About the Food Systems Leadership Network:
The Food Systems Leadership Network (FSLN) is a national peer learning community that connects current and emerging leaders, strengthens individual and collective leadership capacity, and fosters collaboration across communities. The goal of the network is to accelerate the realization of a just, equitable, and sustainable food system that generates good food, health, and opportunity for all.
We heard from two individuals who work at the FSLN, Susan Schempf, and Andrew Carberry. They informed us about the network and what they do to engage programs, leaders, organizations and businesses to work more effectively together.
Links to other information:
https://www.extension.iastate.edu/ffed/cfs/
https://winrock.org/join-us/volunteer/about-farmer-to-farmer/
Policy and Advocacy for Food Systems Change: A Conversation with Seasoned Leaders
Access resources compiled by the Wallace Center over the years to help you write successful USDA-LAMP Grant proposals (think budget template, tips from reviewers, and more)
Explore the Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit, developed by a group of Black food systems leaders and experts to help market operators operationalize anti-racism into their markets
Watch the “Connecting Farmers and Food Banks for Community Food Security” webinar from Feeding America and the Wallace Center
Attend the “Narratives of Wholeness” training with FSLN member Lindsey Lunsford and Tiffani Rozier to learn how to reclaim the deeper narratives that shape our understanding of food and its power.
Participate in Food Solutions New England’s 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge (PS. you don’t need to be in New England to participate!)
Become a Grant Reviewer for USDA’s 2022 LAMP Grant Program applications. Non-federal reviewers will be compensated.
Apply for the Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit and/or the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Policy Leadership Program