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Willful Wildflowers: journeys and dreams from food systems leaders
Since 2018, the Wallace Center's Food Systems Leadership Network has connected food systems leaders across the country in their united mission to build more equitable and just food systems. This storybook highlights the journeys of some of these leaders that we have had the honor of building relationships with through the network. Read More

Wallace Center wins $3M from U.S. EPA to invest in Mississippi River farm organizations
Wallace Center at Winrock International will implement a $3M cooperative agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to design and manage a collaborative regranting program for farm organizations supporting underserved farmers in the Upper and Lower Mississippi River basins. Read More

Summer Updates from the Wallace Center
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 Plan, and the work highlighted here illustrates how we’re advancing the Center’s two overarching goals. Read More

Food Systems Leadership Network 2022 Vision and Strategy Gathering Recap
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, sensemaking, and dreaming about the future of the network. And wow, what a week it was! Read More

Wallace Center Wins USDA LFPP Grant to Strengthen Farm to Food Assistance Value Chains
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. Read More

Wallace Center’s Strategic Plan
The Wallace Center's 2021-2023 Strategic Plan presents our renewed purpose and our vision for becoming a more effective vehicle for transformational change. As we near our 40th anniversary, this roadmap sets a clear direction for our work and will guide how we work in pursuit of more equitable and resilient farming and food systems. Read More

Food Systems Response & Recovery in the wake of Hurricane Ida
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 she saw happening on the ground from her perspective as a New Orleans resident. Read More

Wallace Center’s 2020 Impact Report
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 service, demonstrated last year amid COVID-19. Read More

Launch of New Food Systems Practitioner and Educational Resource Database
The Wallace Center, along with eight organizations, has helped develop a national database for food practitioners to connect with others in their geographic area. Led by Iowa State University, this project is supported by a cooperative agreement between the Farm, Food and Enterprise Development program of ISU Extension and Outreach and the USDA’s AMS. Read More

USDA’s Local Agriculture Market Program Releases $92 Million in Funding
This year, USDA grants that support local and regional food systems have received a huge boost in funding through COVID relief bills. The USDA has made $92 million available in grant funding through these grant opportunities--nearly triple the amount that was available last year. Read More