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Food Hubs at the Center: Coordinating Markets to Support Farmers and Feed Communities
Ensuring access to healthy food in communities takes not just one market, but an entire network of access points. From grocery and corner stores to farmers markets, restaurants, food banks, and institutions like schools and hospitals, different markets serve different members of the community and have different needs in terms of the type, volume, packaging, and timing of food needed. Read More

Food Systems Leadership Network Transition Announcement
We’re excited to share an important update on the future of the Wallace Center. This summer, the Food Systems Leadership Network (FSLN) will become an independent organization after years of being a program of the Wallace Center.  Read More

SOWTH 2025 Conference and the importance of collective impact
In early February, Wallace Center’s Juan Quinonez Zepeda and Susan Lightfoot Schempf attended the inaugural SOWTH conference in Atlanta. Hosted by Georgia Organics and chaired by Wallace Center Advisor Brennan Washington, the SOWTH conference welcomed farmers, ranchers, and food systems stakeholders from across the Southeast to connect, learn, and work Read More

Fall 2024 – Updates from the Wallace Center
We hope this update finds you and your loved ones healthy and safe. We're especially thinking of those of you who have been impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. In response to these storms that have devastated farming equipment, crops, and livelihoods, our partner, Rural Advancement Foundation International- USA (RAFI-USA), established the Hurricane Farmer Relief Fund to provide immediate, on-the-ground assistance to farmers. All donations will go directly to support farmers impacted. Read More

Summer 2024 – Updates from the Wallace Center
Last month, the Wallace Center team got some much-needed time together and spent a week along the banks of the Illinois River at Pere Marquette State Park. Besides enjoying time to connect as a team, we made plans for the rest of the year--including laying the groundwork for strategic planning this fall that will guide the Wallace Center's agriculture and food systems strategy in the years ahead. Read More

Melony Edwards – Reflections on her time at the Wallace Center
After two years with the Wallace Center, our colleague Melony Edwards is moving on to pursue her dream of attending graduate school. Melony is one of a handful of community leaders across the nation to be accepted into the National Urban Fellows Program, a competitive, 14-month leadership accelerator. Read More

Spring 2024 – Updates from the Wallace Center
Read how we're supporting changemakers around the country to implement equitable programs that support their communities. Read More

Wallace Center announces recipients of Farmer Conservation Leader Subaward Program
Learn about the nine subawardee organizations looking to enact change in their communities through the Farmer Conservation Leaders Subaward Program. Read More

Catch Up on our Grazing Work
Our team at the Wallace Center has been hard at work on a number of grazing resources and tools – including a new podcast – and we’re excited to finally share them with you! We hope you will find the materials below useful to your work – whether you’re a land manager, an experienced grazier, or newly grazing curious. Read More

Elizabeth Atwell and Ellie Bomstein – Reflections on their time with the Wallace Center
After seven years with the Wallace Center, our colleagues, Elizabeth Atwell and Ellie Bomstein are moving on and starting an exciting new food systems venture together! Read their reflections here. Read More