KARA LEIBOWITZ CONSULTING
As a former writing teacher and frequent co-author, I love working closely with clients to create powerful fundraising materials that express their priorities and personality. I am available to research prospective funding partners; craft compelling LOIs and grant applications; or write position papers, impact reports, op-edds, and more. I draw on my long experience with both public and private grant making in the food-and-climate world, to build capacity and establish productive funding partnerships.
Selected Grant Writing Projects
USDA-NRCS Western SARE Professional Development Program (2024) "Training and Resources for a Soil Health Network with Regional Hubs." Oregon Climate and Agriculature Network (lead applicant). Pending.
USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant - Soil Health Demonstration (2024): "Comparative and Ongoing Compost Application Trials to Guide and Incentivize Best Use Amid New Compost Production Laws." US Composting Council (lead applicant) with research teams in California, Colorado, and Washington.
Food and Farm Communications Fund (2024): "Promoting Indigenous and Ancestral Soil Health Practices to Oregon’s Farmers and Farm Service Providers."
Templeton Foundation (2024) $1M sponsorship of TED Audio Collective podcast and accompanying video series.
USDA-NRCS Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grant (2022): "Growing an Equitable, Climate Smart Foodshed in San Diego." Foodshed Inc (lead applicant) to establish a food distribution hub for locally grown produce to reach residents of food-insecure San Diego neighborhood.
USDA Urban Ag: Compost and Foodwaste Reduction (2021): "Accelerating and Scaling Carbon Sequestration and Food Recovery in Sonoma County." Zero Waste Sonoma (lead applicant).
USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant - Classic (2019) with matching funds from Grantham Environmental Trust. Zero Foodprint (lead applicant) with California Department of Food and Agriculture, California Air Resources Board, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, et al.
Books
Mission Street Food: Recipes and Ideas from an Improbable Restaurant, co-authored with Anthony Myint (McSweeney's, 2011).
Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste, co-authored with Dominique Crenn (Houghton Mifflin, 2015).
Food & Wine: 6 Must-Read Books of 2015
San Francisco Chronicle: Top Cookbooks of 2015
"Accoutrements" in All About Eggs, edited by Rachel Khong (Clarkson Potter, 2017).