02-15-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Lots of news on New Green Deal and also on new grocery coops and non-profits. Enjoy and please feel free to share news, jobs, etc. We are glad to include them!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 2.14.19 Tri-State Livestock News: R-CALF USA Director Jay Platt: Green New Deal Would Destroy American Ranchers and Dictate America's Diet 2.13.19 Mother Jones: Why the Green New Deal is so vague on food and farming  "Ocasio-Cortez and Markey's idea is to generate an upswell of grassroots support for policies that aren't feasible under Trump and McConnell but might soon be if the political tides change. And the way they seek to drum up that support is to consult the public directly for policy ideas, building buy-in as they go. 2.13.19 Resilience: Growing a Green New Deal: Ag's role in economic justice and ecological sustainability 2.12.19 USDA announced a Farm Bill Implementation Public Input listening session on 2.26.19 specifically relating to the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Risk Management Agency.  2.11.19 Sioux Falls Argus Leader: SCOTUS to hear Argus Leader v. Food Marketing Inst. FOIA SNAP data case Apr. 22 2.11.19 WRAL.com (TV): Worry without answer as US agriculture secretary meets with NC farmers Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 2.13.19 WHEC TV (Rochester, NY): Small Biz Spotlight: Headwater Food Hub, Ontario, NY 2.13.19 EWG Under The Radar: New Data Reveals N.C. Regulators Ignored Decade-Long Explosion of Poultry CAFOs. Related from 2.13.19 Indyweek.com 2.10.19 NPR's The Salt: How To Get Meat Eaters To Eat More Plant-Based Foods? Make Their Mouths Water 2.10.19 Daily Tar Heel: Local municipalities hope to come together to fund the Orange County Food Council 2.5.19 Successful Farming: The Major Players in Agri-Finance 2.3.19 Batesville (IN) Herald-Tribune: Farmers can be part of area food hub 2.1.19 Food Tank Interviews: Making Food More Equitable in Dayton 1.19.19 Next City: Finding the Sweet Spot for a Sustainable Nonprofit Grocery in D.C. 1.22.19 Modeldmedia: Michigan food hubs make hospital food and the local food economy healthier 1.21.19 CityLab: A Black-Led Food Co-op Grows in Detroit 1.15.19 Louisville Courier Journal: Would you shop at a mobile grocery store? Kroger is betting on it Funding Opportunities 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  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 Action!  The Food Research and Action Center is collecting public comments for the federal register on the USDA proposed rule that would enforce stricter work requirements for SNAP beneficiaries. Find out more and contribute by April 2nd. Event Highlight 2.26.19 Washington, DC Farm Bill Listening Session Additional Events 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 2.26.19 Washington, DC Farm Bill Listening Session 2.27.19 (Webinar) Using Budgets and Financial Planning for Organic Farming 3.8 - 3.10.19 Mars Hill, NC Organic Growers School Spring Conference 3.12-3.13.19 Charlotte, NC Come to the Table 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 The Wallace Center -  Regional Food Economies Program Officer NEW Maine Harvest Credit Project - Multiple positions: Chief Lending Officer, Assistant Lending Officer and Chief Operations Officer Farmer Foodshare - Operations Manager; Deadline Feb. 18 Feast Down East - Executive Director; Deadline Feb. 28 NEW San Diego Food System Alliance - Communications & Partnerships Manager and Project Coordinator; Deadline Mar. 8 NY Department of Small Business Services - Program Manager, worker cooperative business development initiative  National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Coalitions Director National Family Farm Coalition - Policy Director  Research Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future released their annual Food Policy Council Report.  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