03-08-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Lots 'O News below. Decide for yourself on relevance... :).  Cheers! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 3.7.19 New Food Economy: SNAP benefits max out at $38 a week for adult women. Rep. Adams has a bill to change that 3.6.19 Progressive Grocer: FDA's Scott Gottlieb to Step Down 3.6.19 Fern's Ag Insider: Nebraska Guv steps in, community board OKs a Costco-linked CAFO 3.4.19 KCUR 89.3: Kansas Farmer Says These 4 Things Will Help Ease Rural Pain 3.4.19 Farm and Dairy: WV Approves "Right to Farm" Bill. protects farmers from what is known as "nuisance lawsuits,"  3.4.19 Reuters: USDA to issue meat company guidelines as recalls mount 2.28.19 Agri-Pulse: Democrats slam Perdue over SNAP work rules 2.27.19 The American Conservative: To Revive Rural America, We Must Fix Our Broken Food System American Ag has become extractive with most profits are flowing to a few. Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 3.8.19 Farm and Dairy: Sustainability and the Future of Ag 3.7.19 Inside Philanthropy: LA Native left Hedge Fund to Scale Access to Healthy Food 3.6.19 NC Health News: Food Access Meeting Charlotte: Increase # of kids fed through the federal summer food service program. 3.6.19 Mtn Xpress: Western NC's hidden faces of food insecurity 3.5.19 The Guardian: Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, scientist says 3.4.19 Resilience: Only Possible to Feed People Sustainably in and Equitable Society 3.4.19 NBC Nightly News: Financial hardships force growing number of farmers to give up family business 3.4.19 Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer: Kentucky Nature Conservancy develops Ag strategy 3.1.19 WashPost: Ruined crops, salty soil: How rising seas are poisoning NC farmland 3.1.19 Red Lake Nation News: Shakopee Mdewakanton, AHA launch $1.6 million Native nutrition, health advocacy campaign 2.28.19 New Food Economy: CA must abandon 535,000 acres of farmland to meet water conservation goals 2.27.19 The American Conservative: Seeding Control to Big Ag 4 firms now dominate the seed industry, diminishing diversity, crushing competition, and risking ecological disaster. 2.21.19 Time: Why Food Could Be the Best Medicine of All Funding Opportunities Natural Capital Investment Fund has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.  NC Dept of Ag is accepting applications for the Healthy Food Small Retailer Program. Priority deadline March 31 BCBS NC Foundation is accepting applications for the BUILD (Bold, Upstream, Integrated, Local Data-Driven) Health Challenge. Applications due April 5. NEW Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning (deadline Aug. 30) and implementation grants (deadline April 5). Read more about both here.  NEW The Bush Prize for Community Innovation - honoring community innovations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native nations. Due April 11 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. The Real Meals Campaign seeks to shift the procurement practices of Sodexo, Compass Group and Aramark so that they have a greater focus on producers, communities, consumers and the planet. Find out more and sign their petition here.  Event Highlight 3.12-3.13.19 Charlotte, NC Come to the Table Conference Additional Events 3.5.19 (Webinar) Marketing Your Organic Products 3.6.19 (Webinar) Social Media & the Organic Market 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 3.18.19 Washington, DC Ag & Food Policy Summit 3.19.19 (Webinar) Child Nutrition Reauthorization Listening Session Series 3.20 - 3.22.19 Winston-Salem, NC  Workshop: Food Safety Preventive Controls for Human Food Training  3.21.19 (Webinar) Child Nutrition Reauthorization Listening Session Series 3.22 - 3.23.19 Chicago, IL Good Food Expo 3.25 - 3.28.19 NC Small Farms Week: Deep Roots, Bright Futures 3.31 - 4.1.19 College Station, TX Raising Meat: A New Food Economy Summit 4.15.19 Savannah, GA Proposals Due, Community Food Systems Conference with New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. 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 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Coalitions Director Farmworker Unit of Legal Aid of NC - full time attorney.  NEW Real Meals Campaign - Campaign Coordinator Maine Harvest Credit Project - Multiple positions: Chief Lending Officer, Assistant Lending Officer and Chief Operations Officer NY Department of Small Business Services - Program Manager, worker cooperative business development initiative  National Family Farm Coalition - Policy Director  Resources & Research Rural LISC creates a great monthly newsletter filled with funding opportunities, training events and conferences that are particularly relevant for rural regions. Sign up here. Development Opportunities CoFED is accepting applications for their 6-mo Racial Justice Fellowship; deadline quickly approaching - March 15th.  Registration is open for Council of Development Finance Agencies's (CDFA) Summer School program Aug. 12 - 16th. Register by July 12th for early bird rates. Rachel's Network announces New Catalyst Award for Women Environmental Leaders of Color. Apply by April 15th 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