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Amplify the farmers' voice.

Your gift enables the Global Farmer Network to continue to provide a forum for global farmers to share their stories and a from-the-field perspective with other farmers, consumers, opinion, and policy leaders.

The Founding Farmers Fund

Farmers have the insight the world needs — but too often, they're left out of the conversations shaping the future of food, climate, and innovation.

The GFN provides a forum for farmers to share their stories and real-world expertise. But many can't afford to be there.

Your investment in the Founding Farmers Fund removes barriers like travel and visa costs — ensuring farmers from around the world can show up, speak out, and lead.

Giving levels

Choose a level that reflects your support. Every gift — at every level — helps ensure farmers have a seat at the table.

Signature gift
$25,000

Global Farmer Network Sustainer

Ensure GFN members continue to show up in global conversations for the next 25 years.

$10,000

Sponsor One Farmer's Roundtable Experience

Covers full participation for a new member in the one-week GFN Communications Roundtable. Each new class includes 15–20 outstanding farmers from around the world — consider sponsoring multiple members.

$7,500

Fund Travel to a Global Event

Enables a GFN member to represent farmer perspectives at key international discussions.

$5,000

Co-sponsor a Travel Grant

Provides flexible support to help cover costs for global event participation.

$2,500

Partial Scholarship Contributor

Helps offset airfare or lodging for one farmer participant.

$1,000

Friend of the Network

Show your support to help a farmer show up.

Other

Every dollar helps

Every gift, at every level, helps ensure farmers have a seat at the table.

Prefer to mail your donation?

Please make checks payable to the Global Farmer Network Foundation and send to:

Mary Boote, Chief Executive Officer
Global Farmer Network
309 Court Avenue, Suite 214
Des Moines, IA 50309

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In the words of our farmers

GFN members from four continents on why investment in this network matters.

GFN is uniquely positioned to solve two of the most important problems in the world today: climate change and hunger.
Shekhar Bhadsavle · India
Learning happens when top farmers from around the world are brought together in one room.
Patience Koku · Nigeria
GFN brings farmers from around the world into a learning exchange — new ideas, new perspectives.
Javier Callegas · Nicaragua
GFN helps farmers connect, learn from each other, and together build a stronger voice for agriculture.
Jose Luis Gonzalez · Colombia

Global support

Join donors from around the world supporting the GFN.

GFN supporters span the globe — underscoring the worldwide importance of amplifying the farmers' voice. Explore the full member and regional map to see the network at work.

View the global member map
72
Countries represented
6
Continents
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Help us build global advocates.

Your gift to the Global Farmer Network Foundation is tax-deductible. Contact Mary Boote (CEO) or Kellie Bray (Director of Partnerships) to learn about becoming a GFN Impact Investor.

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