06-07-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Guess What? Today is the first UN World Food Safety Day! Seems a good thing and perhaps overdue? News Below...  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 6.6.19 NewsDakota.com: House Approps Cmte passed Ag Spending bill that rejects many Trump proposals  6.6.19 New Food Economy: Four farms have received more than $1 million each in Trump trade war bailout payments, Treasury data show. Payments are supposed to be capped at $125,000. 6.6.19 AgriPulse: A new Farm Bill beginning for tribal students 6.5.19 Pro Publica: Chicken Farmers Thought Trump Was Going to Help Them. Then His Administration Did the Opposite. USDA barely enforcing regulations on big meat companies. 6.5.19 WRAL.com: NC Farm Bill Advances 6.4.19 WashPost: After a biblical spring, this is the week that could break the Corn Belt 6.2.19 Finger Lake Times: NY GOP Legislators vow to fight farm labor bill 5.31.19 The Hill: Are presidential politics behind these trade war farm subsidies? 5.31.19 13KRCG: Mo Gov. Parson signs farm bill preventing stricter regulations from local governments 5.28.19 Guardian; From chicken to tomatoes, here's why American food is hurting you. recent news about glyphosate and cancer only highlights a broader problem with our system: our obsession with killing the natural world is poisoning us Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 6.7.19 WashPost: All Beyond Meat Does Is Win – For Now 6.5.19 PR Newswire: The Nature Conservancy, Kellogg expand sustainable farm efforts 6.5.19 Wash Post: Cocoa's child laborers. Mars, Nestlé and Hershey pledged nearly two decades ago to stop using cocoa harvested by children. Yet much of the chocolate you buy still starts with child labor. 6.19 Appalachian Sustainable Ag Project: NC Farm to Preschool Newsletter. Great newsletter! Funding Opportunities USDA has announced RFAs for multiple of their grant programs:  Farmers Market Promotion Program, Due June 18 Local Food Promotion Program, Due June 18 Nutrition Incentive Program (formerly FINI), Due June 10 Free Technical Assistance to Community Food Projects Grant Applicants. Sign up for free TA here Eileen Fisher is requesting applications for the Supporting Women in Environmental Justice Grant. Deadline June 14 Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning. Deadline Aug 30.  USDA FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program is accepting applications. Deadline Oct 31 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.  Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action! USDA Farm Service Agency will begin accepting applications for county committee members on June 14th. Check out Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's website for more information on the process and the benefits for urging your local farmers to apply. Event highlight 06.11 - 06.14.19 Detroit, MI ComCap19 Events 06.07.19 Proposals Due for 2019 Carolina Farm Stewardship's Sustainable Agriculture Conference  06.08.19 Proposals Due for Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group's annual conference 06.11.19 (Webinar) The Creation of Local Agrarian Commons 06.12 - 06.14.19 Raleigh, NC Training Workshop: Preventive Controls for Human Food 06.14.19 Proposals Due for SoCap 2019 Convening 06.14 - 06.15.19 Oakland, CA Dismantling White Supremacy Unconference 06.14 - 06.16.19 Mancos, CO 2nd Annual Food Justice Symposium 06.19.19 (Webinar) Experts by Experience: Living with Food Poverty and Hunger while Advocating for the Right to Food in North America and Europe 06.22 - 06.23.19 Western NC ASAP's Farm Tour 6.25.19 San Antonio, TX Building Racial Equity: Foundations 06.27.19 Wilson, NC Facilitating for More Voices Workshop 06.27.19 (Webinar) Building the Convergence for the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty in North America and Europe 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 Natural Capital Investment Fund - Small Business Lender Fair Food Network - Policy Director National Farm to School Network - Senior Director, Programs and Policy Salt Lake City - Equity and Food Systems Program Manager Apply by June 9 NEW AgroEcology Fund is hiring for two positions - Program Director and Communications Lead  Research & Resources MSU's Center for Regional Food Systems is requesting citations to update the annual Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System. Send your submission to Vanessa Garcia Polanco  Development Opportunities Johns Hopkins Food Policy Networks team is offering office hours for food policy councils on June 19th. Sign up here 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