Croatan Institute

As we watch conversations evolve at #COP29 this week, one thing remains clear: it all starts locally. ? Family farmers are responsible for over 80% of the world’s #food supply, yet they receive merely 0.3% of international climate funding. Our 10th anniversary celebration on December 4th at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA, is a tribute to #local farms, place-based #investments, and a recognition of our organization’s ability to consistently deliver tangible #climate victories over the past decade. RSVP by Nov. 25 to share?food and drinks?with us at an intimate reception starting at 6:00 PM with close partners and allies, followed by a #community screening of?two films?starting at 7:30 PM: https://lnkd.in/guHBqVcc Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), Patagonia, Waverley Street Foundation, Masika Henson, LEED GA, MSc., VATHEUER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC, HEAL Food Alliance, Boston Ujima Project, New Economy Coalition, Trillium Asset Management, TS Designs, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture #esg #farmer #movie #film #documentary #fund

As we watch conversations evolve at #COP29 this week, one thing remains clear: it all starts locally. ? Family farmers are responsible for over 80% of the world’s #food supply, yet they receive merely 0.3% of international climate funding. Our 10th anniversary celebration on December 4th at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA, is a tribute to #local farms, place-based #investments, and a recognition of our organization’s ability to consistently deliver tangible #climate victories over the past decade. RSVP by Nov. 25 to share?food and drinks?with us at an intimate reception starting at 6:00 PM with close partners and allies, followed by a #community screening of?two films?starting at 7:30 PM: https://lnkd.in/guHBqVcc Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), Patagonia, Waverley Street Foundation, Masika Henson, LEED GA, MSc., VATHEUER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC, HEAL Food Alliance, Boston Ujima Project, New Economy Coalition, Trillium Asset Management, TS Designs, Funders for Regenerative Agriculture #esg #farmer #movie #film #documentary #fund

Meet the ? Special Guest Panelists ? at our film premier on December 4! Co-producer of the "Digging In" documentary (plus narrator of our "Soil Wealth" film) and Croatan Institute Board member Masika Henson, LEED GA, MSc. will join our newest Board Member Lisa Woll alongside Board Member William J. Barber III, co-founder Joshua Humphreys, and program director Sharlene Brown in a panel on the films and the role Croatan Institute has played in accelerating capital flows into #food, #fiber, and #forest value chains to create change over the past decade. RSVP now (limited spots!) and learn more about the event here:? https://lnkd.in/guHBqVcc Sarah Ebe, Patagonia, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), Maggie Smith-Mosley, Holly E.,?Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, Gerardo Espinoza, David Sand, Zara Anna Aspenson, MPH, Christi Electris #film #documentary #anniversary #climate #action #event

?? We are premiering our FIRST ever short film produced by our team with support from Patagonia and Waverley Street Foundation titled?"Soil Wealth: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture."?RSVP by November 25 to our community screening on December 4 in Brookline, MA (free, sliding-scale tickets available): https://lnkd.in/guHBqVcc ?? We will also be screening the new documentary?Digging In?produced by?Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), focused on the US agricultural system and who controls our food and farmers. ?? Thanks to the support of?Climate Action Brookline and Trillium Asset Management, we are able to open the film screenings to our local community. ??? Get tickets now to enter a giveaway featuring farm-to-fiber apparel by TS Designs, regenerative food products from our partners, and more! Solid State Clothing, Know Your Clothing, Eric Henry, Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, Blair Bean, Skya Ducheneaux, Akiptan, Inc, Dirt Capital Partners, Martin Lemos, Esther Park, Cienega Capital, David Sand, Community Capital Management, LLC, Foodshed Capital, Michael Reilly, Lisa Woll, Masika Henson, LEED GA, MSc., William J. Barber III, Freedmen Heirs Foundation, Joshua Humphreys, James Smith, Jaime Silverstein, Christi Electris, Sharlene Brown

?? We are premiering our FIRST ever short film produced by our team with support from Patagonia and Waverley Street Foundation titled?"Soil Wealth: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture."?RSVP by November 25 to our community screening on December 4 in Brookline, MA (free, sliding-scale tickets available): https://lnkd.in/guHBqVcc ?? We will also be screening the new documentary?Digging In?produced by?Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), focused on the US agricultural system and who controls our food and farmers. ?? Thanks to the support of?Climate Action Brookline and Trillium Asset Management, we are able to open the film screenings to our local community. ??? Get tickets now to enter a giveaway featuring farm-to-fiber apparel by TS Designs, regenerative food products from our partners, and more! Solid State Clothing, Know Your Clothing, Eric Henry, Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, Blair Bean, Skya Ducheneaux, Akiptan, Inc, Dirt Capital Partners, Martin Lemos, Esther Park, Cienega Capital, David Sand, Community Capital Management, LLC, Foodshed Capital, Michael Reilly, Lisa Woll, Masika Henson, LEED GA, MSc., William J. Barber III, Freedmen Heirs Foundation, Joshua Humphreys, James Smith, Jaime Silverstein, Christi Electris, Sharlene Brown

In the coming years, we must rely on each other and creative #finance to support our #farmers and communities. Here's 4 ways to invest in emerging artisan grain chains in the Midwest: 1?? Invest in the cost of relationship building? 2?? Provide risk-tolerant capital 3?? Support alternative business models, like cooperatives 4?? Invest in place Dig into our latest report in collaboration with Artisan Grain Collaborative to unpack innovative mechanisms to make capital more accessible: https://lnkd.in/gA_2rA4j Chicago Region Food System Fund, Lolita Nunn, Potlikker Capital, Mad Capital, Proofing Station, Cortney Renton, Joshua Humphreys, Zara Anna Aspenson, MPH, Dorothy Suput, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, The Good Food Catalyst, Shelby Parchman, Meadowlark Organics, Foodshed Capital, Cairnspring Mills, FAIR FOOD FUND #grain #artisan #midwest #growth #capital #invest #philanthropy #supplychain #valuechain #foodsystem #agriculture #regenerative #innovation #cooperative #business #resilience #climate #action #community #access

??We’re celebrating Croatan Institute’s 10 Year Anniversary at the historic Coolidge Corner Theatre on December 4 in Brookline, MA! ?? Join us for two special short #film screenings, a lively panel discussion, and a night of connecting with like-minded people advocating for #sustainability, #racial #equity, transformative #finance, and innovative solutions. ?? RSVP now to secure your seat and enter into a raffle drawing for prizes including regenerative products from our partners, farm to fiber apparel, and more: https://lnkd.in/guHBqVcc Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), TS Designs, Solid State Clothing, Know Your Clothing, Eric Henry, Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation, Blair Bean, Skya Ducheneaux, Akiptan, Inc, Dirt Capital Partners, Martin Lemos, Esther Park, Cienega Capital, David Sand, Community Capital Management, LLC, Foodshed Capital, Michael Reilly, Lisa Woll, Masika Henson, LEED GA, MSc., William J. Barber III, Joshua Humphreys, Sharlene Brown, Christi Electris #anniversary #regenerative #agriculture #economy

Join us 12/4 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in #Brookline as we celebrate 10 years of impact! #impinv https://lnkd.in/eayETPrx

Trump won, but it wasn't a landslide, friends, despite what national and international media outlets have repeatedly reported, from a range of perspectives, including USA Today, The Hill, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Telegraph, France 24, the Washington Times, Boston Herald, and Fox News. As of this writing, two nights after the polls closed across the country with a couple states still awaiting official results, Trump has 50.7% of the popular vote and 295 electors. If he wins Arizona and Nevada, as anticipated, he'll wind up with 312 electoral votes to Harris's 226. This comes as little surprise. Presidential races have been relatively evenly split during the first quarter of the 21st century. We've had two two-term presidents from each of the two major parties and two one-term presidents from each major party. Now Trump has won a second term, giving Republicans a slight edge in 21st-century presidential terms. Indeed, the last time we experienced a presidential landslide in US politics was four decades ago, when running the table was a much more recurrent feature of late 20th-century politics, dominated by Republican tickets: Reagan v. Mondale in 1984: 525 electoral votes to 13 Reagan v. Carter in 1980: 489 to 49 Nixon v. McGovern in 1972: 520 to 17 Before the '70s, Democrats were the main beneficiaries of landslide presidential victories: Johnson v. Goldwater in 1964: 486 to 52 Roosevelt v. Landon in 1936: 523 to 8 Before the First World War, landslides were relatively rare: Lincoln v. McClellan in 1864: 212 to 12 (during the Civil War, among only 25 Union states) Jefferson v. Pinckney in 1804: 162 to 14 So let's keep things in historical perspective. Language matters, and it will matter even more over the next four years. IMAGE: A Legitimate Electoral College Landslide: 1980 Presidential Electoral Map, Ronald Reagan v. Jimmy Carter. Reagan won by an electoral order of magnitude, 489 to 49. Although Reagan received a similar popular majority as Trump this year, with 50.7% of the overall popular vote, he won majorities in 44 states and beat Carter by 8.5M votes and nearly 10 percentage points. Independent candidate John Anderson won 6.6% of the popular vote that year but no electoral delegates from any state.

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