Following an inspiring inaugural year of The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Food Systems Fellowship, and in celebration of World Food Day, applications for the 2023 Food Systems Fellowship [1] are now live.

The Rockefeller Foundation-Acumen Food Systems Fellowship is an intensive, one-year leadership development program offered in partnership with the Acumen Academy, the world’s school for social change. The Food Systems Fellowship introduces moral leadership concepts to a diverse cohort of ~20 global food systems leaders who are creating more inclusive, nourishing and regenerative food systems. With leading food systems facilitators, Fellows will participate in a blend of immersive seminars, workshops, and self-directed leadership experiments. The program combines in-person and virtual learning over the course of the Fellowship year as well as a week-long in person session at one of The Rockefeller Foundation’s exclusive properties. Please see program overview attached.

Applications are now open [2] and close December 1, 2022

To qualify, applicants will need to:

• Lead or play a significant role in building an initiative eradicating poverty or injustice in food systems.




• This includes but is not limited to food production and distribution, agricultural economics and policy, and food safety and justice.




• Have worked at least 5 years in food systems spaces and have a vision for creating impact on the local, national, and/or global level


• Have a collaborative  and/or entrepreneurial mindset


• Have telephone and internet coverage


• Be proficient in English — all seminars and workshops will be conducted in English.

Information Sessions

• November  3, 2022 - Info Session [3] - 10:00am UTC


• November  17, 2022 - Info Session [4] - 3:00pm UTC