5/21/2024
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.
Location: This is a virtual event.
5/28/2024
Sagdrina Jalal of SageD Consulting in Atlanta, GA, will share practical guidance and reality checks for starting and scaling a consultancy. She will focus on ways in which consultants can better serve community-led groups in their power-balancing, action-drive food systems work.
NAFSN will also share news of its forthcoming consultants referral tool.
This webinar is specifically designed to support newcomers in community food systems consultancy, as well as those seeking to scale their existing consultancy work.
Location: This is a virtual event.
6/5/2024
NAFSN's Leadership Circle Meeting is held virtually on the first Wednesday of each month, 12pm-1:30pm ET. All are welcome, including members and those interested in membership. Newcomers will be given the floor during the first part of the meeting to introduce themselves to participants.
At this meeting, a Leadership Monthly Report is shared and includes updates from our four programmatic circles: ACRE, CARAT, COM-FED and PRODUCTIONS.
Please register to receive the link.
Contact kim@foodsystemsnetwork.org with questions or concerns.
Location: This is a virtual event.
6/11/2024
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 in an increasingly complex world.
This event will gather together those who have completed certification in ACRE Facilitator Training as well as those currently enrolled.
At the June 2024 gathering, we will discuss ACRE in practice and we'll talk about good facilitation as a key component of food value chain coordination.
Location: This is a virtual event.
6/13/2024
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 free CARAT Informational Sessions.
Location: This is a virtual event.
7/3/2024
NAFSN's Leadership Circle Meeting is held virtually on the first Wednesday of each month, 12pm-1:30pm ET. All are welcome, including members and those interested in membership. Newcomers will be given the floor during the first part of the meeting to introduce themselves to participants.
At this meeting, a Leadership Monthly Report is shared and includes updates from our four programmatic circles: ACRE, CARAT, COM-FED and PRODUCTIONS.
Please register to receive the link.
Contact kim@foodsystemsnetwork.org with questions or concerns.
Location: This is a virtual event.
7/23/2024
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.
Location: This is a virtual event.
8/14/2024
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.
Location: This is a virtual event.
9/3/2024
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.
Location: This is a virtual event.
10/24/2024
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 free CARAT Informational Sessions.
Location: This is a virtual event.
11/19/2024
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.
Location: This is a virtual event.
12/4/2024
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.
Location: This is a virtual event.