1-10-20 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday and Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a great holiday period and are charged up for 2020. Lots of news etc below and here's something fun up top: a short rap video called Trap or Grow from Appetite For Change (AFC) Urban Youth in North Minneapolis. Cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 01.09.20 OCM: Checkoff Program Reform Legislation Filed in U.S. House  01.08.20 CAP: Building a 100 Percent Clean Future Can Drive an Additional $8 Billion a Year to Rural Communities 01.06.20 The Fern: The largest single beneficiary of Trump's tariff payments? A high-interest "alternative" farm lender 01.01.20 WSAW TV: Wisconsin lost almost 800 dairy farms in 2019. Is the 2020 outlook better? 12.26.19 WashPost: In Trump Country, a season of need on family farms 12.24.19 Boston Globe: Hemp will qualify for new crop insurance pilot program next year, USDA announces 12.20.19 The Fern: Here are the rural residents who sued the world's largest hog producer over waste and odors – and won Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 01.08.19 Civil Eats: Why Are There So Few Black-Owned Grocery Stores? 01.07.19 Civil Eats: What it Takes to Keep Independent Grocery Stores Open in Rural Communities 01.06.20 Civil Eats: Students of Color See a Future in Agriculture, but Farming Is a Tougher Sell 01.05.20 MN Star-Tribune: For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity 01.05.20 Salon: Can mission-driven food companies scale up without selling out? 01.03.20 The Farmer's Exchange: Sustainable Farming Could Help Save Small Farms 01.02.20 WashPost: Isaiah Ruffin, the first executive chef in Alexandria City Public Schools history 12.19 Food Tank: 120 Organizations Creating a New Decade for Food 12.26.19 Forbes: How Blockchain Can Address Food Waste And Hunger 12.23.19 Shelterforce: Battling Inequity in Food Systems with Entrepreneurship 12.23.19 NPR: Malnutrition Hits The Obese As Well As The Underfed 12.23.19 Croatan Inst: Croatan Inst wins $700,000 USDA Conservation Innovation Grant to unlock new financing for regenerative ag systems  12.20.19 EDF: Farmer grit created unexpected bright spots in a difficult year 12.20.19 EDF: What 2,000 years of traditional Hopi farming in the arid Southwest can teach about resilience Funding Opportunities NC Extension is accepting applications for NC AgVentures grants for individual producers or a collaborative project benefiting multiple farms. Apply by Jan. 14; see here for details Organic Valley Farmers is accepting applications for the Farmers Advocating for Organic (FAFO) grant program. Apply by Feb. 1 USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement is seeking applicants for three fellowship opportunities targeted to faculty or staff: E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship, Terra Preta do Indio Tribal Fellowship, Booker T. Washington Fellowship. Apply by Feb. 12 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. Back to top 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 by Jan. 15 for The Wallace Center's March 10-13th National Good Food Network Conference in New Orleans!  Events 1.9 - 1.10.20 Des Moines, IA: Community Food Systems Annual Event 1.22.20 Scottdale, AZ: The Wisdom of Indigenous Foodways 1.22 - 1.25.20 Little Rock, AR: Southern SAWG Annual Conference 1.22 - 1.25.20 Pacific Grove, CA: 40th Annual Eco Farm 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 2.05 - 2.08.20 Lancaster, PA: PASA Sustainable Ag Conference 3.10 - 3.13.19 New Orleans, LA: National Good Food Conference  3.29.20 South Carolina Black Farmers 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 david.beck@self-help.org.  Back to top OF INTEREST Job Opportunities NEW OCM: Policy Director NEW NC Alliance for Health: Comms and Fund Dev Director Self-Help: Food System Program Associate SAAFON: Executive Director Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future: Education Program Specialist, Sr Program Officer  Rural Advancement Foundation International: Director of Development and Communications The Conservation Fund: Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Coordinator Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council: Food Systems Coordinator Farm Aid: 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  Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment: Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice  JAFSCD: Wind River Reservation Gardeners Grow Intergenerational Resilience for Indigenous Food Sovereignty Development Opportunities The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development is seeking peer reviewers. Learn more about applying here.  That's All Folks! David Beck Self-Help Policy Director 301 W Main St Durham NC 27701 david.beck@self-help.org, 919-956-4495 Forward this email to a friend Copyright © 2020 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