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This Is Climate Resilience
Equity, Grantee Story, RAF NewsRegenerative 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 […]
2023 Restorying Regenerative Agriculture Awardees
Equity, Grantee Story, RAF NewsAs 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, […]
RAF Support Leads to USDA Funding
RAF NewsThe 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 […]
Round Two of Farm Bill Rapid Response Funding Launched
RAF NewsRAF 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 […]
Rally for Resilience in DC
RAF NewsRAF 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 […]
RAF Urges Senator to Consider Land Access Challenges in the Next Farm Bill
RAF NewsU.S. Senator Tina Smith hosted a kitchen table discussion / listening session with Minnesota Black, Indigenous, and Farmers of Color on April 5 at The Good Acre, a local nonprofit that supports sustainable food production. The topic was the upcoming farm bill, in particular access to land, capital, and resources. Farming is a capital-intensive business […]
Rapid Response Fund for Farm Bill Advocacy Efforts
RAF NewsThe Regenerative Agriculture Foundation has launched a peer-led farm bill rapid response fund focused on supporting grassroots farm bill advocacy efforts. With support from the Waverley Street Foundation and in partnership with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) and RAFI-USA, we launched a peer-led farm bill rapid response fund focused on supporting grassroots farm bill […]
Seeking Regenerative Policy Solutions to Midwest Water Issues
RAF NewsThe relationship between agriculture and water – and the role of government in facilitating that relationship – has been a longstanding issue of contention, particularly in the agricultural Midwest. Need examples? In past couple of weeks alone, we’ve seen the following: A phenomenon known as flash droughts are presenting a risk to Midwest crops; A […]
Welcome Ahna Kruzic to the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation!
RAF NewsDear Friends and Colleagues, We are delighted to announce that Ahna Kruzic (she/her) is joining the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation as Associate Director. Ahna has a tremendous diversity of experience in nonprofit management, regenerative agriculture, and supporting farm and racial justice. She has been providing consultive support to RAF for the past year and has agreed […]
Restorying Regenerative Agriculture
RAF NewsRAF Launches Project to Connect, Support, and Learn from Black, Indigenous and People of Color Regenerative agriculture is an important tool for advancing healthy soils, clean water, and climate change mitigation. Yet that’s only part of the story. It is a pathway to a more sustainable and resilient future that addresses the inextricable link between […]
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin Building a New Agriculture Vision
Equity, Grantee Story, RAF NewsA recent story published in the Des Moines Register delves into the life and upcoming work of Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, a longtime friend and partner of the Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. Regi is the president of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, a Minnesota-based organization that creates partnerships throughout agricultural supply chains, with a focus on regenerative practices […]
Agricultural Landscapes Face a Climate Crisis: Innovative Farmers and Land Stewards Have Solutions
Equity, RAF NewsWhy Black Farmer Debt Relief Supports Healthy Soil and Water
RAF NewsScottie Pippen had a great Nike commercial from the early 1990s. The one-minute clip has Pippen, one of the two best players on the legendary Chicago Bulls dynasty, fall into a “time warp”. He’s suddenly dropped onto a 1950s-era basketball court and competing against a team of young men that look just like the image […]
Regenerative Farmer Gabe Brown Virtually Goes to Washington
RAF NewsThirty years ago Gabe Brown wasn’t sure if his North Dakota farm was economically viable. That financial stress forced him to consider other ways of farming that were less dependent on chemical inputs. Through years of experimentation and learning, Gabe has built a remarkably resilient farm on the North Dakota plains. He has become one […]
USDA Federal Farm Payments Leave Something to be Desired
RAF NewsRecent news has centered around the imminent priority shifts with a new presidential administration. President-elect Biden has stated a desire to address environmental concerns such as reducing carbon emissions, using resources more sustainably, and repairing ecological damage. In order to achieve this, President-elect Biden and the likely-Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will need to take […]