02-07-20 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! I felt honored and enlightened to hear Al Gore talk about climate change and regenerative ag at FFAR's "Foster Our Future" forum in DC. That guy is sorta smart. Good sense of humor too. Lots of news below. Cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 02.10.20 House Ag Cmte: Hearing Tuesday re: "Economic Opportunities from Local Agricultural Markets" 02.06.20 NSAC Blog: NSAC Sets 2020 Policy Priorities 02.06.20 Insider NJ: Booker, Haaland, Pingree Introduce Farmers Bill of Rights Resolution 02.05.20 Agri-Pulse: Climate adaptation key to USDA science blueprint 02.04.20 MN Star-Tribune: Farm bankruptcies keep rising in Minnesota and U.S. 02.04.20 NFU: Rural America Hasn't Felt the "Great American Comeback" Touted by Trump 02.03.20 Inst for Ag & Trade Policy: 2020 – A year and decisive decade of climate reckoning: What policymakers do next on ag matters 02.03.20 The Counter: Thoughts from 20 California farmers as presidential primaries kick off - I found this particularly insightful. It also includes a helpful map locating all the farms. Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 02.05.20 Eater: Michelin Is Now Noting Which Restaurants Are 'Sustainable' 02.05.20 News Release: The Nature Conservancy, Tillable Team Up to Advance Sustainable Ag Practices 02.04.20 BBCNews: What if we only ate food from local farms? 02.04.20 The Grist: Indigenous tribes are at the forefront of climate change planning in the U.S. 02.04.20 Nature: Cuba's rivers run clean after decades of sustainable farming 02.03.04 Civil Eats: Sustainable Ag pioneer Fred Kirschenmann is hopeful for the future of food, but time is of the essence. 01.31.20 Raleigh N&O: Carolinas hit hard as US family farms declaring bankruptcy spiked in 2019 01.28.20 PBS Film: The Poison Squad. Americans had no idea what they were eating. Funding Opportunities City of High Point, NC opening Round 2 of Food Security Fund grants 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. Looks like deadline might have moved to Feb 15?  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. Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Events 2.10.20 CDFA Webinar: Food & Social Equity: Detroit's Approach to Financing the Food System NEW! 2.18.20, 3.30.20 and 4.30.20 Food Tank Monthly Speaker Series Exploring Chicago's Good Food Movement  NEW! 2.20.20 The Food Trust Webinar: Incentivizing Fruits and Vegetables: The Latest on the USDA GusNIP (FINI) program and Beyond NEW! 02.27.20 Farmer Foodshare 2020 Speaker Series: Food Policy in Action featuring Root Causes! NEW! 3.1-3.3.20 NFU 118th Convention, Savannah, Georgia 3.10 - 3.13.20 New Orleans, LA: National Good Food Conference  3.22-03.28.20: 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 3.30 - 3.31.20 NCAT's 1st Annual Soil Health Innovations Conference Bozman, MT 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 DC Greens has 2 positions open: Produce Plus Program Manager and Grants Specialist NC Alliance for Health: Comms and Fund Dev Director Self-Help: Food System Policy 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, Resources and Development Oppties  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   That's All Folks! 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