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The goal of our Food Systems focus area is to grow healthy, just, regenerative, equitable, and cooperative food systems.
2024 Available Funding: All funds have been committed for 2024 through multi-year grants awarded in 2023.
Focus Area Lead: Kristina Kalolo, Community Partner
Priorities
Through collaborative and cooperative approaches, we support work in these eight areas:
Food and land justice and sovereignty
Food access and ending hunger
Food and farm business development support
Fisheries and aquaculture
Access to capital and markets
Food network development
Healthy soils and clean water
Food policy
Preference is given to:
Organizations that demonstrate cooperative, collaborative, and integrative approaches that build bridges across sectors and systems, and engage stakeholders in decision-making and ownership; and
Newer and smaller organizations.
2024 Grantmaking
As all funds for this focus area have been allocated to multi-year grant commitments, no new applications will be considered in 2024.