Sara Farley is a Vice President at The Rockefeller Foundation, where she co-leads the Foundation’s Big Bet on Regenerative School Meals following her leadership and design of the foundation’s inaugural regenerative agriculture portfolio. Her work at the Foundation includes global initiatives spanning the Food Systems Vision Prize, donor coordination on food systems transitions, diet quality measurement, and the institution’s premiere Indigenous Peoples portfolio. She previously co-founded and led the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), building it into a globally recognized organization. Prior to GKI she spent a decade as an innovation strategist with the World Bank and other development institutions, advising governments and multilateral organizations. Sara holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and has authored more than 70 publications.
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Nov 27 2024 Perspective COP-29 Wrapped: A Turning Point for Climate Finance and Food Systems This year’s COP highlighted the need to invest in food systems, key to cutting emissions. The Rockefeller Foundation is driving innovation and collaboration to scale regenerative agriculture for a sustainable future.
Jan 31 2023 Perspective Five Takeaways to Move Food Systems Farther, Faster in 2023 In the words of Lizzo: it’s about damn time. For the first time in 2022, food systems figured prominently at COP27, the world’s global convening on climate change, held last year in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Food systems also moved up the nature agenda in the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) forged at COP15 Montreal, Canada, and […]
Oct 27 2022 Perspective Four Steps to Transitioning to Regenerative Agriculture Four urgent initial steps to speed up the adoption of climate-sustaining regenerative agriculture.