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“ALLFED emergency appeal: Help us raise $800,000 to avoid cutting half of programs” by denkenberger


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SUMMARY:

ALLFED is making an emergency appeal here due to a serious funding shortfall. Without new support, ALLFED will be forced to cut half our budget in the coming months, drastically reducing our capacity to help build global food system resilience for catastrophic scenarios like nuclear winter, a severe pandemic, or infrastructure breakdown. ALLFED is seeking $800,000 over the course of 2025 to sustain its team, continue policy-relevant research, and move forward with pilot projects that could save lives in a catastrophe. As funding priorities shift toward AI safety, we believe resilient food solutions remain a highly cost-effective way to protect the future. If you’re able to support or share this appeal, please visit allfed.info/donate.

FULL ARTICLE:

I (David Denkenberger) am writing alongside one of my team-mates, as ALLFED's co-founder, to ask for your support. This is the first time in Alliance to Feed the [...]

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Outline:

(02:24) The case for ALLFED's work, and why we think maintaining full current capacity is valuable

(03:57) How this connects to AI and other risks

(05:23) What we're asking for

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First published:

April 16th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/HL7zzZhCR59CCntpB/allfed-emergency-appeal-help-us-raise-usd800-000-to-avoid

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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