Category: RAF News


Greenhouse Gas Reduction: A Useful Indicator but a Problematic Goal

We have so many reasons to embrace GHG accounting as the pathway to drive climate-protecting activities. The GHG Protocol provides a remarkable framework that allows companies to not only look at their direct emissions but also emissions along entire supply chains. GHGs are also elegantly universal, allowing us to quantify the climate impact of a […]

Announcing: 2026 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Awardees 🌱

We hope this finds you well moving into the spring season, and that it is bringing in joy and renewal for you and your community. As an offer of the beauty that exists in the world and we are excited to present the recipients of the 2026 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Awards!   Through work ranging from buffalo […]

2025 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Impact Report

As we enter the New Year, we are honored to share the 2025 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Impact Report. The 2025 Restorying Awardees represent a broad range of approaches that organizations are utilizing to heal their lands, soils, and foodways—all through practices grounded in ancestral ethics and values of their communities. Click here to view the […]

SHOT Fund deploys $5M in 2025 in emergency response funding

Read the Partner Release here. Since inauguration day, the Trump Administration has frozen or terminated billions of dollars in federal grants and payments for farmers and farmer-serving nonprofits, triggering a fiscal crisis for many and widespread instability. Programs serving small-scale, low-wealth, and underserved farmers, as well as those related to conservation, climate-smart practices, and climate […]

Meeting the Moment: Philanthropy Must Adapt to a Hostile Federal Government

The Trump administration’s recent executive orders, DOGE activity, and other federal government actions which have caused freezing $3 trillion, as well as numerous federal employee layoffs, have sent shockwaves through the nonprofit sector. Grants and loans to local governments, hospitals, schools, and businesses have been abruptly halted, leaving nonprofits scrambling to maintain services, laying off […]

SHOT Fund collects data and builds community of practice for emergency response

In early February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) froze or canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in federal agriculture funding to farmers and nonprofits, triggering a fiscal crisis for many. These federal funds cover core work—from staff salaries for technical assistance providers, to on-farm implementation, and local food […]

Announcing: 2025 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Awardees 🌱

We hope this finds you well moving through the final throes of winter towards spring, all the while navigating immense complexity and uncertainty unfolding on the national political landscape. As an offer of the beauty that exists in the world, we are excited to present the recipients of the 2025 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Awards!   […]

RAF Welcomes Maisah Khan

RAF is thrilled to announce new team member Maisah Khan! As the SHOT Fund Partnerships Manager, Maisah is looking forward to helping rural nonprofits and historically underserved farmers identify, pursue, and manage public funding opportunities that align with their mission and work. Maisah comes to RAF with over a decade of experience in grassroots nonprofit […]

2024 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Impact Report

As another calendar year winds down, we are honored to share the 2024 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Impact Report.   The 2024 Restorying Awardees represent a broad range of approaches that organizations are utilizing to heal their lands, soils, and foodways—all through practices grounded in ancestral ethics and values of their communities. (Click here to view […]

Reflections on NYC Climate Week 2024

The movement is far more professionalized. Does it necessarily mean progress? I had a whirlwind week in New York City in late September for NYC Climate Week (https://www.climateweeknyc.org/). The energy and excitement that I witnessed was invigorating, and the commitment that so many companies and organizations have made to protecting the climate is truly inspiring. […]