Events

Apr 11, 2023 11:30 AM PST Presented by Panta Rhea grantee partner Castanea Fellowship Register in advance to connect over Zoom. This is a funder-only conversation about the Castanea Fellowship and new models for fostering liberatory leadership across food, climate, & justice movements in a time of crisis. Our time together will be equal parts celebration and invitation. Right now, society and the food web on which it depends are hungry for answers to the mounting challenges we face. Castanea's newest chosen fellows, together with their distinguished predecessors represent just the kind of bold, creative, and connected leaders with the vision and collective...

18 February, 2023

February 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST Co-hosted with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement There are numerous ways that philanthropy can support civic engagement that strengthens democracy itself, and can lead to outcomes on specific issues to better serve the public interest. This webinar will showcase the range of activities foundations can embrace to advance civic engagement, and provide insights from funders about ways they have funded civic engagement in the context of food systems policy change.  Presenters: Kristen Cambell, CEO, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement Anna Lappé, Director of Food Sovereignty Fund, Panta Rhea Foundation Esperanza Pallana, Executive Director, Food and Farm Communications Fund This is a free, funder-only...

16 February, 2023

Along with partners at the Health and Environment Funders Network (HEFN) and Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders (SAFSF), Panta Rhea’s Anna Lappé developed and co-hosted a webinar for funders about the role of agrochemicals in the climate crisis and the global movement of civil society partners developing strategies to take on the agrochemicals industry at the intersections of food sovereignty, toxics, climate justice, and human rights. More than 100 funders tuned in to learn from and be the conversation with invited guests, including: Lili Fuhr, Deputy Director, Climate and Energy Program, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Marcia Ishii, Senior Scientist,...

16 November, 2022

Panta Rhea’s Anna Lappé co-hosted a webinar to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. More than 800 people registered to get inspired by advocates, farmers, scientists, and journalists. You can watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKYUbHO3ztc Art by: Maisie Richards, Round Water Design ...

10 October, 2022

Panta Rhea’s Anna Lappé joins colleagues at the Global Alliance for the Future of Food for the launch of The Politics of Knowledge: Understanding the Evidence for Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches, and Indigenous Foodways. The new compendium tackles the dominant questions about evidence that are holding back food systems transformation. Authors unpack the narratives and legacies behind these questions and explore the many ways funders, researchers, and policymakers can take transformative action. Working with 17 contributing teams representing geographic, institutional, sectoral, gender, and racial diversity, the compendium explores the power and politics that shape and infuse understandings of evidence, what counts...

08 December, 2021