Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative Events
Join secular and faith-based leaders advancing food security, community resiliency and sustainable agriculture! Our focus this year is Faith Community Assets to Respond to Food Needs During Natural Disaster.
Build your congregation’s capacity to respond during future floods and fires.
- Interactive workshop sessions with local and national speakers
- Tour congregations that put their facilities to work during recent disasters
- Network opportunities with collaborative dialogue
- Delicious locally sourced lunch and dinner
No one turned away for lack of funds
Questions? Email: [email protected] Call 707-634-4672
SAVE THE DATE!
National Faithlands Conference!
Methodist Theological Seminary of Ohio, August 6-8, 2024
Join leaders from around the country looking at how to facilitate access to faith community owned lands for agricultural production!
SOME OF OUR RECENT EVENTS:
Thank you to the 100+ attendees of the 9th Annual Faith, Food, and Farms Conference!
Sonoma & Marin County Farms & Gardens on Faith Community Land Focus Group February 15
Faith leaders from Sonoma and Marin County convened for a focus group on farms and gardens on faith community land. We welcomed congregational representatives to the farm next to Christ Church United Methodist in Santa Rosa at 10:00 am February 15 for a tour and discussion of challenges and successes faith groups encounter when running a farm or garden on faith-community land.
North Bay Food and Farms Forum September 8th, 2023, Petaluma
The progressive food and agricultural community gathered to get to know the two candidates for the 12th District state assembly seat, Sara Aminzadeh and Damon Connolly- in this non-partisan, educational forum, which provided an opportunity to educate the candidates on important policy issue that directly impact our local farms, food system, farm workers, land, water, environment and communities.
EVENT CO-SPONSORS:
– Community Alliance with Family Farmers
– Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative
– Roots of Change
– Agricultural Institute of Marin
– California Food & Farming Network
– North Bay Jobs with Justice
– Agricultural Community Events
– Lideres Campesinas
– Marin Food Policy Council
– Sonoma County Food System Alliance
Accessing USDA Cash Assistance After Fires, Drought, and Winter Storms (a free short-course for farmers at EcoFarm Conference): March 9, 10:00am-12:00pm
Fires, drought, and winter storms can deliver a crushing blow to a small-scale farm or ranch. The USDA has a variety of programs to help farmers cover their losses, but what does it take to access these? Many farmers are ‘leaving money on the table’ because they are not aware of programs that can help them, or the application process seems too difficult or confusing. This short course will give farmers and ranchers the “ins and outs” of 4 key USDA programs that you may qualify for today, or may want to access in the future. The programs we’ll discuss include: a) Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey, Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP); b) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP): and c) Livestock Forage Program (LFP). The workshop will include 3 parts: panelist presentations; questions and answers; and then a 90-minute ‘clinic’ with one-on-one support for individuals preparing applications. Speakers include two USDA experts who will be available to answer detailed, specific questions. Feel free to reach out to the Interfaith Food team either by phone or email.
Green the Church (Co-sponsored by Interfaith Food), 2021 Virtual Summit: October 10-13
“Green Lessons from Black Wall Street: Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy and Equity.”
COVID Safe Serving Practices Workshop: February 3, 2021
Promoting Pandemic EBT Workshop: March 3, 2021
Halal and Kosher- Exploring Options for Relationships with Local Small Livestock Producers Virtual Workshop: March 14, 2021
Interfaith Food, 8th Annual Faith, Food, and Farms 2021 Conference: August 25, 2021
National Faithlands Gathering: August 25-27, 2021
Faith, Food and Farms Conference, Where Do We Go From Here? October 21, 2021
Annual Conference Recap and follow-up event.
How to Get COVID Relief Farmers Assistance $’s-Webinar: October 4, 2021
For farmers affected by the pandemic looking for USDA assistance.
Events from partner organizations
Soil Not Oil Gathering Sept. 17th, 2023 @ 9AM Farmers, environmental activists, and farmworker organizations came together to found the Soil Not Oil Conference in 2015. Our main focus is to educate about soil solutions to climate change by highlighting the importance of agro-ecological and Organic farming practices, as well as addressing and supporting environmental justice at all levels.