02-01-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Fun to attend my first NSAC meeting this week. I learned a lot! All the news that's fit to share (that I found), below...  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 1.29.19 The Fence Post: Peterson says farm bill 'is what it is,' but NFU calls for more aid 1.29.19 WBOI (IN Public Radio): IN Lawmakers Hesitant On Healthy Food Financing Bill Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 1.31.19 The Guardian: US academics feel the invisible hand of politicians and big agriculture 1.30.19 The Guardian: Rural colleges are ignoring one of their largest industries: agriculture. A lack of communication between educators and rural businesses has resulted in a widening skills gap across the country 1.31.19 UofRI: 400 attend URI's third annual Food System Summit. Participants hear from local, state and federal experts, discuss next steps in implementing Rhode Island Food Strategy 1.30.19 CBA This Morning: New report finds heavy metals like arsenic and lead in 45 packaged fruit juices 1.29.19 Food Navigator: Farmers getting 'rough end of the stick': New pricing model targets sustainable food chain transparency 1.29.19 Nonprofit Quarterly: Nonprofits Help Build a More Equitable and Sustainable Food System 1.27.19 The Guardian: Take on food industry to beat malnutrition and obesity, says report. Experts call for influence of 'big food' to be curbed to also tackle issue of climate change 1.27.19 Yellow Spring News Online: Food justice the focus of Dayton food & farming conference 1.25.19 Forbes: 3 Key Reports in the Last Week All Call for Less Wasted Food 1.25.19 USA Today: Whole Foods recalls salads, wraps with baby spinach for possible salmonella contamination 1.25.19 WaPo: Ranching families on Cheyenne River Reservation face a choice: Staying in an industry they can't keep up with or leaving the only life they've known 1.19 Milbank Quarterly: Public Meets Private: Conversations Between Coca-Cola and the CDC Funding Opportunities HFFI Grant Program. $1.8 million available to support eligible fresh food retail in underserved areas. Application deadline is 2.14.19.  Natural Capital Investment Fund has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.  The Conservation Fund's Resourceful Communities Program is accepting applications for the Creating New Economies Fund grant. Deadline Feb. 18  NEW Farmers Advocating for Organic (FAFO) is a farmer-funded grant program; awards between $5K - $50K. Deadline March 1 NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is accepting grant applications to support agricultural communities. Deadline March 8 RWJ Foundation: Funding for communities and organizations addressing health and climate solutions. Letter of intent due Feb 8 and application is due April 3. Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Event Highlight 02.9.19 Buies Creek, NC Rural Food Access Summit Additional Events 02.01.19 Durham, NC Proposals Due for the Black Communities Conference 02.07.19 (Webinar) Trending Topics in Farm to Early Child Education 2.12.19 (Webinar) Evaluating Your Beginning Farmer Training Program 02.15 - 2.16.19 New Haven, CT Yale Food Systems Symposium 2.16.19 Louisburg, NC Successful Small Farms Opportunities Conference 2.23.19 Washington, DC Rooting DC 02.23.19 Asheville, NC Business of Farming Conference 2.26.19 Henderson, NC Landownership 101 3.8 - 3.10.19 Mars Hill, NC Organic Growers School Spring Conference 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 FaithLands Project Coordinator; Deadline Feb. 1 National Young Farmers Coalition - Executive Director (Hudson, NY); Deadline Feb. 15 Farmer Foodshare - Operations Manager; Deadline Feb. 18 Farm Credit Administration released their recruiting schedule for Spring 2019; share with young professionals! NY Department of Small Business Services - Program Manager, worker cooperative business development initiative  National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Specialist and Coalitions Director National Family Farm Coalition - Policy Director  Research JAFSCD Building Multipliers, Rather than Measuring Them: Community-minded ways to Develop Economic Impacts Education and Development Opportunities  Victory Garden Initiative's Food Leader Certification Program - March and April 2019 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 © 2019 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