Leadership Circle Meetings are open to all members of NAFSN throughout 2025.
During the one-hour monthly meeting, NAFSN Leadership members review and discuss the organization's monthly leadership report. Led by Natalie Cruz, Co-Director of NAFSN, the group makes time at the beginning of each meeting for new members to briefly introduce themselves to the group. more info...
The ACRE Community of Practice meets quarterly to provide ACRE Facilitators with an opportunity to network and learn best practices from each other. more info...
Are you interested in becoming a trained food systems facilitator?
Or, are you looking for an affordable & practical professional development opportunity for your staff with lasting impact?
Join us for a free Information Session on ACRE.
AgriCluster Resilience and Expansion - or ACRE for short - is a professionally-facilitated strategic planning process to help groups of farmers, especially those in value-chains, work together and compete more effectively.
The ACRE Facilitator Training program provides instruction specifically designed for food and agriculture systems professionals to facilitate and guide the ACRE Process with farmers and other community stakeholders in the values-based development of more resilient food value chains.
In the ACRE Information Session, you'll learn about the training course, and the community of practice employing ACRE in their food/ag communities.
Leadership Circle Meetings are open to all members of NAFSN throughout 2025. During the one-hour monthly meeting, NAFSN Leadership members review and discuss the organization's monthly leadership report. Led by Natalie Cruz, Co-Director of NAFSN, the group makes time at the beginning of each meeting for new members to briefly introduce themselves to the group. more info...
Are you an emerging food systems professional? Are you in career transition, seeking a job in community food work?
This series is for you!
Finding Your Future in Food Systems providesparticipants with connections and insights to help them identify next steps for their careers.
The series includes speakers from a wide variety of sectors within the food systems profession: policy & advocacy, market development, food access initiatives, value chain development, education, and farming, both urban and rural.
The series features speakers from job-creating organizations, agencies, and businesses, some working locally in their communities, others with national and international scope. Produced by college students for college students and other emerging professionals.
Featured speakers for this session on Wed, October 8, 2025:
Michele Thorne, Good Meat Project (sustainable meats advocacy & farming)
Emily Reno, Mezclada (food systems podcasting & consulting)
Melissa Terry, University of Arkansas (food policy research)
The North American Food Systems Network has released CARAT as a free, open-access resource.
The Community & Agriculture Resilience Audit Tool (CARAT) helps community stakeholders assess how they currently utilize the assets of their local food system to achieve a substantial level of community resilience.
CARAT measures the resources within a food system via 101 indicators to determine possible next steps to increase community resiliency and food sovereignty.
To learn more, please consider attending one of our CARAT Informational Sessions.
