10-19-18 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Can't think of anything pithy to write so just see below... :). Cheers! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 10.16.18 The Fence Post: Farm Bill Panel: Senate Bill or Bust 10.15.18 The Progressive Farmer: Farm Bill Anxiety. Conway Acknowledges Several Issues Remain 10.15.18 SE Ag Net Radio: Environmental Groups: No Farm Bill Better Than Bad Bill 10.12.18 Des Moines Register Taxpayers for Common Sense Op-ed: Farm Bill and SNAP need to be separated Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 10.17.18 CNBC: Beyond Meat vegan food co. planning IPO 10.16.18 Civil Eats: How the Navajo Nation Is Reclaiming Food Sovereignty 10.16.18 CDFI Coalition: World Food Day: Highlighting CDFIs Invested in Improving Healthy Food Access 1015.18 Main Harvest Credit Project: The Country's First-Ever Credit Union to Lend Exclusively to Farmers and Food Producers Hits Milestone and Moves Forward 10.15.18 Civil Eats: Farm Conservation Practices are Profitable. But Will Lenders and Insurers Step up? 10.14.18 The Guardian: How Profit-Driven Inbreeding Could Decimate Dairy Herds. The drive for genetic selection means cattle are increasingly vulnerable to deadly new epidemics that could emerge as the climate warms 10.12.18 The Daily Yonder: Eating NAFTA: Obesity, Diabetes and Free Trade. Interview with Bryce Oates. 10.12.18 Lincoln Journal Star: 3 Nebraska farmers to plead guilty in organic grain fraud scheme 10.10.18 Civil Eats: What Domino's Pizza in the Cafeteria Says About the State of School Food Reform 10.3.18 NBC Today Show: Singer Brad Paisley opening Nashville store with free groceries for those in need Funding Opportunities EPA Smart Growth Local Foods, Local Places applications open. Deadline Oct. 22 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces application for the $25k Culture Of Health Prize. Deadline Nov. 1 Annie's Grants for Gardens is accepting applications for funds to fund edible garden projects. Deadline Nov. 11 Good Food Institute is awarding $3 million in research grants on open-source plant-based and clean meat options. Deadline Nov 21. USDA Farm to School announced two request for proposals: Farm to School Grant RFA (Deadline Dec 4) and Farm to School Training & Curricula RFP. Deadline Nov. 26.  Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America has opened their grant program application; priority for Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin territory. Deadline Nov. 30 NEW Community Food Strategies's micro-grant program for NC food councils/networks. Deadline Dec. 17 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Event Highlight 10.22.18 East Lansing, MI Michigan Good Food Summit - Voices for Equity Additional Events 10.22.18 Pittsboro, NC The Business of Agriculture Series 10.24.18 Bowie, MD The Mid-Atlantic Food Recovery Summit and 8th Annual BSU Food Day 10.24.18 Swannanoa, NC Change Food Fest 2018 10.25.18 (Webinar) Value Chain Coordination: Creating Partnerships through Policy 10.25 - 10.27.18 Philadelphia, PA Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference 10.29 - 10.30.18 Albuquerque, NM Ag Apprenticeship Learning Network Annual Gathering 10.31 - 11.2.18 Albuquerque, NM Regenerate Conference: Nurture Diversity, Build Resilience 11.1.18 (Webinar) Community Kitchens, Incubators and Accelerators 11.5 - 11.7.18 Boulder, CO NIFTI National Field School 11.5 - 11.8.18 Baltimore, MD Choose Food Symposium Find more events on our national events calendar. If you have events you'd like added, please email Hannah.quigley@self-help.org.  Back to top OF INTEREST Job Opportunities NEW Transplanting Traditions - Associate Director; Deadline Nov 15 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Specialist NC State Extension - statewide Local Food Program Manager; open until filled New England Grassroots Environment Fund - Program Manager; Open until filled Research 10.18 Brookings and Hamilton Insts: On limited Applicability of SNAP Work Requirements 7.18 People's Gas Co: An introduction to Controlled Environment Agriculture, and how Combined Heat and Power keeps those farms running Interested in a free, keyword-searchable online database for research articles relating to nutrition, sustainable agriculture, community development, food policy, etc.? Complete the 5 minute survey to provide feedback Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development and the Journal of American Indian Education released a call for papers, Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America. Deadline Jan. 15 That's All Folks! David Beck, Policy & Media Director Self-Help Credit Union & affiliates 301 W Main St Durham NC 27701 david.beck@self-help.org, 919-956-4495 Forward this email to a friend Copyright © 2018 Self-Help, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Self-Help 301 W Main St Durham, NC 27701 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list