Celebrating Our 2025 Grantee Partners
As NoRegrets Initiative approaches our 10-year anniversary in 2026, we’re taking a moment to celebrate our remarkable community of changemakers building a more just and regenerative food system–the future we need, right now.
Our 2025 grantee partners span California’s Central Valley to its coastal regions, from New Mexico’s high desert, across the Southwest, and reach throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Together, they represent a powerful movement doing the vital on-the-ground work of building the world that we want to see–one that is centered on justice, reciprocity, and regeneration. Each brings unique wisdom, innovation, and dedication to the transformational work of growing the health of our agricultural lands and the communities that steward them.
Across this year’s community, we see several inspiring patterns that point to how this movement is taking root and gaining strength:
Systems Change in the San Joaquin Valley – Grassroots organizations are building relationships at all necessary levels for transformation in California’s agricultural heartland—from growing farmer-to-farmer peer networks to coalitions representing underserved rural communities fighting for water justice, clean air, and food sovereignty.
Shifting Power and Capital – Community-led funds and intermediaries are putting power and decision-making authority back into the hands of community. These organizations are fundamentally changing how money moves, ensuring resources reach those closest to the land and most impacted by historical inequities.
Research Rooted in Farmer Experience – Academic and research institutions that share a commitment to drawing on farmers’ experiences, challenges, and curiosities to guide their work, ensuring knowledge flows from the ground up.
Farmer-to-Farmer Technical Assistance – Organizations across geographies—from California to New Mexico, the Pacific Northwest to Texas—provide the practical support, business advising, and peer learning that keeps farmers thriving on the land.
New Infrastructure for Change – Leaders are building the communications, financial, legal, and policy infrastructure needed to support a transformed food system.
MEET OUR 2025 GRANTEE PARTNERS
