03-29-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! News below and here's a great 3.25.19 Daily Yonder piece on rural/regional econ development by Rural LISC's Suzanne Anarde and the Center on Rural Innovation's Matt Dunne in response to Paul Krugman's 3.18.19 NYT Column: Getting Real About Rural America. Lots of food for thought.  Enjoy!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. Food Tank: OCM Leading Farmers Bill of Rights Rally in Iowa March 30 (tomorrow)  3.29.19 Feedstuffs: Senate again looks to tackle checkoff reform 3.28.19 NSAC Release: Farmers Look to Appropriations to Build on 2018 Farm Bill Wins  3.27.19 Sen. Warren on Medium: Leveling the Playing Field for America's Family Farmers 3.27.19 Rhino Times: Bill Aims to Ensure NC A&T Gets State Match for Full Federal Research Funding  3.25.19 NPR's The Salt: To Curb Kids' Sugary Drink Habits, Pediatricians Now Call For Soda Taxes 3.25.19 WaPost: Puerto Rico faces food-stamp crisis as Trump privately vents about federal disaster aid to PR 3.21.19 Michigan Dept of Ed Release: Impact Report on MI Farm to School state pilot  3.20.19 Bloomberg: American Farmers Confront a Mental Health Crisis Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 2.28.19 PacificStandard: study finds that substantial reductions in spending on red meat resulted in lower greenhouse gas emissions 3.28.19 Bloomberg: Cargill's Protein Push Helps It Navigate Mounting Trade Turmoil 3.26.19 WaPost: Here's what govt dietary guidelines should really say 3.25.19 MinnPost: Is Minnesota in the midst of another farm crisis? 3.22.19 MN Federal Reserve: Farmers heading to fields hoping for better days 3.22.19 NonProfitQuarterly: Organizing Brings a Big Win to Boston's Good Food Movement 3.19.19 Yes Magazine: This Humble Mollusk Can Save Shorelines From Rising Seas Funding Opportunities NEW Farm Aid has activated the Family Farm Disaster Fund to support farmers and ranchers recovering from flooding and severe rain in the Midwest. 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. Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning (deadline Aug. 30) and implementation grants (deadline April 5). Read more about both here.  The Bush Prize for Community Innovation - honoring community innovations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native nations. Due April 11 The Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition's Rooted in Evidence grant helps food banks evaluate a program's effectiveness. Due April 26 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 4.2.19 Washington, DC Radical Food Geographies: Connecting Knowledge, Cultivating Practices, (Re)Imagining Governance Additional Events 3.31 - 4.1.19 College Station, TX Raising Meat: A New Food Economy Summit 4.2.19 (Webinar) A Blueprint for Changemakers: Achieving Health Equity through Law & Policy 4.2.19 Washington, DC Radical Food Geographies: Connecting Knowledge, Cultivating Practices, (Re)Imagining Governance 4.4.19 (Webinar) Trending Topics in Farm to School: Weigh in and Take Action: Gearing up for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization 4.4 - 4.5.19 Boone, NC Southeastern University Consortium on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition 4.6.19 Los Angeles, CA Worker Co-op Jumpstart 4.12.19 New York, NY Our Economy! Economic Democracy & System Change 4.13.19 Los Angeles, CA Worker Co-op Jumpstart 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 Self-Help - Commercial Lending Food Finance Sector Leader; Based in California, Chicago, IL, or Durham, NC NEW Reinvestment Fund is requesting applications for TA providers for the first round of Healthy Food Finance Grantees. Submit by April 12 The Wallace Center -  Regional Food Economies Program Officer National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Coalitions Director Real Meals Campaign - Campaign Coordinator NEW Carolina Farm Stewardship Assc - Lomax Farm Cooordinator Apply by May 6 Women Food & Ag Network - Executive Director  NEW Food First - Executive Director NEW Panta Rhea Foundation -  Executive Director NEW Feed the Truth Foundation - Executive Director Research Support North American Food Systems Network by participating in their 2019 Survey of Food Systems Development Practitioners  Urban Food Futures, We've done a lot, but what have we accomplished? Lessons from New York food policy Development Opportunities James Beard Foundation is accepting applications for the Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program 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 NC Rural Center is accepting applications for their Homegrown Leaders regional program. Apply by April 26th 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