02-14-20 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday Valentine's Day! Love this NC Rural Center piece on Henry and Ardis Crews! Also I learned this week that Tiffany King, the wife of my CDFI friend and colleague, is the creator of Eat at Home, Everyday Food for Busy People and has 863,037 Facebook followers. Wow! Cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 02.13.20 The Hill: Booker, Cornyn introduce bill to fund school nutrition programs 02.13.20 Food Safety News: Rep. DeLauro challenges USDA officials about JBS corruption in meat industry 02.12.20 Mother Jones: Trump's Tariffs Intensified a Farm Crisis. His Latest Plan Would Make It Even Worse 02.12.20 Successful Farming: Trump Again Proposes Large Cuts in Crop Insurance 02.11.20 Civil Eats: MD and IA are Leading a Cover Crop Revival 02.11.20 NBC News: Dems unveil efforts to protect low-income Americans, in latest rebuke to Trump 02.11.20 News Release: Sens. Coons, Brown introduce bill to counter safety net cuts pushed by Trump Admin 02.11.20 House Ag Cmte: Chairwoman Plaskett Statement on Economic Opportunities from Local Ag Markets Hearing. Testimonies here. Hearing video here. 02.10.20 House Ag Cmte: Cmte Members Welcome Legislation to Protect America's Food Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 02.14.20 Colorado St. U Magazine: Farm to Food Bank 02.10.20 WIFT: Farmers focus on sustainability at PASA conference in Lancaster 02.10.20 NY Times: Half of Us Face Obesity, Dire Projections Show 02.10.20 NY Times: Why Are You Still Packing Lunch for Your Kids?The quality of cafeteria food has improved significantly. 02.10.20 New Food: Mercedes Groba, EIT Food Innovation Programme Manager,on sustainable food solutions  02.10.20 Civil Eats: Feed the Mass Aims to Bring Affordable Cooking Classes to Everyone 02.09.20 HuffPost: Women who farm are finally getting counted 02.08.20 The Weekender: Advocacy through food: How Ugly Pickle Co. uses produce to help the planet Funding Opportunities NEW! Carolina Farm Credit Open $5k Corporate Mission Fund grant application. Deadline June 30. 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'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 NEW! Politico Chicago Event: The Food System of the Future Tuesday, March 3. Doors open at 8:00 AM CST 2.18.20, 3.30.20 and 4.30.20 Food Tank Monthly Speaker Series Exploring Chicago's Good Food Movement  2.20.20 The Food Trust Webinar: Incentivizing Fruits and Vegetables: The Latest on the USDA GusNIP (FINI) program and Beyond 02.27.20 Farmer Foodshare 2020 Speaker Series: Food Policy in Action featuring Root Causes! 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 - 4.1.20 Columbus, OH No Kid Hungry's Rural Childhood Summit 3.30 - 3.31.20 NCAT's 1st Annual Soil Health Innovations Conference Bozman, MT NEW! 6.4 - 6.6.20 CCMA's Rebuilding Food Sovereignty on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux Falls, SD 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! Kalamazoo Valley Food Hub 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! 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