Selfish Giving

JANUARY 25, 2010

But they’ve stayed true to their values and focused on the environment and local agricultural and husbandry. Not long ago I even pitched them on a health-related cause marketing program for my charity. The seeds they have sown have reaped rewards for local growers, their customers and, I’m sure, their business.

Marketing 180

Marketing Marketing Agriculture Health 180

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

National Agriculture Day (23rd). Other dates in March: Girl Scouts Day (12th). National Pi Day (14th). International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21st). World Poetry Day (21st). March is also: Red Cross Month. National Irish American Heritage Month. Music in Our Schools Month. Social Workers Month.

Agriculture 254

Agriculture Environmental Culture Education 254

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 3, 2012

Tara Collins, communications director of Watershed Agricultural Council (and a Nonprofit Marketing Guide All-Access Pass Holder), recently sent me this email on how she used infographics in an executive committee meeting to help the attendees better understand her. Kivi and Tara Collins at NTEN.

Agriculture 181

Agriculture Communication Marketing Marketing 181

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

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. Floodplain agriculture allows floodwaters to deposit nutrient-rich sediment across a wide area.

Food 111

Food Agriculture Production Governance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in the South US researcher and agricultural law expert Nathan Rosenberg has said , “If you want to understand wealth and inequality in this country, you have to understand Black land loss.” They also continue to face discrimination, and exclusion from government programs, loans, and subsidies.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

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 124

Agriculture Food Children Production 124

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 20, 2010

But Hannaford turned down a program opportunity with my hospital and others so they could stay true to their values and focus on the environment, local agricultural and husbandry. Why it’s on the list: Most large supermarket chains focus on health-related causes. Program: Purple with a Purpose.

Marketing 260

Marketing Marketing Food Agriculture 260

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 Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

National Agriculture Day (23rd). If there was a holiday to honor your organization, what would it be called and how should people celebrate it? Other dates in March: Girl Scouts Day (12th). National Pi Day (14th). World Poetry Day (21st). Passover begins (27th). Pam Sunday (28th). March is also: Red Cross Month. Music in Our Schools Month.

Agriculture 185

Agriculture Environmental Culture Education 185

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Research in 2021 from the Farmer Income Lab —a “think-do tank” founded by the multinational company Mars and comprised of companies, NGOs, and civil society organizations— estimated that up to 70 percent of farmers in agricultural supply chains may be living below the global poverty line of $3.20

Agriculture 102

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 102

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. Immediacy over systems change.

Agriculture 127

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 127

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 120

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 120

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 22, 2019

Ash Bruxvoort coordinates communications for the Women, Food and Agriculture Network. We talk about feminism, sexism and racism in agriculture, self-reflection and self-improvement. Ash Bruxvoort Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators!

Communication 136

Communication Agriculture Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 136

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2023

Depending on what agriculture organization or workshop it might be, again, I’m going to be one of very few… There was a situation where an organization helped a family keep their land from a road, a highway, major highway going through their land. the agriculture district. They had somebody on the board to advocate for them.

Agriculture 111

Agriculture Food Children Education 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

For small-scale farmers in emerging markets like India, Kenya, and Nigeria, agricultural extension agents are crucial lifelines. They provide Climate-Smart Agriculture practices, deliver market and pricing information for farmers to maximize income, and help farmers connect with local suppliers.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law Environmental 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

The island is vulnerable to changing climatic conditions, including unusually heavy rainfall; flood-induced erosion by the Brahmaputra River has destroyed half of the island, harming local agriculture and ways of life. However, locals and nonprofits are working to sustain their traditional livelihoods.

Agriculture 105

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2024

Lacerda , Leandro Bonfim & Joel Bothello Current scientific approaches to agricultural sustainability may in some contexts prove counterproductive to environmental preservation. By Evelyn R. Nimmo , André E.

Agriculture 84

Agriculture Environmental 84

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

In its brief, the WHO traced the impact of prolonged droughts, which “ significantly disrupt agricultural production and lead to loss of livelihood, leaving many communities in poverty, a factor clearly linked with many common mental disorders.” This, in turn, can lead to forced migration as families attempt to flee conflict.

Health 115

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 24, 2023

Exposed and At Risk: Opportunities to Strengthen Enforcement of Pesticide Regulations for Farmworker Safety was recently released by the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School, in partnership with the nonprofit Farmworker Justice. “You just have to put on a mask and take care of yourself the best you can.”

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Health Law 98

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. Amidst this adversity, however, the pioneering solution of agrivoltaics offers hope for farmers and the environment.

Health 119

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 119

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

That’s because most wells in town have been contaminated by runoff from agriculture, said Prado, who is president of the Sultana Community Services District. Due to the fact that we live in an agricultural area and this is a little community, we would be devastated,” he said. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.”

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Nonprofit Administration and Development Construction Universities 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), over 1.6 With its economy heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture, which employs over 80 percent of the population , the country is vulnerable to external shocks, including climate-related ones.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

To expand equity and access, we’ve built relationships with US Department of Agriculture food insecurity support programs, such as SNAP ( Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program , also known as “food stamps”) and WIC ( Women, Infants & Children ), ensuring vouchers are available at the market. Black-owned acreage was also up to 3.9

Food 126

Food Agriculture Economic Issues Children 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. In some developing countries, up to two-thirds of the population are employed in agriculture, a sector that can account for more than 25 percent of GDP. But how and where? Is external financing available? Affordable?

Finance 98

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With 65 percent of the population living in rural areas, agriculture is increasingly feminized where women perform 80 percent of farm work. Women are now able to register on government’s I-Khedut (farmers) portal and access public schemes and trainings via initiatives such as Krishi-Vigyan-Kendras (agricultural science centers).

Food 118

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 118

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The IRS recognizes 45,387 501(c)(5) entities, which include both unions and agriculture/horticultural organizations. of 501(c)(5) organizations and for 99% of the revenue in the dataset), eliminating the codes mostly associated with agricultural and horticultural organizations. Unions by the numbers.

Voluntarism 105

Voluntarism Agriculture Homelessness Philanthropy 105

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 24, 2016

We will also be providing agricultural development and a Food 4 Work program. We will also be providing solar power and job training for sustainable community life. 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 180

Communication Nonprofit governance and management Agriculture Food 180

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In Camden, New Jersey, the Camden Dream Center is developing a new vision for urban agriculture, utilizing vertical hydroponic farming to advance food justice for the city’s majority Black community. Soon after, the Black Panther Party established free medical clinics as well as a free breakfast program.

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2023

How can urban agriculture not only promote healthy food but further community agency and economic self-sufficiency? How is today’s movement connected to previous generations of Black farmers? How do Black farmers markets not only provide markets for Black farmers to sell food, but change mindsets and contribute to liberation?

Food 119

Food Agriculture Philanthropy Culture 119

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hopi Agricultural Systems and Spiritual Food Knowledge. I was raised around the annual cycle of Hopi agricultural and ceremonial life since childhood, learning my role daily in supporting these systems. This technique of agriculture was honed over thousands of years with the simple tools that sustained generations of Hopi farmers.

Agriculture 111

Agriculture Food Children Culture 111

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In the last century, industrialization caused the share of the US workforce engaged in agriculture to decrease from 41 to 2 percent, according to a food primer from John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. “It [the apple press] is great for kids to understand that apple juice doesn’t come in a bottle,” said Shatkin.

Food 116

Food Education Education Agriculture 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

“We need an immediate allocation to develop this type of infrastructure,” says Carlo Salvan, president of Coldiretti Rovigo , an association representing and assisting Italian agriculture in the Veneto region. Local agriculture is in need, too. However, the river has already been exposed to danger for too long.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Governance Environmental Associations 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 102

Agriculture Recruitment Activism Management 102

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“We did a study in Lusaka, Zambia, and locals said that they trusted their Indigenous climate knowledge more than forecasts from radio stations,” says Dr. Bridget Bwalya , a senior lecturer, ecologist, and sustainable agriculture researcher.

Agriculture 117

Agriculture Culture Environmental Food 117

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. 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

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 92

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 92