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\u201cAmerica is not a pile of goods\u2026 America is a dream of greater justice and opportunity for the average man and, if we can not obtain it, all our other achievements amount to nothing.\u201d \u2015 Eleanor Roosevelt<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”20px” background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/cows_small.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n \u201cEcological agriculture allows us to make peace with the earth, soil and the society.\u201d \u2015 Vandana Shiva<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”20px” background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/bee.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, \u2026 you cannot separate the land from the water, or the people from the land. \u2015 Lynn Noel<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”20px” background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Yellowshirt.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n The 21st Century will be the era of nurture capital, built around principles of carrying capacity, care of the commons, sense of place and non-violence. \u2015 Slow Money Principle III.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”20px” background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ladies.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n \u201cWhen people, land, and community are as one, all three members prosper; when they relate not as members but as competing interests, all three are exploited. \u2026\u201d \u2015 The Land Institute<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide use_text_overlay=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” body_font_size=”20px” background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6_small.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life.” \u2015 Wendell Berry<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_fullwidth_slider][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Features” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFCC” custom_padding=”||15px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1400px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Grants 2024″ content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|800|||||||” header_font_size=”30px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1400px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”American Friends Services Committee” url=”https:\/\/afsc.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Philadelphia, PA [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Berkshire Adventures” url=”https:\/\/www.berkshireagventures.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Great Barrington, MA [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Chef Empowerment” url=”https:\/\/chefempowerment.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Gainesville, FL [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1400px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”CISA” url=”https:\/\/www.buylocalfood.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n So. Deerfield, MA [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”CISA” url=”https:\/\/www.buylocalfood.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n So. Deerfield, MA [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”The Cornucopia Project” url=”https:\/\/cornucopiaproject.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Perterborough, NH [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Cultural Arts Coalition” url=”http:\/\/www.culturalartscoalition.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Gainesville, FL [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Cultural Arts Coalition” url=”http:\/\/www.culturalartscoalition.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Gainesville, FL [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1400px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Farm to Table” url=”https:\/\/farmtotablenm.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Santa Fe, NM [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Fibershed” url=”https:\/\/fibershed.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n San Geronimo, CA [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1400px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ 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_builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Denver, CO [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”1400px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Positive Futures Network” url=”https:\/\/www.yesmagazine.org\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”http:\/\/lydiabstokesfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ngo-icon-01.png” icon_placement=”left” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Montserrat|700|||||||” header_font_size=”21px” body_font=”Montserrat||||||||” body_font_size=”16px” width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Bainbridge Island, WA 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$10,000
Project:<\/strong> General Operations New Mexico People of the Land.<\/p>\n
$2,500
Project:<\/strong> Sponsorship for Climate Adaptation Workshop.<\/p>\n
$20,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating support for a pilot youth internship program for farm to table culinary learning.<\/p>\n
$33,333
Project:<\/strong> Growing Resilience Fund.<\/p>\n
$12,500
Project:<\/strong> To support the continued effort to provide local, sustainable food and food system infrastructure improvements and diversity in Hampden and Hampshire Counties in Massachusetts, including increasing SNAP opportunities.<\/p>\n
$5,000
Project:<\/strong> To support the work-study positions of the high school students at the farm.<\/p>\n
$6,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating support for the Cultural Arts Coalition Science Academy and Gardening Programs, the transport van and science bus administrative costs, and bookkeeping and payroll services.<\/p>\n
$7,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating support for the Cultural Arts Coalition transport van and science bus administrative and repair costs.<\/p>\n
$20,000
Project:<\/strong> General operations.<\/p>\n
$15,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General support for continued development of regional fiber systems through co development of leadership and affilitate capacity to implement equity centered values and principles.<\/p>\n
$30,000
Project:<\/strong> Food Bank No Till Farm Operating Support<\/p>\n
$76,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General operating support for operating expenses to cover the addition of an ED position for the first year.<\/p>\n
$35,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating support for operating expenses of Working Food programs.<\/p>\n
$25,000
Project:<\/strong> To support the funding of a new Community based loan fund in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
$10,000
Project:<\/strong> General Operating with focus on volunteer workforce training.<\/p>\n
$20,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General operating support for the Greater Duval Neighborhood Association administrative expenses necessary to build and expand programs for youth and seniors in the Duval Neighborhood.<\/p>\n
$7,500
Project:<\/strong> General operating support.<\/p>\n
$333,333
Project:<\/strong> Development of Food Is Medicine Northeast Food Project.<\/p>\n
$25,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General support for the Farm Bill Impact Fund fellowship program, coalition building, and general support for young farmers to address key issues of land access that protect land and conserve water, and address climate resilience.<\/p>\n
$40,000
Project:<\/strong>\u00a0 General Operating grant to provide continued support for the local food producers and distributors of New Mexico\u2019s state\u2010wide food
system.<\/p>\n
$20,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating grant to support the healthcare and educational support that PPRM provides to its patients and the general public.<\/p>\n
$14,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating support.<\/p>\n
$10,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General operating support for development of educational programming within the Resilience Institute and Community Resilience Framework for further development of educational content and communications for navigating the Great Unraveling.<\/p>\n
$15,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General operating support for the Coalition’s community outreach and education efforts, their various programs including those promoting regenerative agriculture, soil carbon sequestration, and apprenticeships for new farmers, ranchers, and First Nations members.<\/p>\n
$5,000
Project:<\/strong> Sponsor 2024 Regenerate Conference.<\/p>\n
$35,000
Project:<\/strong> General support for continued expansion of the CWC\u2019s organizational capacity and core operations (energy surveys, energy upgrades, training, recruitment, and outreach) as they undertake an ambitious agenda implementing their Best Practices Manual, continuing research on effective energy efficiency measures and partnering with IFAS extension for county and state-wide outreach.<\/p>\n
<\/span>$10,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General support for curriculum and operational expenses for initiatives of the Rian Fried Center that support agroecology, ecological thinking and action in the realm of sustainable agriculture and food systems.<\/p>\n
$80,000
Project:<\/strong> General operating support for capacity building and the Courage to Lead Campaign.<\/p>\n
$250,000
Project:<\/strong> Project: General operating funding to advance policies and practices that will increase the health and biological diversity of working lands across the West.<\/p>\n
$5,000
Project:<\/strong> The Peoples Medicine Project Volunteer Coordinator Position.<\/p>\n