05-10-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Some key notes: here's 5.9.19 GAO report on Tribal Ag Credit Needs and Barriers, as required by the Farm Bill.  And here's the 5.5.19 Mich State U report on Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics. Lots to digest. Cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 5.9.19 BCTV.org: PA Senate Dems Introduce Elements of PA Farm Bill 5.8.19 Politico Morning Ag: CAP Proposes "Independent Farmer Protection Bureau", USDA Anitrust Agency 5.8.19 Daily Yonder: Diabetes Mortality Gap Widens for Rural Americans . 5.8.19 NPR take here. 5.7.19 LA Times: A former corn-syrup lobbyist is drafting new federal dietary rules (seriously) 5.7.19 The Hill Op-Ed: Green New Deal for farming: Address climate crisis and revitalize food system 5.7.19 Politico: Economists flee Ag. Dept. after feeling punished under Trump 5.5.19 Stamford Advocate: Bernie Sanders calls for breaking up big agriculture monopolies 5.7.19 Ag Insider: MO lawmakers poised to eliminate local regulation of CAFOs 5.3.19 MyMO.info: Missouri Rural Group Says Senate Passed Farm Bill Bad for Small Farmers 5.1.19 Food&Wine: The Obamas Will Produce a Food Show for Kids on Netflix 5.1.19 WaPo: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez planted a community garden plot. It's good for the earth — and her. Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 5.9.19 SF Chronicle: Open Forum: Eating organic can help reduce the high cost of cheap food 5.7.19 Philly Inquirer: 'There's no one around': Pa. farmers faced with labor shortage 5.7.19 Reuters: Cargill recalls 150 tons of animal feed after NC regulators found aflatoxin in samples 5.5.19 Times of San Diego: CA Farmers Are Aging, Creating Challenges for Sustainable Ag Funding Opportunities Farm Aid has activated the Family Farm Disaster Fund to support Midwest farmers and ranchers recovering from flooding NCIF has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.  USDA has announced RFAs for multiple of their grant programs:  Community Food Projects, Due June 3 Farmers Market Promotion Program, Due June 18 Local Food Promotion Program, Due June 18 Beginning Farmers and Rancher Development Program, Due May 16 Nutrition Incentive Program (formerly FINI), Due June 10 Danone Institute North America is requesting proposals for One Planet. One Health Initiative. Deadline June 1 NEW Claneil Foundation is accepting letters of intent for the Critical Issue Fund focused on reducing food waste. Deadline June 3 Triangle Capacity-Building Network is providing grants for capacity building within organizations led by people of color. Deadline May 28 Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning. Deadline Aug 30.  NEW USDA FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program is accepting applications. Deadline Oct 31 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action!  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.  Events 5.13.19 (Webinar) 2020 Census Funder Learning Series: Effective Strategies in Business Engagement 5.14 - 5.16.19 Chicago, IL Collective Impact Convening  5.15.19 (Webinar) Gus Schumacher / FINI RFA Overview 5.15.19 (Webinar) Developing Business Models for Working Forest Riparian Buffers 5.15 - 5.17.19 Chicago, IL Power of Procurement Conference 5.16.19 Chicago, IL Building Racial Equity: Foundations 5.21 - 5.23.19 Kansas City, MO ESHIP Summit 5.23.19 (Webinar) Indigenous New Hampshire Food Ways & History 5.23.19 Morganton, NC Healthy Eating & Active Living Convening  06.03.19 Traverse City, MI Proposals Due 2019 Farms, Food & Health Conference 06.06.19 Presidio, CA Food Funded 2019 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 The Wallace Center -  Regional Food Economies Program Officer National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Coalitions Director Real Meals Campaign - Campaign Coordinator NEW Carolina Farm Stewardship Assc - Food Safety Program Leader Apply by May 31 Natural Capital Investment Fund - Small Business Lender Fair Food Network - Policy Director Food First - Executive Director Health and Environmental Funders Network - Executive Director Apply by May 20 Research & Resources NEW MSU Center for Regional Food Systems, Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics NEW USDA, School Nutrition and Meal Cost Study Findings NEW NC State University, Can sweet potatoes save the world? NEW Food Research & Action Center, Making WIC Work Better: Strategies to reach more women and children and strengthen benefits use Resourceful Communities, Try This NC - Tried & Tested Ideas for Healthy Rural Communities Development Opportunities Applications are open for the TERRA Agrifood Accelerator Cohort Apply by May 12 Appalachian Regional Commission is accepting applications for the inaugural leadership institute. Apply by June 1 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. 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? 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