12-13-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

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Happy Friday! Lots of news below, including some older articles that were missed. So go have a gander. This piece, 12.8.19 CBS Sunday Morning: Dollar Stores and food deserts, is particularly worth a watch, including very strong quotes from UNC professor Barry Popkin.

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NEWS

Legislation, etc.

12.16.19 House Ag Subcmte Hearing Tuesday 10 am: Access to Conservation Programs by Historically Underserved Farmers and Ranchers
12.11.19 New Food Economy: In a historic vote, the House authorizes a path to legal status for undocumented farmworkers. Related, 12.11.19 Fox News.com: Farm bill panned as mass 'amnesty' for illegal immigrants
12.11.19 Media Release: Rep. DeLauro Introduces Bill to Expand CAFO Food Safety Oversight
12.10.19 The Atlantic: The Ripple Effects of Taking SNAP Benefits From One Person
12.10.19 Johns Hopkins: Majority of voters surveyed support greater oversight of industrial animal farms
12.10.19 Politico: How Pelosi got to 'yes' on Trump's trade deal (not especially food related but good knowledge)
12.9.19 Politico: Perdue, Vilsack and leading ag groups gathered in a MD barn to discuss the farm-country issue that dare not speak its name: Climate Change
12.06.19 Politico: How Cory Booker plans to invest in rural America

Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News

12.12.19 Mississippi Biz Journal: Miss Sustainable Ag Network (MSAN) supports sustainable ag farmers
12.12.19 Bloomberg: 'Post-Chemical World' Takes Shape as Agribusiness Goes Green
12.11.19 NC Alliance for Health: Voices of Hunger in NC podcast with Bill Kearney
12.10.19 NCBA: Aspen Inst proposes new path for rural prosperity: Elevating America's "Rural Development Hubs"
12.9.19 Union of Concerned Scientists: Pesticides, heat, and the people who feed us: climate change is making farmworkers' dangerous jobs even worse
12.9.19 Reuters: France to ban dozens of glyphosate weedkillers amid health risk debate
12.8.19 CBS Sunday Morning: Dollar Stores and food deserts
12.6.19 EDF: 3 ways ag lenders can help farmers reap millions in savings from conservation
11.22.19 Wash Post: When a deep red town's only grocery closed, Baldwin, FL's city hall opened its own store. Just don't call it 'socialism.'
11.19.19 Model D: With community organization support, Detroit food entrepreneurs of color fight barriers to launch and scale

Funding Opportunities

NEW USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant is accepting applications. Apply by March 9.
USDA's Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement is accepting applications for guaranteed loan programs and grants - various deadlines.
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the Food System Vision Prize to seed the revisioning of a global food system. Early deadline Dec 5th; Applications close Jan 31.

EVENTS & ACTIONS

Action!

The NC Food Council would like to learn about your community's policy challenges and successes related to the recovery of unserved prepared and ready-to-eat foods for human consumption. Take this brief survey by Jan 15.

Event highlight

Grab your early bird ticket for The Wallace Center's March 10-13th National Good Food Network Conference in New Orleans! Scholarships are available; apply by Dec 29

Events

12.13 - 12.15.19 Birmingham, AL Rooted in Community Winter Leadership Institute
12.16.19 (Webinar) Community Eligibility - A Strategy to Improve Public Health
1.22 - 1.25.20 Little Rock, AR Southern SAWG Annual Conference
1.31.20 Call for Proposals Due for International Workshop on Agriculture
1.31.20 Call for Proposals Due for Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society's Annual Conference
3.10 - 3.13.19 New Orleans, LA National Good Food Conference
3.31 - 4.1.19 Columbus, OH No Kid Hungry's Rural Childhood Summit

Find more events on our national events calendar. If you have events you'd like added, please email Hannah.quigley@self-help.org.

OF INTEREST

Job Opportunities

SAAFON: Executive Director
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future: Education Program Specialist, Senior Program Officer
NEW The City of Baltimore: Food System Planner
Soul Fire Farm: Assistant Program Manager
The Conservation Fund: Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Coordinator
NEW Land Stewardship Project - Executive Director
Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council: Food Systems Coordinator
Farm Aid: 3 positions - Office Manager, Keepseagle Project Manager, Farmer Services Network Manager
Building Equity & Alignment for Impact: Development Director
The Rural Coalition: Policy and Advocacy Coordinator
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Senior Policy Associate

Research and Resources

Center for Agriculture & Food Systems, Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
JAFSCD, Sogorea Te Land Trust and Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the San Francisco Bay Area
JAFSCD, Fighting for the Taste Buds of Our Children

Development Opportunities

The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development is seeking peer reviewers. Learn more about applying here.
The NC Local Food Council is looking for three new members. Apply by Dec 20.
The Wallace Center's Community Food Systems Mentorship Program is accepting applications for their next cohort. Check out more information and apply by Dec 29