11-09-18 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Elections.Articles below. Here's a cool thing: Denver approved a tax initiative to generate up to $100 million for healthy food programs! Congrats to Healthy Food for Denver Kids! Farm Bill will be considered in Lame Duck session. Will it pass???. Here's the list of conferees in case you want to be in touch about key parts, such as the Tiny But Mighty Farm Bill programs in the Senate version. Cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress / Election 11.8.18 UPI: Farmers push Congress to pass new farm bill before year ends 11.8.18 Axios: Split Congress Could be Good News for Farm Economy 11.8.18 CBS Sacramento: Proposition 12, Farm Animal Space Minimum, Passes   11.6.18 Oregonian: Measure 103: Voters overwhelmingly reject grocery tax ban in 2018 Oregon election 11.6.18 The Olympian: Carbon fee falters, but soda tax ban and gun, police reforms look likely to pass 11.6.18 WaPost Op-Ed by Mitch Daniels: Get Washington out of Washington. Put it in Omaha 11.5.18 Eau Claire Leader-Telegram: Expert Breaks Down Farm Bill for Ag Lenders 11.2.18 Times: Schumer seeks continued funding for maple syrup programs Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 11.9.18 Yes Magazine: Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can't Close the Racial Wealth Gap Circulating local dollars can't create wealth when there's not enough to begin with. 11.8.18 New Food Economy: Americans of color are largely excluded from producing and eating fresh food. Conversation with Farming While Black author Leah Penniman 11.8.18 Wired: The Clever Tech Keeping America's (Many) Disabled Farmers on the Job  11.8.18 KREM2: Spokane co-op works with community to produce sustainable food  11.7.18 WaPost: Chinese-owned pork producer to get money from bailout program spurred by China's tariffs 11.7.18 The Guardian: Poor diet a factor in one-fifth of global deaths in 2017 – study 11.5.18 NC Health News: What to Do With 4.2 Million Dead Poultry After Hurricane Florence? Compost. 11.4.18 SF Chronicle: Startup loans to black entrepreneurs to 'interject some balance in capitalism' 10.20.18 CNBC: Women Farmers Out Earned Men in 2017 Funding Opportunities Annie's Grants for Gardens is accepting applications to fund edible garden projects. Deadline Nov. 11 Good Food Institute is awarding $3 million in research grants on open-source plant-based and clean meat options. Deadline Nov 21. USDA Farm to School announced two request for proposals: Farm to School Grant RFA (Deadline Dec 4) and Farm to School Training & Curricula RFP. Deadline Nov. 26.  Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America has opened their grant program application; priority for Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin territory. Deadline Nov. 30 FoodShot Global is awarding up to $10 million in equity, up to $20 million in debt, and $525,000 in prize funding for innovations in soil health.  Deadline is December 1. Community Food Strategies's micro-grant program for NC food councils/networks. Deadline Dec. 17 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action! The NC Alliance for Health is collecting information to shape policy development that will increase access to healthy foods across the state. Provide input by completing the brief survey! The Food Research and Action Center and the Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign are submitting comments about how the Department of Homeland Security's proposed "public charge" rule would increase rates of hunger and food insecurity among immigrant families. Read how to get involved here.  Event Highlight 11.30.18 Wilson, NC The N.E.W. Business of Agriculture: Regional Opportunities for Growth Additional Events 11.12 - 11.15.18 Chevy Chase, MD National Young Farmers Coalition Annual Leadership Convergence 11.14.18 (Webinar) What the Midterm Elections Mean for Food and Agriculture 11.14 - 11.18.18 Portland, OR North American Biodynamic Conference 11.15 - 11.16.18 Raleigh, NC 2018 Rural Assembly 11.19.18 Pittsboro, NC The Business of Agriculture Series 12.3.18 Morehead City, NC Innovations in Economic Development through Local Foods 12.4 - 12.6.18 Acton, MA Fair Food Business Boot Camp 12.6.18 Leominster, MA Farm & Sea to School Conference 12.7.18 Manteo, NC Innovations in Economic Development through Local Foods 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 Transplanting Traditions - Associate Director; Deadline Nov 15 American Heart Association Voices for Healthy Kids - Policy Research Manager; Open  National Farm to School Network - Policy Specialist; Deadline Nov 16 NEW Mecklenburg County Public Health Department - Food Security Coordinator; Deadline Nov. 26 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Specialist NC State Extension - statewide Local Food Program Manager; open until filled New England Grassroots Environment Fund - Program Manager; open until filled Research 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 That's All Folks! 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