Your impact doubled during Give to the Max!

Only three more days until Give to the Max Day! This year, we’re focusing our Give to the Max contributions on our vital general fund.

SFA’s mission of transforming agriculture one farm at a time is driven by our dedicated team. We maintain a lean operating structure with four core staff members supplemented by role-specific consultants with specialized skill sets.

Our general fund supports our consultant’s work in key behind-the-scenes areas like grant writing, finance and accounting, and membership support. These roles are crucial for SFA’s day-to-day operations and free up our core staff to focus on implementing our programs and serving our farmer members, which improves our overall efficiency.

Thanks to a generous matching gift, every dollar will be matched up to $5,000, doubling your impact. Donate today through November 21st to help us reach our $15,000 Give to the Max goal to support the behind-the-scenes work that enables us to continue transforming agriculture one far at at time. You can support SFA with your Give to the Max gift today through SFA’s website or on GiveMN.org today!

General Funds Spotlight: Suzanne Miller-McFeeley

Most of SFA’s programming — such as our educational events, workshops, research, on-farm consulting and technical assistance — are funded by grants. But did you know that nearly all of these grants are won through competitive application processes? Applying for grants to fund our programs requires researching opportunities, building relationships with funders, developing budgets, synthesizing a team’s worth of ideas into a compelling proposal, and submitting oodles of paperwork.

This is where our Development and Membership Manager Suzanne Miller-McFeeley steps in. She manages our grant applications and other fundraising activities, securing the funding that make our programs possible. Suzanne’s grant writing, as well her membership support work, is made possible by our general fund.

General Funds Spotlight: Lauren Barry

Vegetable farmer by day, Finance Director…also by day. Lauren keeps SFA humming by managing bookkeeping, invoices, payroll – all the behind-the-scenes work that the organization truly couldn’t function without. She also plays a key role in budget planning that informs our strategic plans each year. Lauren’s work is supported by our general fund.