1-24-20 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Looking forward to seeing many of you at the NSAC Winter Meeting in Texas. News below and cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 01.23.20 Boston Globe Spotlight: FDA lacks means, maybe will on green vegetable E. coli poisoning   01.22.20 Ctr for Public Integrity: Fertilizers are contaminating and warming the planet. Regulators haven't acted on decades-old warnings. 01.22.20 Progressive Farmer: Farm Bureau 2020 Policy Priorities Detailed 01.22.20 House Ag Cmte: Chair Fudge: With Public Charge Rule, Administration is Regulating by Stereotype 01.21.20 Times-Republican (Marshalltown, IA) LTE: Let the Iowa factory farm bill come to a vote 01.21.20 Civil Eats: 3 States Moving to Make More SNAP Recipients Eligible for Hot Meals 01.20.20 Cornell Sun: NIFA, ERS Move Disrupts Cornell Research 01.19.20 MN Star-Tribune: MN farmers struggling with low prices amid tariffs weigh their support for Trump 01.19.20 WashPost: Bill Marler helped make burgers safer. Now he's fighting food poisoning again 01.17.20 CNN: VT looks to become first state to provide universal meals to public school students 01.17.20 AHA: Proposed USDA rule on school meal services would be detrimental to children's health 01.16.20 Civil Eats: Rep. Pingree Introduces Bill to Fix Food Waste in Schools Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 01.24.20 Food Ingredients: Davos 2020 urges dietary changes, sustainable supply chains and agri-food system transformation (Leer jet grow rooms, anyone? Sarcasm aside, seems a good thing!) 01.24.20 Feed Navigator: Dutch government bolsters sustainable agriculture fund AGRI3 01.23.20 Food Business News: Interest in sustainable food choices increases 23% 01.22.20 The Sentinel Echo (London, KY): Kentucky Local Food Systems Summit at UK on 02.26 01.22.20 Food Dive: Tyson starts Coalition for Global Protein to tackle sustainable protein 01.20.20 Civil Eats: Black Farmers Are Embracing Climate-Resilient Farming 01.17.20 Illinois Farmer Today: No-till advocate: Profit drives sustainable farming 01.17.20 Illinois Farmer Today: Specialty crop growers unite in storytelling (yes I've found a new source!) 01.07.20 UNC Kenan-Flagler News: Tina Prevatte Levy & Jen Curtis create new market for NC farmers 01.20 Foodtank: Supporting Indigenous Foodways Is For Everyone, Says Foodtanks' Daniels Funding Opportunities NIFA's 2020 Organic Ag Research grant applications open. NSAC notes OREI app deadlines Jan 30, ORG deadline Feb 27. NSAC Blog: $37mm available via USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant (VPAG) for value-added and local food projects. Deadline is Mar 5 The Conservation Fund's Resourceful Communities CNEF small-grant program application is open. Feb 14 deadline NC Tobacco Trust Fund 2020 Grant Cycle Open. App deadline is March 6 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 Take Action!  Reps. Pingree and Haaland are introducing the Farmers Bill of Rights resolution next month and orgs can sign-on in support. (Note: the language will be tweaked from "historically disadvantaged" to explicitly state "African American and Hispanic" in some places.) Friday, January 31 sign-on deadline. Events 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 NEW! 02.05.20 FFAR's Foster Our Future w. in Washington, DC 2.5 - 2.8.20 Lancaster, PA: PASA Sustainable Ag Conference 3.10 - 3.13.20 New Orleans, LA: National Good Food Conference  NEW!  03.22-03.28.20: 34th Annual Small Farms Week hosted by Cooperative Extension at NC A&T  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 Los Angeles Food Policy Council: Executive Director. App Deadline Jan. 31 Life Around the Table Half-Time Comms Coordinator. App Deadline Jan 31 Toxic Free NC: Just and Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager. App Deadline Feb. 3 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  RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International): Development Manager 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  NEW! MSU Ctr for Regional Food Systems: An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System, Seventh Edition 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