NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This article is part of Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. How does a community come together to build community wealth and advance Black food sovereignty? A little over two years ago, Black food advocates came together in Raleigh to form the Black Farmers’ Hub.

Food 116

Food Agriculture Governance Children 116

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 75

Agriculture Food Production Poverty 75

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Instead, they harm people who need the support of public benefits programs, increase poverty, and have negative macroeconomic impacts. Even where work requirements do lead to increases in employment, they mostly keep people in poverty. In some cases, the share of families living in deep poverty increased.

Public and Social Policy 106

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 106

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

This article is the second in the series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. For many Americans, the term rural elicits simplified imagery of people and places—primarily White, living in small towns, focused on agriculture, and impoverished. What do you picture when you think of rural? That’s where I come in.

Poverty 99

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 99

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 95

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 95

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our work has recently become even more critical, supporting community strength and solutions through the challenges of poverty, pandemic, and vandalism. In this community, poverty remains a challenge: 16.4 percent of families live below the poverty line, a poverty rate more than six percentage points higher than Seattle.

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Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 113

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), this destabilization can lead to “cumulative community stress, increases in poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, and forced migration.” In the wake of emergencies like wildfires or floods, people may be forced to move , to leave their communities and support systems.

Health 82

Health Agriculture Children Public and Social Policy 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way.

Production 104

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 104

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

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 97

Finance Governance Philanthropy Health 97

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

EveryAction

MAY 29, 2018

Feeding Wisconsin works with affiliated agencies and 1,000 local food programs throughout the state. Feeding Wisconsin is the state association of the six regional Feeding America food banks that operate in the state of Wisconsin. How does your work with affiliates add to your mission? We’re a one issue organization.

Food 40

Food Agriculture Poverty Associations 40

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 3, 2024

As the New York Times wrote in a different article, “something has clearly snapped in much of the European electorate,” citing continuing anxiety about the Ukraine war, high prices for food and housing—which the United States also faces—and rising concerns over the immigration crisis. Climate action has an image problem.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Energy Law Food 108

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meanwhile, youth activists and organizers continue to be outspoken, recognizing that the climate crisis continues to worsen, exacerbated by such concurring injustices as poverty and wealth inequality, authoritarianism, and genocide. 15 Philanthropy has added fuel to the fire that is saviorism disguised as progress. It was sobering.

Philanthropy 78

Philanthropy Environmental Agriculture Nonprofit governance and management 78

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Center’s Population and Sustainability program works to decrease consumption of climate-intensive energy, food, and goods in the Global North. food industry.” Small farms…accounted for just a quarter of food production in 2017” and “just 10 percent of” dairy specifically. And there was a lot to learn.

Agriculture 73

Agriculture Environmental Food Public and Social Policy 73

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 116

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

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 110

Public and Social Policy Environmental Education Education 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income.

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 122

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2024

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. In 1996, when the law was enacted, 68 percent of families with children living in poverty received welfare; in 2019, it was 19.5

Public and Social Policy 99

Public and Social Policy Poverty Children Law 99

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Often, the very same nonprofit that is advocating for social justice policy may pay its own workers poverty-level wages. The current market economy fails to effectively distribute goods and services to large segments of the population, resulting in poverty and maldistribution of food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and education.

Public and Social Policy 118

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 118

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Three decades later, Bill Clinton signed the Minimum Wage Increase Act, but the tipped minimum wage was excluded from this increase due to pressure from the restaurant industry, locking food servers’ wages in at $2.13 Research shows that in early 2020, line cooks were more likely to die of the virus than healthcare workers.

Law 94

Law Healthcare Agriculture Manufacturing 94

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Not only is it impossible to develop an advanced economy without it, but something as simple as cooking becomes dangerous—many turn to charcoal, wood, agricultural waste, and animal dung as fuel, which all create toxic fumes. The major imports are high-value-added manufacturing products, refined petroleum, and staple foods.

Public and Social Policy 128

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Energy Participation and motivation 128

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 109

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 109

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Initially, Substacks primarily focused on branding, organization, and food, but the platform’s political content has grown, and now there are many notable political Substacks. You can also find his podcast and course on wealth and poverty here. Many people regularly post on Substack. Why should you read them?

Communication 102

Communication Nonprofits Food Health 102

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Poverty, debt, and inequality are crucial to me. Typically, we say that the American Dream ideology individualizes and pathologizes poverty. This man has to ward off the specter of elder poverty by becoming a landlord. It’s captured by big agriculture, oil, or gas companies.

Manufacturing 140

Manufacturing Public and Social Policy Psychology Poverty 140