02-08-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Perhaps this week's most intriguing development is the Green New Deal release and how it might effect food policy. Here's a look from 2.7.19 Civil Eats: What the New Green Deal Means for the Food on Your Plate. Lots more below. Enjoy! :)  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Farm Bill / Congress 2.7.19 AgWired: USDA Tracking Farm Bill Implementation 2.6.19 Civil Eats: A 'Common Food Policy' Offers a Guide to a More Sustainable Food System in Europe. Could It Be a Model for the U.S.? 2.6.19 Politico: Farmers nearing crisis push back on Trump trade policies Low prices, trade wars and higher interest rates are depressing farm incomes. 2.4.19 Daily Star (Oneonta, NY): New Rep, Antonio Delgado D-NY19, meets with young farmers at Hartwick 2.4.19 Pingree/DeLauro Letter Requesting HHS IG Investigate DC and Coca Cola Conflicts of Interest 2.1.19 LA Times: Cory Booker could be our first vegan president. How very 2020 2.1.19 FoodTank: Green New Deal Must Transform Our Food System to Save Our Climate 2.1.19 GLT 89.1FM: Sen. Durbin Talks Farm Bill, Immigration With McLean County Farmers Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 2.7.19 Civil Eats: Montana Ranchers are Kicking Up Dust to Bring Back Country of Origin Labels on Meat 2.5.18 NBC Left Field: What Happened to All the Black Farmers? 15 minute documentary on Iberia, LA sugar cane farmers 2.5.19 Leeds University: Consuming more fruit and vegetables can improve your mental well-being, according to a new study, 'Lettuce be happy.' 2.5.19 SC Community Loan Fund: Feeding Innovation Anderson Winner's Pitch. Cool program! 2.4.19 Axios: Obesity tied to some higher cancer rates among millennials 2.4.19 WTOP: 'I wanted to do more for people than just pray': Pastor blends faith, farms to end food insecurity in black churches 2.3.19 Mercury News: Promoting regenerative agriculture through women farmers 1.31.19 BlackBusiness.org: Toronto Buses Converted Into Mobile Food Markets For Low Income Neighborhoods 1.31.19 Axios: Clinton Foundation in Puerto Rico Working on Resiliency and Sustainable Ag 1.29.19 Yes! Magazine: Brazil's Belo Horizonte Made Access to Food a Right of Citizenship Funding Opportunities HFFI Grant Program. $1.8 million available to support eligible fresh food retail in underserved areas. Application deadline is 2.14.19.  Natural Capital Investment Fund has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.  The Conservation Fund's Resourceful Communities Program is accepting applications for the Creating New Economies Fund grant. Deadline Feb. 18  Farmers Advocating for Organic (FAFO) is a farmer-funded grant program; awards between $5K - $50K. Deadline March 1 NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is accepting grant applications to support agricultural communities. Deadline March 8 RWJ Foundation: Funding for communities and organizations addressing health and climate solutions. Letter of intent due Feb 8 and application is due April 3. Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action!  The Food Research and Action Center is collecting public comments for the federal register on the USDA proposed rule that would enforce stricter work requirements for SNAP beneficiaries. Find out more and contribute by April 2nd. Event Highlight 02.9.19 Buies Creek, NC Rural Food Access Summit Additional Events 2.11.19 (Webinar) Intro to Organic Certification 2.12.19 (Webinar) Evaluating Your Beginning Farmer Training Program 2.12.19 (Webinar) Creating Cash Flow Projections for Farmers 2.13.19 (Webinar) Introduction to Recordkeeping for Organic Farming 02.15 - 2.16.19 New Haven, CT Yale Food Systems Symposium 2.16.19 Louisburg, NC Successful Small Farms Opportunities Conference 2.23.19 Washington, DC Rooting DC 02.23.19 Asheville, NC Business of Farming Conference 2.26.19 Henderson, NC Landownership 101 2.27.19 (Webinar) Using Budgets and Financial Planning for Organic Farming 3.8 - 3.10.19 Mars Hill, NC Organic Growers School Spring Conference 3.12-3.13.19 Charlotte, NC Come to the Table Conference 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 NEW The Wallace Center -  Regional Food Economies Program Officer National Young Farmers Coalition - Executive Director (Hudson, NY); Deadline Feb. 15 Farmer Foodshare - Operations Manager; Deadline Feb. 18 NEW Feast Down East - Executive Director; Deadline Feb. 28 Farm Credit Administration released their recruiting schedule for Spring 2019; share with young professionals! NY Department of Small Business Services - Program Manager, worker cooperative business development initiative  National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Specialist and Coalitions Director National Family Farm Coalition - Policy Director  Research 4PFoods and the Food Works Group: Assessment of the Mid-Atlantic Food Port Concept and Economic Impact on rural Agribusiness Education and Development Opportunities  Victory Garden Initiative's Food Leader Certification Program - March and April 2019 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 © 2019 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