03-22-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

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Happy Friday! Lots of news below but first want to note the sad news that Mandela Marketplace founder Dana Harvey has passed away. If you didn't know her this 1.8.18 Fast Company piece highlights well her and Mandela's work. Also, we'd like to share that Steve Saltzman is leaving Self-Help to explore new challenges and we've posted an opening here for a Food Systems Commercial Lending leader. (based in Durham, Chicago or CA.)

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NEWS

Legislation, etc.

3.22.19 Axios: Tough Times in Farm Country
3.21.19 Pennsylvania Watchdog: PA's $24 million farm bill aims to spark agriculture sector growth with 'bold proposals'
3.18.19 NY Times: Trump Crackdown Unnerves Immigrants, and the Farmers Who Rely on Them
3.16.19 WI Gazette: The Biggest Farm Bill Biggest Loser by Food and Water Watch
3.15.19 NRDC: Trump Budget Shortchanges Sustainable Agriculture
3.14.19 NY Times: How Big Tobacco Hooked Children on Sugary Drinks. Researchers combing through archives discovered that cigarette makers had applied their marketing wizardry to sweetened beverages and turned generations of children into loyal customers.

Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News

3.21.19 Capital Press (Portland, OR): THE REDD New urban food hub helps small farmers sell into urban market
3.20 Time: Exposure to Pesticides During Pregnancy May Raise Children's Autism Risk
3.20.19 AP: Floodwaters threaten millions in crop and livestock losses (related: Farm Aid has activated its Family Farm Disaster Fund),
3.19.19 New Food Economy, Historic flood losses faced by Nebraska farmers "will impact food on your table",
3.18.19 NY Times: 'It's Probably Over for Us': Record Flooding Pummels Midwest When Farmers Can Least Afford It
3.19.19 Food Navigator: France to dish up 50% organic and sustainable food in canteens by 2022
3.19.19 Food & Wine: Beard Foundation Announces 5 2019 Leadership Awards
3.18.19 NY Times: Getting Real About Rural America. Nobody knows how to reverse the heartland's decline.
3.18.19 Minn Star-Tribune: MN food bank turns shipping container into lettuce farm
3.18.19 Livestrong; 10 TED Talks to make you smarter about food
3.17.19 NPR's The Salt: Why Are So Many Farmers Markets Failing? Because The Market Is Saturated

Funding Opportunities

Natural Capital Investment Fund has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.
NC Dept of Ag is accepting applications for the Healthy Food Small Retailer Program. Priority deadline March 31
BCBS NC Foundation is accepting applications for the BUILD (Bold, Upstream, Integrated, Local Data-Driven) Health Challenge. Applications due April 5.
Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning (deadline Aug. 30) and implementation grants (deadline April 5). Read more about both here.
The Bush Prize for Community Innovation - honoring community innovations in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native nations. Due April 11
NEW The Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition's Rooted in Evidence grant helps food banks evaluate a program's effectiveness. Due April 26

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.
The Real Meals Campaign seeks to shift the procurement practices of Sodexo, Compass Group and Aramark so that they have a greater focus on producers, communities, consumers and the planet. Find out more and sign their petition here.

Event Highlight

4.2.19 Washington, DC Radical Food Geographies: Connecting Knowledge, Cultivating Practices, (Re)Imagining Governance

Additional Events

3.22 - 3.23.19 Chicago, IL Good Food Expo
3.25 - 3.28.19 NC Small Farms Week: Deep Roots, Bright Futures
3.31 - 4.1.19 College Station, TX Raising Meat: A New Food Economy Summit
4.2.19 Washington, DC Radical Food Geographies: Connecting Knowledge, Cultivating Practices, (Re)Imagining Governance
4.4.19 (Webinar) Trending Topics in Farm to School: Weigh in and Take Action: Gearing up for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization
4.4 - 4.5.19 Boone, NC Southeastern University Consortium on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition
4.6.19 Los Angeles, CA Worker Co-op Jumpstart
4.12.19 New York, NY Our Economy! Economic Democracy & System Change
4.15.19 Savannah, GA Proposals Due, Community Food Systems Conference with New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.

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

Self-Help - Commercial Lending Food Finance Sector Leader; Based in California, Chicago, IL, or Durham, NC
The Wallace Center - Regional Food Economies Program Officer
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Coalitions Director
Women Food & Ag Network - Executive Director
Farmworker Unit of Legal Aid of NC - full time attorney.
Real Meals Campaign - Campaign Coordinator
Maine Harvest Credit Project - Multiple positions: Chief Lending Officer, Assistant Lending Officer and Chief Operations Officer
NY Department of Small Business Services - Program Manager, worker cooperative business development initiative
National Family Farm Coalition - Policy Director

Development Opportunities

James Beard Foundation is accepting applications for the Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program
Registration is open for Council of Development Finance Agencies's (CDFA) Summer School program Aug. 12 - 16th. Register by July 12th for early bird rates.
Rachel's Network announces New Catalyst Award for Women Environmental Leaders of Color. Apply by April 15th
NC Rural Center is accepting applications for their Homegrown Leaders regional program. Apply by April 26th

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