Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Missing Middle Agriculture is a central economic pillar in rural communities, especially in developing countries. Smallholder farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make up the bulk of agri-food businesses worldwide, accounting for a significant part of all formal agribusinesses and more than half of their full-time workforces.

Finance 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The CLIMA Fund , a collaboration across four public foundations supporting tens of thousands of grassroots groups advancing climate justice solutions, has learned a lot about the diverse and powerful ways grassroots movements create scaled impact. Immediacy over systems change.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 128

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. It serves as a model that can be replicated for greater energy security and food security in Colorado and the nation.”

Health 113

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. pollinator gardens) into areas under commercial, residential, agricultural, or other uses can offer meaningful benefits.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 135

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 98

Agriculture Construction Culture Manufacturing 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

They move at the speed of trust, and trust is built through engagement, collaboration, and pursuing their triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit. From travel to food to entertainment, these experiences have all been digitally transformed, and so have we. The answer is not simple. Cooperatives are unique animals.

Retail 119

Retail Technology Production Agriculture 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From vast riparian watersheds to fisheries to croplands, few corners of the nation’s ⎯ and the world’s ⎯ food systems have escaped the eyes of the Walton family. Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 134

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The HUB is also part of a collaborative capital campaign called Rise Together Now , uniting six nonprofit organizations across the Seattle area to support equitable and inclusive development projects in the Central District, Capitol Hill, and White Center neighborhoods. Most of the funding has already been raised, including $4.9

Community Development 129

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 22, 2023

River deltas are rich ecosystems that humans depend on for water, food, and critical biodiversity. In the US, a groundbreaking collaboration with Mexico is helping the Colorado River Delta see new life again as over the years drought, overconsumption, and water rights issues have significantly decreased the river’s capacity. “We

Agriculture 96

Agriculture Environmental Governance Associations 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The organizations are improving water and sanitation access, education quality, food security, and health equity, and a large majority take systems change approaches to their work. As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

For many Americans, the term rural elicits simplified imagery of people and places—primarily White, living in small towns, focused on agriculture, and impoverished. Rural communities have varied local economies, which include manufacturing , healthcare, the service sector, and agriculture. What do you picture when you think of rural?

Poverty 113

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

For example, our organization, One Acre Fund , supplies over 4 million African smallholder farmers with the finance, supplies, and training to grow more food, plant more trees, and earn more money. percent of climate adaptation finance need of smallholders is currently being met by all actors combined.

Finance 119

Finance Governance Philanthropy Health 119

Anedot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Location: San Rafael, CA Hours: Full-time, salaried, exempt status Salary Range: $95,004 – $122,148 BACKGROUND The Agricultural Institute of Marin is an educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Rafael, California. JOB SUMMARY AIM is seeking a highly skilled Director of Finance to join our team.

Finance 52

Finance Non-Profits Agriculture Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

“WARRIOR TWINS” BY CHIP THOMAS IN COLLABORATION WITH CANNUPA HANSKA LUGER/ JETSONORAMA.NET. In the midst of this, corporations continue to make record profits, food prices rise, and in so many ways the world continues to operate in a “business as usual” way, albeit at a higher and higher cost that is unbearable for many. But, is it?

Environmental 111

Environmental Culture Food Values 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This series— Ending Work Requirements — based on a report by the Maven Collaborative, the Center for Social Policy, and Ife Finch Floyd, will explore the truth behind work requirements. But where did they come from, and why are they still a central part of economic policy today?

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 126

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

He received his Master of Public Administration from Auburn University and his Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Mass Communications from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. Collaboration is an important factor, and the pandemic definitely forced me to do that.

Management 84

Management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 84

Nonprofit Megaphone

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Agriculture. The American Farmland Trust protects agricultural land, promotes environmentally sound farming practices, and helps farmers continue to grow food for us all. These gifts would be perfect for a loved one passionate about sustainable farming, growing food, and farmer appreciation. American Farmland Trust.

Children 105

Children Environmental Nonprofits Agriculture 105

Candid

JUNE 27, 2024

Women are disproportionately affected in areas including health care, sustainable agriculture, forced displacement, economic development, literacy, democracy, and mass incarceration While efforts that ignore gender will be limited in effectiveness, those that address gender likely will have ripple effects into other areas.

Agriculture 52

Agriculture Poverty Health Leadership 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Moreover, some debtors may be concerned that debt-for-climate swaps will have negative social or economic impacts, such as displacing people from certain occupations, undermining food security or industrial development, or encouraging more borrowing or environmental degradation in anticipation of future swaps.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

Before the pandemic La Cocina ran a multi-year incubator program to train low and very low-income entrepreneurs to run their own food businesses. If we did everything we wanted to do, had an unlimited amount of time, money and collaboration with other partners. La cocina means kitchen, the kitchen in Spanish.

Nonprofit governance and management 124

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Energy Public and Nonprofit Management 124

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Daily Expenses Basic necessities like food and transportation are incredibly affordable. Growing Market Nicaragua’s growing economy presents opportunities in various sectors, from tourism to agriculture. The Low Cost of Living Another major advantage of relocating to Nicaragua is the low cost of living.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Children Education Education 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

And then after the Penobscot project, it helped us in Maine to say, “Let this be the beginning, not the end, of our collaboration.” And Gabriela, the Sewall Foundation has really encouraged the conservation community’s effort to do our own learning through the First Light collaboration. 12 That guides all our work.

Nonprofit governance and management 103

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

How do we encourage greater cooperation and collaboration in what can feel like an increasingly divisive world? The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics. In-Person Workshop: Curious Conversations.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

They support organizations that are leaders in what they do, demonstrate innovation, and align and collaborate with others to achieve workable solutions to community issues. These opportunities are the first steps towards meaningful school food transformations, which will grow a healthier generation.”. Areas served: Worldwide.

Education 110

Education Education Children Public and Nonprofit Management 110

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Food changes into blood, blood into cells, cells change into energy which changes up into life. food is life. This work we’re doing in food culture is ultimately healing work. it’s only the seeds, and the land, and the food, that have the capacity to take that grief, and to metabolize and digest it.

Food 139

Food Culture Agriculture Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

By Nessa Richman What will it take to create systems change in our food system? Because of food’s centrality to how we all live—a centrality which produces complex relationships and interconnections across multiple scales—our food system is difficult to transform. Talking about “systems” can be very abstract.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

The UN has called for radically new forms of collaboration through its Pact for the Future , a groundbreaking pledge to open a new beginning in multilateralism and a new kind of international cooperation in an effort to stave off tipping into a future of persistent crisis and breakdown.

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

Food 125

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. When families lack the income for food, transport, school fees, uniforms, and essentials like menstrual products, girls are the first to drop out of school.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 130

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Girls get taken out of school to care for siblings and/or help with locating food and water, disrupting their education and future opportunities. 9 Furthermore, the impacts of climate change on food security, such as higher rates of anemia, disproportionately affect adolescent girls, further exacerbating educational disruptions.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 128

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 10, 2025

1 There we were taught the latest agricultural, home economic, and family health technologies that had almost no relevance to the agroecological and climate zones we lived in or the health problems that our people faced. 2 The facilities available to my relatives in eastern Oklahoma have been noted as offenders.

Technology 90

Technology Health Nonprofit Administration and Development Universities 90

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This effort focuses on the Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being and shared stewardship —a collaborative, power-sharing approach to improving health and wellbeing. Urgent services include everything from urgent care clinics to food pantries and homeless shelters, or services needed following a shock like a natural disaster or pandemic.

Health 89

Health Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 89

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nonprofits would be trusted to hire the right consultants and form partnerships that are collaborative and generative toward their racial and economic justice goals. For example, housing organizations lobby for housing funding, food pantries lobby for food programs, and so on. Farms, especially small farms, were failing.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By Jen Astone & Daniel Moss We already know how to invest in the kind of equitable and sustainable food systems that can build climate resilience. By emphasizing a global food economy and export value chains that reinforce fossil-fuel dependence, local and publicly managed markets get overlooked.

Agriculture 116

Agriculture Food Finance Governance 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In fact, the Global South is where some of the most stunning, large-scale success stories in alternative ownership have played out, particularly in the agri-food sector. Meanwhile, one of Indias top consumer food brands, Amul, belongs to the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).

Governance 71

Governance Public and Social Policy Production Finance 71

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“In cities like Richmond, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, which had experienced ‘food apartheid,’ the need for locally grown, healthy food supported the rise of urban farms that employed returning citizens. May the work of our movements serve to reimagine ways to govern and steward capital.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

We believe that the world that our planet and everyday people need is often within reach, waiting for us to take hold, take root, take action and to re-shape our everyday lives through radical collaboration, collective activism and a world of care. And we’ll also hear from Amaha Selassie of Gem City , a food cooperative in Dayton, Ohio.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Food Nonprofit governance and management 102