News Releases
Summer 2022 – Updates from the Wallace Center
July 22, 2022
July 22, 2022 — We're excited to share a selection of programmatic highlights from our work in the last quarter and some upcoming opportunities. We are just over a year into our 2021-2023 Strategic…
Food Systems Leadership Network 2022 Vision and Strategy Gathering Recap
July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022 — In early June, 75 Food Systems Leadership Network (FSLN) members and partners new and old gathered together along the Molalla River in Canby, Oregon for several days of relationship building,…
Wallace Center Wins USDA LFPP Grant to Strengthen Farm to Food Assistance Value Chains
December 16, 2021
December 16, 2021 — The Wallace Center is excited to announce a $750,000 investment from USDA’s Local Food Promotion Program to build and augment exciting work in community-based food systems across the country. The…
Wallace Center’s Strategic Plan
October 25, 2021
October 25, 2021 — We’re proud to share the Wallace Center’s 2021-2023 Strategic Plan with you. Within these pages, you'll find our renewed purpose and our vision for becoming a more effective vehicle for transformational…
Food Systems Response & Recovery in the wake of Hurricane Ida
September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021 — Susan Lightfoot Schempf, Co-Director of the Wallace Center, reached out to Wallace Center friends and colleagues last week in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida to share a snapshot of what…
Wallace Center’s 2020 Impact Report
September 3, 2021
August 23, 2021 — The Wallace Center is proud to share our 2020 Impact Report. This report highlights the ingenuity, hard work and dedication that we, and more than 25 of our partners in…
Launch of New Food Systems Practitioner and Educational Resource Database
July 22, 2021
July 22, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 revealed the crucial role local food systems can play in community food security. The nation’s food systems practitioners have identified professional development opportunities as a pressing…
USDA’s Local Agriculture Market Program Releases $92 Million in Funding
May 18, 2021
May 18 2021 — This year, USDA grants that support local and regional food systems (Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program and Regional Food System Partnership Program) have received a huge boost in funding…
Announcing Institutional Investment Accelerator Teams
April 21, 2021
Teams from Across the U.S. Working to Use Institutional Investment to Build Community Wealth April 2021 — The Wallace Center is thrilled to announce the six community-based teams participating in our inaugural Institutional Investment…
Wallace Center’s Path to Anti-Racism and Multi-Culturalism
April 16, 2021
April 16, 2021 — A couple of years ago, our team at the Wallace Center undertook an honest assessment of our organization’s history, values, culture, operations, and programs to determine where we landed on…
USDA’s Systems Change Opportunity
March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021 — The local food sector, along with just about everyone else, has learned some valuable lessons from the pandemic. One such learning came from USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program.…
Co-Leadership Transition at the Wallace Center
January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021 — As is true for many of us working through the upheavals of the past weeks and months, the Wallace Center team has been deeply reflecting about how we can best…