is a report from Whole Whale , a B Corp digital agency that works with nonprofit and social impact organizations.
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