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Important Organizational Updates from the Wallace Center
I hope this letter finds you and your loved ones healthy and doing well, during what has been a difficult summer for many. As we enter the second part of 2020, we’d like to share some important organizational updates with all of you. Read More

New Webinar – Food Systems Mapping 101: Tools and Skills
Carolyn Talmadge from Tufts University and Cynthia Caul from Chatham University join Wallace Center staff to share their expertise and introduce you to some tools to help create useful and effective food systems maps. Read More

Wallace Center Condemns Police Brutality
The Wallace Center unequivocally denounces and condemns the brutal murder of George Floyd by several of the members of the Minneapolis Police Department and the trauma it has continuously inflicted on the city’s Black community. Read More

New Webinar – COVID-19 and Small and Mid-Sized Meat Processors
Jessica Roosa from This Old Farm, Rebecca Thistlethwaite from Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network, and Kelly Nuckolls from National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition explore the impact that COVID-19 is having on small and medium sized meat processors, how they're adapting to these challenges, and the changes underway to alleviate pressure and ensure lasting change. Read More

New Webinar – Value Chain Adaptations During COVID-19
Wallace Center is joined by Hallie Casey from the Sustainable Food Center, Molly Riordan from the City of Philadelphia’s Public Health Department and A-dae Briones from the First Nations Development Institute who shared how they are adapting and responding to supply chain disruptions in their communities. Read More

A More Just Vision: Collaborating on the Future of Good Food
John Fisk reflects on the 2020 NGFN conference, COVID-19, and the future of good food. Read More

Wallace Center Launches FSLN COVID-19 Response Group
The Wallace Center recently launched a new national listserv – the Food Systems Leadership Network COVID-19 Response Group. Read More

Call to Action on Food System Disruption by COVID-19
We are farmers, farm workers, food hubs, food processors, food businesses, food business incubators, food justice advocates, farmers market operators, organizers and academics. Together we are working to build a just, equitable and resilient food economy that is accessible to all. Local food systems drive the economy of a place, create community, provide jobs and support public health and environmental sustainability. Read More

Announcing the Second Cohort of Regional Food Economy Fellows
The Wallace Center at Winrock International is pleased to announce its second cohort of Regional Food Economies Fellows which will focus on the emerging practice of Equitable Food Oriented Development. The Fellows include Lorena Andrade of La Mujer Obrera, Mariela Cedeno of Mandela Partners, and Neelam Sharma of Community Services Unlimited. Read More

“Gamechangers Laboratory” Established For Food Leaders to Accelerate Solutions
An extraordinary gift has established the “Gamechangers Laboratory,” a groundbreaking initiative from the Wallace Center at Winrock International. Through collaborations and convenings, the Gamechangers Laboratory will catalyze breakthrough ideas, strategies and innovations in community-based food systems as they expand access to good food. Read More