02-08-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

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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! :)

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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.

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.

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