09-14-18 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Waiting for a hurricane to hit is very slow and not fun. And then there's the actual hurricane. One of many concerns: 9.11.18 Civil Eats: Hurricane Could Overwhelm NC Hog and Poultry Farm Waste Lagoons. Hope everyone stays safe. News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 9.10.18 CivilEats: Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us? Farmers across the country are in a state of emergency with dairy and grain producers, new farmers, and farmers of color being hit the hardest. 9.10.18 WashPost: Formerly Incarcerated Americans Face Tough Odds. The Farm Bill Could Make Them Even Tougher 9.9.18 MN Star-Tribune: Minnesota Farmers Consider Asking For Government Help As Trade War Worsens Downturn That Started Years Ago 9.6.18 The New Republic: A Pivotal Moment for Hungry Americans A Republican plan to restrict food aid could reverse years of progress. 9.5.18 USDA: USDA Seeking Comments on 4 RD Loan Guarantee Programs Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 9.12.18 CNBC: Chipotle Launches Mentoring Program To Advise Young Alternative Farming, Agri-Tech Companies 9.12.18 CBS Moneywatch: White Castle's Impossible Veggie Sliders Now Selling Nationwide 9.11.18 Bloomberg: American Eating Habits Are Changing Faster than Fast Food Can Keep Up 9.11.18 Washington Post, Moving chickens, harvesting tobacco, managing hog manure: NC farmers prepare for Florence 9.11.18 NPR: World Hunger on the Rise 9.10.18 AP: Convenience Shops Go Healthy as Millennials Choose Wellness 9.7.18 Bloomberg: The Consolidation of the American Harvest. Includes illustrative charts showing decline in crop diversity…  Funding Opportunities EPA Smart Growth Local Foods, Local Places applications open. Deadline Oct. 22 Applications opened for the 2019 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Deadline Sep. 24 Healthy Eating Research released a call for proposals focused on beverage consumption in early childhood. Deadline Oct. 3 The Conservation Fund and CSX announce the $2K - $10K Grant Program for Transporting Healthy Food. Deadline Sep. 28 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announces application for the $25k Culture Of Health Prize. Deadline Nov. 1 Annie's Grants for Gardens is accepting applications for funds to fund edible garden projects. Deadline Nov. 11 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action Alert!  The Rural Coalition is gathering organizational signatures to support the proposed Farming Opportunities Training and Outreach Program (FOTO), which combines the BFRDP-2501 programs and provides permanent funding. Read more and sign-on here! Event Highlight 9.24 - 9.25.18 Washington, DC Chesapeake Food Summit Additional Events 9.14 - 9.16.18 Los Angeles, CA Worker Cooperative National Conference 9.17 - 9.18.18 Arlington, VA National Direct Agricultural Marketing Summit 9.18.18 (Webinar) Introduction to BFRDP for Ranchers and Grazers 9.20.18 (Webinar) Value Chain Coordination: Making Matches 9.24.18 Columbus, OH Ohio Food Policy Summit: Developing and Financing Food Systems 9.26.18 Washington, DC Farm-to-Family - A Taste of Small Farm America 9.26.18 (Webinar) Creating and Deploying a Communications Plan for Impact 10.1 - 10.3.18 Baltimore, MD Reinventing our Communities: Investing in Opportunity 10.2 - 10.4.18 Durham, NC Croatan Forum Find more events on our national events calendar. If you have events you'd like added, please email Hannah.quigley@self-help.org.  Back to top OF INTEREST Job Opportunities Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders Network is hiring for two positions; Member and Strategic Partnerships Manager and Program Associate; Deadline Oct. 1 Center for Environmental Farming Systems - Technical Niche Meat Program Coordinator; Proposed hire date of 10.1.18 NC Alliance for Health - Grassroots Coordinator; Deadline extended! Research 2018 National Farm to Early Care and Education Survey Results Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, Triple-rigorous Storytelling: A PI's reflections on devising case study methods with five community-based food justice organizations Cambridge Public Health Nutrition, Reducing meat consumption in the USA: a nationally representative survey of attitudes and behaviors Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development and the Journal of American Indian Education released a call for papers, Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America. Deadline Jan. 15 And...  Farm Credit East released - Grants and Incentives for Northeast Agriculture  The Center for Creative Leadership is accepting applications for the W.K. Kellogg Community Leadership Network. Deadline Sep. 30 USDA and US Department of Health and Human Services announced a call for nominations to the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Submit nominations by Oct. 6.  David Beck, Policy & Media Director Self-Help Credit Union & affiliates 301 W Main St Durham NC 27701 david.beck@self-help.org, 919-956-4495 Forward this email to a friend Copyright © 2018 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