Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These communities lack access to health care , struggle with food insecurity and water scarcity , and generally have difficulty meeting basic needs. The program is now starting to provide access to financing, as well as health services in countries such as Indonesia and Mexico, including guidance on self-care, nutrition, and family planning.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 11, 2025

Green Your Detox: Eco-Conscious Foods and Habits for a Clean Liver Detoxifying the liver is essential for maintaining overall health, as this organ plays a crucial role in filtering toxins from the body, processing nutrients, and supporting metabolic functions. But did you know that you can support liver health in an eco-conscious way?

Food 52

Food Agriculture Environmental Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One strategy for achieving that vision is to support urban agriculture and community agency, giving people the chance to produce their own food. Advancing urban agriculture in Camden. VF enables large-scale agricultural production in environments where space and soil are limited. Food Justice Innovation Hub.

Food 145

Food Agriculture Poverty Public and Social Policy 145

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 118

Health Agriculture Energy Nonprofit governance and management 118

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 25, 2010

Not long ago I even pitched them on a health-related cause marketing program for my charity. But they’ve stayed true to their values and focused on the environment and local agricultural and husbandry. Hannaford is a good-size grocer here in New England and could partner with any cause they wanted.

Marketing 180

Marketing Marketing Agriculture Health 180

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Landmark labor protections like the Social Security Act of 1935 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 offered unemployment insurance, retirement security, and a minimum wage but excluded domestic workers and agricultural laborers—the majority of whom were Black, Latinx, and immigrant workers.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Poverty Governance 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

CLARIFI has so far committed $14 million in direct funding to 88 projects led by rightsholder organizations working to limit deforestation on lands often in the crosshairs of the mining, agriculture, and timber industries. billion for this work over five years to consolidate otherwise fragmented financing streams.

Public and Social Policy 111

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Finance Collaborations 111

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

Each fund is unique.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

14 However, human activities such as burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, landfills, toxic agricultural practices, and transportation have increased the natural rate of these gases in the atmosphere. According to NASA, the average surface temperature of Earth “was about 2.45 degrees Fahrenheit (or about 1.36 degrees Fahrenheit (1.30

Race and Ethnicity 110

Race and Ethnicity Environmental Education Education 110

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Why it’s on the list: Most large supermarket chains focus on health-related causes. 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. Program: Purple with a Purpose.

Marketing 260

Marketing Marketing Food Agriculture 260

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In this way, grassroots strategies multi-solve : not only drawing down emissions, but also building equity, resilience, and planetary health in the process. This set off a chain of reactions that ended up greatly exacerbating public health problems in the region, including the sylvatic plague and typhus. Quantity over quality.

Agriculture 128

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 128

Blue Avocado

MARCH 11, 2025

We would love to qualify for funding for education, agriculture, electricity, fresh water, and jobs creation. Kelly Boyett from Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange Expanding access to mental health resources, counseling, and crisis intervention. Help us help the world.

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Healthcare Agriculture 52

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 Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 14, 2023

How Biostimulants Are Enhancing Crop Health in Farming Biostimulants offer a promising, sustainable solution for enhancing crop health in modern agriculture. In recent years, a rapidly evolving farming methodology is drawing attention in the realm of modern agriculture: the use of biostimulants to enhance crop health.

Health 52

Health Agriculture Food Production 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Social enterprises focusing on health equity can leverage these capabilities to improve access to care in regions with limited medical infrastructure. This not only boosts agricultural productivity but also minimizes resource waste.

Social Enterprise 52

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Disaster Relief Agriculture 52

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 126

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 126

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. This is not insignificant.

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

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 105

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This exclusion had consequences not just for the posterity of Black families, but for Black health. 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.

Food 132

Food Agriculture Environmental Governance 132

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 121

Finance Agriculture Governance Non-Profits 121

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 15, 2024

Three goals that stand out with especially strong potential to be transformed by AI are SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 4 (Quality Education), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). As such, this series focuses on how AI-powered nonprofits are transforming the climate, health care, and education sectors.

Curriculum and Teaching 144

Curriculum and Teaching Health Education Education 144

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 26, 2023

In this Remaking the Economy webinar, participants discussed the many interconnections between food sovereignty, racial and economic justice, health justice, climate justice, and community building. How can urban agriculture not only promote healthy food but further community agency and economic self-sufficiency?

Food 118

Food Agriculture Philanthropy Culture 118

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

The rapid decline of Black and Indigenous land stewardship has devastated our capacity to grow and harvest our own food, which has contributed to a lack of access to healthy, affordable, culturally significant foods, and other negative health disparities (including mental, emotional, and spiritual health).

Finance 138

Finance Food Agriculture Governance 138

Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I providing training in agriculture and health! Each bag of coffee makes a difference, and together we are investing in the lives of real people to make a lasting change in the quality of their future. Yes, the second paragraph is one impossibly long sentence. But what a sentence! I am helping women and children eat better.

Agriculture 110

Agriculture Fundraising Fundraising Health 110

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 seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

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 115

Food Education Education Agriculture 115

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

MNA Association

MARCH 22, 2023

Up and Coming – Read the Fine Print SB513 – Revoke Tax Exemption for Health Care Facilities This was just scheduled for hearing and would revoke tax exemption for all nonprofit health care facilities. If you have comments, please let us know. MNA will oppose and we encourage you to reach out to committee members.

Taxation 98

Taxation Agriculture Health Governance 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. The future of Black food sovereignty.

Food 126

Food Agriculture Economic Issues Children 126

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 115

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

Doing so holds the promise for inclusive and sustainable growth for more than half the world’s population.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 145

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

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 3, 2024

Our next 10-year vision, set in 2020, will see us impact 10 million farmers, predominantly through a systems change model that works alongside public, private and NGO actors in key agricultural systems. Sometimes by momentarily slowing down, we can ultimately speed up to achieve our goals.

Finance 119

Finance Philanthropy Governance Health 119

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

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 31, 2023

One article she wrote about education-focused agriculture nonprofit Kahua Paʻa Mua helped open the door for that nonprofit farm to secure a $70,000 grant to fund its youth program for a year. A Long-Term Investment in Rural Health Another critical need is access to healthcare. GMHC is a Black-led, federally qualified health center.

Values 129

Values Poverty Nonprofit Administration and Development Finance 129

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The total giving to date has been consistent with four priorities outlined by Scott in establishing the fund: Education, Equity & Justice, Economic Security & Opportunity, and Health. Comparing 2023 to prior years, giving to health increased, for example, while giving to education and arts and culture decreased.

Race and Ethnicity 95

Race and Ethnicity Philanthropy Education Education 95