The FSLN Community Food Systems Mentorship program is thrilled to begin its 7th year, supporting 36 mentees from diverse regions nationwide! 

The Food Systems Leadership Network (FSLN) is thrilled to announce the 2024 Cohort of our Community Food Systems Mentorship Program! Now in its 7th year, the Mentorship Program provides burgeoning food systems leaders with the opportunity to receive valuable guidance and nourish relationships with mentors offering decades of lived experience. By investing in these relationships, FSLN is facilitating the flow of intergenerational knowledge, ideas, and resources necessary to support local communities in building more equitable and resilient food ecologies.

This year we have expanded our program by increasing both our Mentor and Mentee cohort by 50% – making this the largest cohort to date (thanks to new funding from USDA Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships)! We are welcoming 36 Mentees from 22 states across the U.S., to build relationships with our 12 respected Mentors. Over half of these Mentees identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and represent a broad spectrum of food systems work and roles. Over the next four months, Mentees will be working on everything from building food policy councils, to exploring how land and soil teach us about justice, to developing strategic plans that sustain creativity in the face of climate crisis and uncertainty. Learn more about the 2024 mentorship cohort below!

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