NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Currently, over a third of Americans spend 10 percent of their annual income on fast food and consume such food daily. The Slow Food movement emerged from a protest in Italy during the 1980s against a major fast-food chain’s expansion near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Slow Food’s Principles and Practices.

Food 115

Food Education Education Agriculture 115

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. Akaka’s family cultivates common food crops like yam and maize.

Food 109

Food Agriculture Production Governance 109

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Image credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Consider a food bank discovering that its operating reserves are in banks that finance industrial agriculture, the very system contributing to food insecurity and displacing small community farms.

Finance 116

Finance Agriculture Environmental Nonprofit governance and management 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2023

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. All five panelists were all article authors of NPQ ’s fall 2022 series on Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field.

Food 118

Food Agriculture Philanthropy Culture 118

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At present, one of UNEC’s most critical projects is to convene a multi-partner collaboration in the city’s Northeast Corridor neighborhoods to transform our local food system. I’ve observed the inner workings of a complex food system that, when it functions well, nourishes our bodies, families, and cultures.

Food 110

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 110

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. This work is worth supporting.

Food 121

Food Finance Community Development Culture 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Nessa Richman What will it take to create systems change in our food system? Because of food’s centrality to how we all live—a centrality which produces complex relationships and interconnections across multiple scales—our food system is difficult to transform. Talking about “systems” can be very abstract.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Program: Whole Foods Register Programs for Charity. Details: These register programs at my local Whole Foods benefit a different charity every month. In short, Whole Foods does everything to encourage its shoppers to support good causes without directly soliciting them. Location: Newton, MA. Program: Purple with a Purpose.

Marketing 260

Marketing Marketing Food Agriculture 260

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

Food 110

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 110

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 126

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. Such land transfers would also enable Black farmers to engage in climate change mitigation practices and would enhance Black people’s food sovereignty.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Agriculture Food Public and Social Policy 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

Rather than funding climate adaptation and food security separately, funders could support Indigenous-led initiatives that combine traditional ecological knowledge with modern agricultural innovation to build both climate resilience and food sovereignty.

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

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.

Foundations 130

Foundations Agriculture Food Nonprofit Organizations 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

CLARIFI has so far committed $14 million in direct funding to 88 projects led by rightsholder organizations working to limit deforestation on lands often in the crosshairs of the mining, agriculture, and timber industries. This includes making the case for how protecting Indigenous land rights supports the cultivation of a strong food system.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

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. However, most of that revenue is not going to Black-owned farms as 98 percent of private US agricultural land is white owned.

Agriculture 123

Agriculture Food Children Production 123

Anedot

MAY 7, 2025

This role is ideal for individuals passionate about urban agriculture, community engagement, and youth mentorship.The Assistant will also be the Driver to pick up the teens in our passenger van and deliver them to the gardens or take them on tours. Experience or strong interest in gardening, agriculture and nutrition.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Insurance Nonprofit Administration and Development Food 52

Ann Green

AUGUST 11, 2014

Instead of saying we started a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program in the Riverside community, say Thanks to you, we started a CSA program……… Now every week residents receive a box of fresh fruit and vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, kale, and blueberries. . Sharing accomplishments is not a bragfest.

Agriculture 174

Agriculture Food Culture Communication 174

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2023

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar on “Remaking the Economy: Black Food Sovereignty, Community Stories.” Brielle Wright: I’m on a couple of food policy councils, and it has been very rewarding. I don’t know that I knew as much about food policy before I got involved in these spaces.

Agriculture 110

Agriculture Food Children Education 110

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

The rapid decline of Black and Indigenous land stewardship has devastated our capacity to grow and harvest our own food, which has contributed to a lack of access to healthy, affordable, culturally significant foods, and other negative health disparities (including mental, emotional, and spiritual health).

Finance 138

Finance Food Agriculture Governance 138

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. Astoundingly, only 1.7 This lack of investment has real, appreciable effects on farmers’ lives.

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Smallholder farmers produce at least a third of the global food supply. Besides perpetual food insecurity, many are unable to access or cover basic health services, housing, transportation, water and sanitation, or education. Usually, these costs are borne by the weakest link, and in agriculture, that’s the farmer.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 22, 2019

Ash Bruxvoort coordinates communications for the Women, Food and Agriculture Network. They also coordinate WFAN’s annual conferences and Plate to Politics program, which encourages women in the healthy food and farming movement to run for office. This series lets you describe your workday in your own words.

Communication 139

Communication Agriculture Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. Smallholder farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up the bulk of agri-food businesses worldwide, accounting for a significant part of all formal agribusinesses and more than half of their full-time workforces.

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

How Agrivoltaics Helps the Climate Crisis Agrivoltaics, also known as agrovoltaics or dual-use solar farming, is a sustainable agricultural practice that combines crop cultivation with solar panels on the same piece of land. It serves as a model that can be replicated for greater energy security and food security in Colorado and the nation.”

Health 118

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 118

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 26, 2025

Owned and operated by approximately a dozen Black farmers on a 5,700-acre farm, it continues today after winning a $12 million US Department of Agriculture settlement due to previous unjust credit denialas an agribusiness and economic development initiative on a 1,600-acre retreat center and working farm near Albany, GA.

Poverty 99

Poverty Philanthropy Agriculture Education 99

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 24, 2016

We will also be providing agricultural development and a Food 4 Work program. The people will do the work and will be paid with food for their families. We are starting with ten communities and the Haitian government has agreed to give us 11 acres per community. This gives them dignity and an investment in the work.

Communication 182

Communication Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Food 182

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

I am a Hopi female raised culturally as a traditional food and farming practitioner. I come from generations of traditional farmers, seed savers, and food foragers. Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. The Seeds Are Our Children.

Agriculture 109

Agriculture Food Children Culture 109

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. Entrepreneurism and the chase of novelty are coveted over tradition and ancient, diverse ways of knowing. Immediacy over systems change.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 128

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A-dae Romero Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa) is vice president of research and policy and directs the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative at the First Nations Development Institute.

Agriculture 130

Agriculture Energy Universities Food 130

Anedot

MAY 7, 2025

Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive – We commit to championing policies and practices of social equity that build a diverse, inclusive, and healthy workplace and food system. In addition to operating three program sites in Marin and Sonoma counties, Ceres has trained 13 communities nationally to replicate our model.

Curriculum and Teaching 52

Curriculum and Teaching Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Education 52

Anedot

MAY 7, 2025

Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive – We commit to championing policies and practices of social equity that build a diverse, inclusive, and healthy workplace and food system. In addition to operating three program sites in Marin and Sonoma counties, Ceres has trained 13 communities nationally to replicate our model.

Curriculum and Teaching 52

Curriculum and Teaching Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Education 52

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. Brain Food 1. A survey revealed what they already knew: Many of JOANN’s customers and employees are either currently involved with 4-H or are alumni of the organization. ??

Curriculum and Teaching 130

Curriculum and Teaching Activism Agriculture Marketing 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. pollinator gardens) into areas under commercial, residential, agricultural, or other uses can offer meaningful benefits.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Indigenous communities with deep regional knowledge can help stave off the worst effects of climate change and restore [Africa’s] threatened food future. The African continent has recently experienced severe climate disasters, including floods from heavy rainfall , severe drought exacerbating food insecurity , wildfires, and drying rivers.

Agriculture 103

Agriculture Culture Environmental Food 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 1, 2023

By Jarrod Vassallo , Sourindra Banerjee & Jaideep Prabhu Spanning 12,500 hectares, the East Kolkata Wetlands in India serves multiple purposes, from fish farming, agriculture, and rice cultivation to functioning as the world’s largest wastewater-fed aquaculture system. Consider these examples.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As the rivers disappear, we mourn; agriculture is suffering. Over the last five years, County X has seen a rapid decline of 25 percent of our river waters, and thus our agricultural fields are producing 45 percent less food (SOURCE NAME, DATE). Example #1) Flowery wording in grants that doesn’t get awarded.

Agriculture 115

Agriculture Recruitment Activism Management 115