11-16-18 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Farm Bill Lame Duck seems a bit more likely but who knows. Also, Reinvestment Fund, with USDA support, today announced availability of $1.8 million in fresh food retail support in underserved areas. App deadline is 2.14.19. Find more details here and register for webinars on 12.13.18 and 1.8.19 here. No email next week b/c Thanksgiving. Gobble, Gobble, Hey! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 11.15.18 The Fence Post: Roberts, Stabenow, Conaway spar over farm bill 11.15.18 New Food Economy: Read the fine print: House farm bill lowers SNAP benefits by $140 a month, study finds 11.15.18 The State of Obesity: SNAP Benefits Would Decrease Substantially Under House Farm Bill for Some Households Receiving Energy Assistance 11.14.18 Politico: Roberts Blames Conaway for Farm Bill Delay 11.7.18 Bon Appetit: Rep.-Elect Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons from Restaurants Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 11.13.18 AMA Release: AMA Advocates for Transparency in Food Labeling and Packaging 11.12.18 NPR: 'Farming While Black': A Guide To Finding Power And Dignity Through Food 11.18 The Sun Magazine: Unfair Advantage: Stacy Mitchell On How Amazon Undermines Local Economies 10.18.18 L.A. Biz ProducePay raises $14 million to help farmers 10.16.18 SC Community Loan Fund highlights Hub City Farmers' Market Funding Opportunities Good Food Institute is awarding $3 million in open-source plant-based & clean meat research grants. 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 HFFI Grant Program. $1.8 million available to support eligible fresh food retail in underserved areas. Register for 12.13.18 and 1.8.19 webinars here. Application deadline is 2.14.19.  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 this 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 11.19.18 New York, NY Hunger Action Network: Moving from Charity to Justice 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 12.13.18 (Webinar) Building Racial Equity Within Cooperative Extension 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 Mecklenburg County Public Health Department - Food Security Coordinator; Deadline Nov. 26 NEW Ecotrust - Director of Food Equity; Deadline Dec. 3 American Heart Association Voices for Healthy Kids - Policy Research Manager; Open  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 New Food Economy, In CDC report on 'fast food,' Sweetgreen and McDonald's are treated as equals, which leads to a potential overestimate in the report that 36.6 percent of adults ate fast food on a given day. 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