11-30-18 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving filled with good, nutritious and relatively healthy food. Sounds like a Farm Bill deal is coming (like winter?) that includes Senate SNAP provisions. Also highlighting 10.30.18 The Guardian: 'It's not fair, not right': How America Treats its Black Farmers about Louisiana sugarcane farming. Thanks to Quinton Robinson for sharing it. News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 11.29 Politico: Farm Bill Deal Blocks Major GOP Food-Stamp Overhaul 11.29.18 WashPost: Farm-bill Deal Scraps New SNAP Work Requirements 11.27.18 Yahoo News: Farm Bankruptcies Surge as Trump's Trade War Drags On 11.27.18 Roll Call: Forest Fires Add Snag to Getting Farm Bill Passed 11.27.18 Baltimore Sun: Proposed Changes To House Farm Bill Could Worsen The Hunger Problem 11.27.18 New Food Economy: Trump USDA Civil Rights Pick Naomi Earp has History of Discriminating Against Black Employees 11.24.18 The Hill: Farm Bill Presents Opportunity To Improve Snap Program 11.20.18 NPR: How Midterms and Lame-Duck Are Pushing a Farm Bill Deal 11.16.18 National Review: Congress Finds Bipartisanship in Farm Welfare Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 11.29.18 EDF: How Farmers' Biz Partners Benefit from Conservation. Learn more on Monday Dec 3 webinar. 11.28.18 The Business Journal: USDA Threatens Action on Cargill's CA Slaughter Operation 11.27.18 WashPost: Smithfield and Dominion Launch Plan to Capture Methane from Hog Manure Lagoons 11.26.18 Tampa Bay Times: New FL Gov Ron DeSantis, Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried no friends of Big Sugar 11.26.18 WashPost: Chef Jose Andres Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 11.26.18 MN StarTribune: Farm Bankruptcies Are On The Rise, And Bankers Worry That Far More Are On The Way 11.24.18 Las Vegas Sun Editorial: Nevada Can Do More to Fight Obesity Epidemic 11.20.18 Wash Post: During California Wildfires, Farmworkers Felt Pressure To Keep Working Or Lose Their Jobs 11.19.18 NYU Media Release: Growing Number of State Laws Limit Local Govt Control over Food and Nutrition Funding Opportunities 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 RAFI-USA 2019 Agricultural Reinvestment Fund grant program. Deadline Jan. 4 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.  NEW Natural Capital Investment Fund has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.    Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action! 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 01.22 - 01.25.19 Austin, TX Financial Management Boot Camp for Food Hub operators - apply now! Additional Events 12.3.18 Morehead City, NC Innovations in Economic Development through Local Foods 12.3.18 (Webinar) Farm Finance and Conservation 12.4.18 (Webinar) Agricultural Food Policy in New Hampshire 12.4.18 (Webinar) The Centrality of Land in a Just Transition 12.4 - 12.5.18 Weyers Cave, VA Virginia Farm to Table Conference 12.4 - 12.6.18 Acton, MA Fair Food Business Boot Camp 12.5.18 Application Due Tools for Collective Self-Governance: A Nonprofit Democracy Network Gathering 12.6.18 Leominster, MA Farm & Sea to School Conference 12.7.18 Manteo, NC Innovations in Economic Development through Local Foods 12.7 - 12.8.18 Worcester, MA RootSkills Conference 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 Ecotrust - Director of Food Equity; Deadline Dec. 3 NEW Center for Good Food Purchasing - Program Analyst; Deadline Dec. 7 NEW Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group - Executive Director; Deadline Dec. 31 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 American Journal of Preventive Medicine: State Preemption of Food and Nutrition Policies and Litigation: Undermining Government's Role in Public Health Journal of Ag, Food Systems and Community Development: Navigating Borders: The Evolution of the Cass Clay Food Partners 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