Record drought decimated the Midwestern food harvest last summer. Superstorm Sandy caught New York and New Jersey off-guard. Climate change isn’t just an abstract, future possibility. It’s our current reality, and we need to be prepared. Here in the Bay Area, we’ve rejected the gloom and doom mentality. Instead, we’re taking proactive steps now to [...]
Water. Ubiquitous for so many of us. We don’t think twice about it until it’s not there. Bay Area residents are fortunate to receive the majority of our drinking water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir. A proposition to shut down the dam signaled far-reaching implications and detrimental effects for all Bay Area residents, especially those [...]
Thursday, February 7, 2012 in the Point Reyes Light, “Swords into food security,” profiles Mr. Walgrave, who will work at the 100-acre Star Route Farms in Bolinas as part of a new project launched by the nonprofit Farmer Veteran Coalition and funded by a $105,000 grant from The San Francisco Foundation.
It is rare when past, present, and future aspirations come together at the same point in time in the arc of history. This week was just that time, as the buzz of climate change and community resilience reached what seems to be a fevered pitch. On Monday’s Presidential Inauguration, Obama devoted a large portion of [...]
Invitation to Farm Tour of Star Route Farms, Bolinas MEDIA TOUR: When: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10am to Noon Where: Star Route Farms 95 Olema Bolinas Road Bolinas, California, 94924 Contact: Helge Hellberg Organic Consultant h2@helgehellberg.com Sara Ying Rounsaville The San Francisco Foundation syk@sff.org (SAN FRANCISCO) – Thursday, January 24, 2013 –Veteran assistance group Farmer [...]
How both slow and fast can a year go by? So many times, reaching for the phone, we went to get your view, your story, your joke of the day. We have had moments in the mountains, in meetings, on a hike, on a bike, on a horse, at a concert or rehearsal and you [...]
In case you missed the news, or happened to be under the covers worried about the election results, rest assured that our water is safe. The Hetch Hetchy Proposition F measure was defeated. 2.6 million people in the Bay Area depend on the Hetch Hetchy system for their drinking water. Water from the Hetch Hetchy [...]
At The San Francisco Foundation we know that the work nonprofits do is critical to ensure that people and communities across the Bay Area can thrive. Listening and learning about the programs and organizations throughout our five-county reach is an important part of our strategy. Understanding what is happening on the ground – in neighborhoods, [...]
Saturday, September 8, 2012 in the San Francisco Chronicle, “Water over the dam,” highlights $100,000 grant made by an anonymous donor through a donor advised fund at The San Francisco Foundation to help defeat Proposition F.
Today, we join The Bay Area Council, SPUR, Alliance for Jobs, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, San Francisco Tomorrow, and many more to actively and publicly oppose Proposition F. This fall, San Francisco voters will be asked to make a choice about their local water and power source that could impact not just the City [...]