06-14-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Nothing pithy/annoying/tmi to share so straight to the meat. Hope to see some folks in Pittsburgh!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 6.14.19 WashPost: USDA Picks KC for ERS, NIFA Relocation 6.13.19 NSAC Release: Kids Eat Local Act Expands School Food Options, Opportunities for Farmers 6.12.19 OpenSecrets.org: New Alliance of Food Group Giants Hires First Lobbyists Joel Leftwich and Grant Leslie of the Glover Park Group 6.12.19 Bloomberg: Rural Voters 'Tired and Frustrated' With Trump But Sticking With Him 6.11.19 EWG's AgMag: FOIA Data Show Thousands Exceed Payment Limit for Trump's Farm Bailout 6.11.19 KFGO Radio in Fargo (Reuters): Trump simplifies reviews of genetically modified farm products 6.10.19 S. Dakota Capital Journal: Farm Bill Surprise: American Indian Higher Education 6.9.19 Star-Tribune: Landmark MN farm rule regulates fertilizer use to cut nitrate levels in drinking supply, 6.9.19 Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Grassley again seeks to limit Farm Bill payments to actual farmers 6.8.19 ABC Radio: Food 'farmacies,' produce prescriptions gain lawmaker support 6.7.19 Lancaster Farming: Farmers Offer Mixed Reviews on PA Farm Bill 6.7.19 NC Health News: NC Senate Approves 2019 Farm Act Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 6.12.19 The first Castanea Fellowship Cohorts include two NC folks! Congrats Shorlette Ammons. 6.11.19 Civil Eats: Mid-Sized Farms Are Disappearing. This Program Could Reserve the Trend. 6.10.19 Civil Eats: Boston Brings Sustainability, Equity to Its Food Purchasing. Includes explicit push for racial equity in its food procurement program.  6.7.19 NY Times: Warning of 'Pig Zero': One Drugmaker's Push to Sell More Antibiotics 6.7.19 National Geographic: Choosing chicken over beef cuts our carbon footprints a surprising amount 6.7.19 The Guardian: Junk food may be fuelling rise in food allergies, say experts. Children with food allergies are found to have higher levels of substance in processed foods 6.5.19 The Guardian: What if eating meat is not only wrong – but obsolete? like smoking on planes... 6.3.19 USDA ERS: Americans Still Can Meet Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Guidelines for $2.10-$2.60 per Day 5.30.19 Grocery Dive: California expands food assistance 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 Eileen Fisher is requesting applications for the Supporting Women in Environmental Justice Grant. Deadline June 14 NEW Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement is accepting applications for Faith in/and Democracy Grant. Deadline July 1 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! The Food Trust, PolicyLink and Reinvestment Fund are seeking organizations to join a sign-on letter for support for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Add your organization to the list by June 19th. A NC Coalition, led by the NC PTA, has secured funding for school meals in the NC Senate's budget but they need your help in ensuring it remains in the final budget. Contact your representative and let them know how important school meal funding is. HEAL Food Alliance and the Organization for Competitive Markets are working together to #BreakUpBigAg. Learn more about the Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act and how you can join the work here. Event highlight 7.23.19 Fresno, CA California FreshWorks Summit Events 6.14.19 Proposals Due for SoCap 2019 Convening 6.14 - 06.15.19 Oakland, CA Dismantling White Supremacy Unconference 6.14 - 06.16.19 Mancos, CO 2nd Annual Food Justice Symposium 6.19.19 (Webinar) The NC Food Councils explore developing a shared gifting model for NC 6.19.19 (Webinar) Experts by Experience: Living with Food Poverty and Hunger while Advocating for the Right to Food in North America and Europe 6.22 - 06.23.19 Western NC ASAP's Farm Tour 6.25.19 San Antonio, TX Building Racial Equity: Foundations 6.27.19 Wilson, NC Facilitating for More Voices Workshop 6.27.19 (Webinar) Building the Convergence for the Right to Food and Food Sovereignty in North America and Europe 7.11.19 Nashville, TN Building Racial Equity: Foundations  7.16.19 (Webinar) Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics 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 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 AgroEcology Fund is hiring for two positions - Program Director and Communications Lead  NEW Capital Area Food Network, AmeriCorps VISTA member 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. 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