We’re excited to announce the recipients of our 2024 general fund grants. The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation advances general fund grants once annually, and applications are by invitation. Our general fund aims to support urgent and emergent regenerative agriculture movement-building work in the areas of land access, convening and connecting of partners, inclusive narratives, policy transformation, […]
The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation is excited to share that board member Wendy Johnson has been featured on the Grist 50 2024! Environmental media outlet Grist generates a list of 50 “Fixers” each year – folks who are on the leading edge of creating a more just and sustainable future. Wendy is being recognized for the […]
The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation is excited to announce that in May 2024, Alyssa Scharf joined the RAF staff as an Operations Manager. Alyssa has been supporting the Farm Bill Rapid Response project on a contract basis since November 2022 and we are excited to have her join us full time! Prior to joining RAF, […]
The Soil Heath Opportunities & Tools Fund (SHOT Fund) is a partnership between Regenerative Agriculture Foundation and Rural Climate Partnership designed to advance accessibility of federal funding, promote the adoption of resilient and durable climate-smart practices, and encourage a more just and equitable agricultural system. We are looking for a SHOT Fund Partnerships Manager. The […]
The Farm Bill Grassroots Capacity Building Project was launched as a collaboration between National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, RAFI-USA, and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation, with generous grant support from the Waverley Street Foundation and Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT). While having a focus on advancing agricultural policies that address the climate crisis and racial disparities, […]
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation (RAF) believes that paths to climate resilience come from farmers and land stewards within communities on the frontlines of climate change. That’s why we’re excited to launch our new report This is Climate Resilience: Frontline Organizations Creating Climate-Resilient Futures for Food Production. RAF invites the philanthropic community to join us in directing […]
As light returns with the winter solstice, we are excited to present the recipients of the 2023 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture awards! Through work ranging from buffalo reintroduction, land and seed rematriation, and traditional farming through collective governance, the Restorying Awardees represent a broad range of approaches that organizations are utilizing to heal their lands, soils, […]
The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation awarded a handful of small organizations a $12,000 grant each in 2022 to support them in putting together a grant application for USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding. Four of those organizations were successful and will receive up to $48 million in USDA funds! The grant funding is now being distributed […]
RAF is excited to again support organizations in their work to build on or expand grassroots organizing and policy development efforts underway to shape the 2023 Farm bill. Housed at the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation (RAF) and managed by members of an advisory committee including National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), HEAL Food Alliance, Rural Coalition, and […]
RAF Associate Director Ahna Kruzic traveled to Washington DC in early March to join hundreds of farmers and ranchers from across the United States to advocate for more resiliency in our food system. As climate change induces more severe weather events like floods and droughts, farms that can withstand these shocks will be more important […]
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